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| cason17. 02. 2019 18:50:49 |
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| gandi28. 02. 2019 17:38:06 |
On the best day of this winter I climbed it. Conditions below: dry snow, higher from Ozebnik south-facing, where slush builds up under crampons. Chimney steep and higher up poor winter already shows with consequent rock scratching.
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| lijaneja26. 03. 2019 16:58:25 |
So it won't be left unattended too long. Sunday picture.
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| Tadej26. 03. 2019 17:06:49 |
And another one from today...
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| barbarela13. 05. 2019 11:39:58 |
Dear female hikers! Dear hikers!
I hope you won't laugh at my writing, which I assure you I write extremely seriously. I started SPP in 2012 at 50 years and little by little got almost to the end. I still miss three two-thousanders that I'd like to conquer this year. With Razor and Kočna I hope there won't be problems, but I'm afraid of Jalovec. Very afraid! A few years ago I met a hiker in the hut at Dolič and got into a conversation with him. The talk came to Jalovec too. He said he'd been on it that very summer and described the ascent as very dangerous, especially warning me about the narrow precipitous ridge right below the summit. He said it's only about 70 cm wide with no way to grab anything. That conversation was really "balm for my soul", since I got so infected with fear that I just can't set off on that tour. I asked a few more hikers about that ridge and they all described it similarly.
And now my request! Please, all who have a REAL PICTURE, attach it so I can finally see what that so dangerous ridge looks like. Please give info on how long the mentioned part is and how wide it actually is! I'll be very grateful for understanding and reply and pictures.
Let me say at the end that I'm not afraid of cables, I enjoy them, and so far I've been to Mali Mojstrovka via Hanzova path, to Krn via Silva Korena path, to Mangart via Slovenian path, on ferrata Gradiška tura, to Peč via climbing path, and in Dolomites on ferratas Ra Pegna and Ra Buela. Nowhere did I have major problems, but what can you do, everything stops at thoughts of Jalovec and that damned exposed ridge.
Please, help!
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| jaz13. 05. 2019 12:08:48 |
Jalovec is tough, but not that bad. You can go a bit below the ridge on the south side, grab onto the rock and it'll be fine. You must respect every mountain, sometimes a bit of fear is okay. Just go cheerfully on the trail. Attaching some pics, they're more winter ones, in summer season I barely photographed the ridge. Best and good luck on my mountain!
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| bbugari113. 05. 2019 12:10:55 |
Dear barbarela, when you were on Hanzova, Slovenski.... then Jalovec is no problem!
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| Becar13. 05. 2019 12:14:57 |
The ridge on Jalovec is no bogeyman and is comparable to the Prisank ridge. The more dangerous part is getting to the ridge, as it's steep scree and dangerous for slipping. The ridge is, in my opinion, dangerous only for vertigo sufferers, which you cannot be based on your described experiences. Go boldly on the trail; you can still turn back anytime.
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| janezs7313. 05. 2019 12:18:24 |
hello,
regarding the pics of Jalovec ridge, check under Jalovec this link, pics 54 to 57. The ridge is "sharp" for someone not used to open views down, for someone else to whom it's almost daily, no problem. The ridge is still almost pristine and belongs to mountaineering romance, like most of our "secured" paths, on which there are no cables from start to end, on which you'd clip your self-belay kit.
At Jalovec, like all serious high Slovenian peaks, crumbly rock is the most serious hazard, then weather variability. Overall, you're always the biggest danger to yourself in the mountains.
Maybe it would help if you go there with someone who can psychologically assist you primarily in such moments.
Safe steps!
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| redbull13. 05. 2019 13:01:21 |
No difficulties on the ridge, so no cable either
good luck
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| redbull13. 05. 2019 13:01:22 |
No difficulties on the ridge, so no cable either
good luck
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| barbarela13. 05. 2019 13:23:03 |
Nice, nice, thanks for the pics, comforting words and tips. I am very grateful to all who responded to my plea. And somehow lighter at heart because I imagined that ridge worse than you presented it to me.
Still not fully rid of the fear I carried for so many years, but I'm sure I'll beat it.
Thanks again!
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| redbull13. 05. 2019 13:43:55 |
Who scared you so much
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| barbarela13. 05. 2019 14:15:55 |
Words of some people who described the tour to Jalovec to me as one of the hardest in our mountains.
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| miri13. 05. 2019 14:32:00 |
Underestimating mountains has already backfired for some.
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| redbull13. 05. 2019 14:39:17 |
Yes it ranks among the hardest, but what you hiked/climbed also ranks among the hardest or I'd say even a bit harder
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| ejti13. 05. 2019 16:02:06 |
Since a new approach to the summit on Razor was routed, the difficulty has greatly increased and in my opinion is greater than anything on Jalovec. Jalovec is demanding, not overly difficult.
But the mini ferrata on Razor is very short.
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| janezs7313. 05. 2019 16:24:54 |
Dejan, try to empathize with people who don't have as much experience, courage and mileage as you. Jalovec is no easy mountain in any conditions. For most people going there, it ranks among the harder ones. Especially due to the variety of objective dangers. If you dash it in 2h, it doesn't mean it's easy for most people. I agree excessive fear burdens people and is more harmful than not. But too little fear (respect?) also leads to trouble.
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| jax13. 05. 2019 17:14:17 |
Jalovec from Špička is in my opinion easier than both Razor (on the new route) and Škrlatica, maybe a bit harder than Triglav. If I rate it in the context of SPP, then on Kočna there's even a spot that's harder than anything you encounter on Jalovec. The other two routes (Kotovo sedlo, Škrbina) are considerably harder. It's quite crumbly, but that's expected in our mountains anyway. As for that ridge, from my first ascent of Jalovec (I think about 15 years ago) it stuck in my memory as pretty psychotic, but when I went up again two years ago, I just shrugged. In short, nothing special. Yes, it's exposed, but in the context of terrain you encounter in mountains anyway.
Otherwise, the main question here is whether we'll even go to the mountains this summer. As it looks now, I've started wondering if there'll even be a summer.
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| darinka413. 05. 2019 17:29:43 |
But exactly if you go from Špička towards the summit, snow usually stays long below the entry into the wall. Last year I remember July 2nd, I needed winter gear there, otherwise I would've turned back. Further to the summit it was snow-free.
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