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Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m

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j.12. 03. 2018 23:45:41
The weather forecast for today seemed somewhat more promising for the northern side of the Karawanks, so I headed over Ljubelj to Poden (Bodental). But it was raining there, after about half an hour of waiting I decided to drive a bit further to Rute (Bärental). On the way it almost cleared up in the valley, but at the parking lot before the end of the plowed road it poured rain again. Miserably I turned back towards Ljubelj, but the turnoff to Poden tempted me again, where luckily it wasn't raining anymore.

I left the car a little aside from friendly Podnar. Since there were quite a few avalanches on the road to Rute, in the general thaw I chose the safest option - Kosmatica. The path (actually a road, which on www.pespoti.si is not drawn), is groomed in the lower part for runners, from about Mlake onwards just trodden or skied by tour skiers. To the top it's not far, some 600m elevation gain and good 5km. A little below the summit I stopped for a moment at Vgrizeva planina (Ogris Alm), where there's one single old hut, the nice new one apparently burned in 2017. On the top it was blowing hard, so I quickly packed the dogs and glided down swiftly, as much as possible on the completely corn snow. I skied mostly on the road, but still cut some corners through the forest and skipped one nice steep flank which with numerous stumps and corn snow didn't appeal to me much. Well, next time...

There's still a lot of snow, under the foggy cover the scree area below Vrtača and Zelenjaks was visible, quite well covered but crossed by a few avalanches. The gully will be skiable sooner or later, if not already. All the time it was foggy, cloudy, rainy, but the day didn't go completely to waste.
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m In Rutah there are avalanches here and there on the road.1
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m Sign for avalanche control.2
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m I haven't seen such a sign at home yet.3
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m Clouds up to 1300 m.4
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m Old hut on Vgrizova planina.5
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m At the summit the sun was felt, but a strong wind was blowing.6
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m Snapshot from Vgrizova planina.7
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m Beautifully snow-covered scree area below Zelenjak and Vrtača.8
Kosmatica (Kosmatitza) 1659 m At one point you have to cross the stream.9
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Tadej12. 11. 2018 15:01:07
Some photos from today. The path past the Vgriz farm is normally passable. Best, Tadej
Start in Slovenjem Plajberku1
Palec, Zelenjak and Vrtača2
Along the path3
View from the path4
Notice5
Mačenski vrh6
Visoke Ture in the distance7
Hochalmspitze8
path9
Larches have shed their needles10
Vgrizeva planina11
new12
Old13
Vgrizeva planina, behind Palec, Zelenjak and Vrtača14
snapshot15
Rjavca16
Kosmatica17
Obir and Setiče18
Žingarica19
Vgrizeva planina, behind Palec, Zelenjak and Vrtača20
Vgrizeva planina21
Interior of the older hut22
Along the path23
At the Sereinig inn24
At the Sereinig inn25
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silvo195231. 12. 2019 08:04:04
In search of a suitable tour starting point we decided to visit the neighbors and drove to Poden valley, where we started the ski tour at Podnar farm. We crossed the meadow and entered the forest, where there is barely enough snow only on the forest road, which we used to climb to Vgrizova planina with one snow crossing. Snow there only a good sample. We climbed further to the rise above the planina at 1659 m. In the valley and most of the time on the road in the shade, on the planina sunny with nice view of Košuta, Palec, Zelenjak, Vrtača and Belščica. Skiing from the top between hummocks avoiding grass and soil and then on the road, where on some sections rocky outcrops peek from the snow. More at: https://www.gore-ljudje.net/novosti/151182/
2019.12.30.03 control point of žoln operation1
2019.12.30.07 shadow2
2019.12.30.14 touring skier3
2019.12.30.18 it got warm4
2019.12.30.26 skier approaching5
2019.12.30.29 step across the mountain pasture6
2019.12.30.36 Vrtača and Svačica7
2019.12.30.39 stump and mushrooms8
2019.12.30.51 Palec and Zelenjak9
2019.12.30.57 view from the summit10
2019.12.30.58 before skiing11
2019.12.30.67 female skier12
2019.12.30.74 skiing13
2019.12.30.82 skiing14
2019.12.30.83 on the mountain pasture15
2019.12.30.95 skiing on the road16
2019.12.30.96 hut17
2019.12.30.101 winter idyll18
2019.12.30.112 mountains, road and forest19
2019.12.30.118 carefully20
2019.12.30.121 sun21
2019.12.30.125 near Podnarje22
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BananaBronson15. 06. 2020 23:10:59
On Saturday we were on Kosmatica. We did a circular tour from Poden: from Ogriz to Ogrizova planina, down to Mlaka and to Podnar. The pater familias sacrificially took care of bridging the distance between Ogriz and Podnar.

More at this link.
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