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Slovenian alpine pastures in all seasons

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ločanka26. 07. 2015 18:30:21
I miss wanderings around Tolmin planinas.
I think that would be a very nice and interesting report!
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velkavrh26. 07. 2015 19:17:39
I haven't gone over Vršič yet this year. Maybe towards autumn.
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velkavrh7. 08. 2015 04:02:46
I'm not wandering around planinas at all. My paths this summer are mostly above 2000m. Still, this week I was at planina Zgornja Dolga Njiva. There are several Planinas Dolgih Njiv. It's exclusively pastures where cattle and also horses graze in summer. It is the logical continuation of planina Spodnja Dolga Njiva, where there is a huge open-type planšarija with a lot of visitors. We reach it from Tržič to Jelendol and then straight on macadam to the last parking lot before planina Spodnja Dolga Njiva. Then we just walk past the planšarija. The path runs above the planšarija a bit uphill and already on the vast pastures of Zgornja Dolga Njiva. The terrain levels out here somehow, the pasture is good. Even a mini spring flows in the middle. The planina is fenced and high up towards the starting point for Tolsta Košuta or the geologically protected path Meli Košuta. The geological path is worth visiting. The path is excellently secured. At the end of the path there is even a rest area with panels and a logbook. From the planina on the left side there is also the upper path to Košutnikov Turn. This is an extremely beautiful panoramic path that I definitely recommend.
Descent from Košutnikov turn - deep below is the Spodnja Dolga njiva pasture.1
From the path down the mountain we arrive straight in the middle of the pasture.2
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A vast grazing area of the pasture awaits us.4
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Horses also graze here.6
The pasture is fenced even high up and along the fence the path continues to Tolsto Košuto.7
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velkavrh30. 08. 2015 08:06:23
Finally I visited one of the planinas named Dolge Njive. It is a small pasture below the Zaplate ridge, more precisely somewhere in between below Cjanovca and Srednji vrh. The easiest way to reach it is from Mač to Hudičev boršt and then from there along the marked path to Srednji vrh. This path will take us right to the pasture. There is a small shepherd's hut on the pasture. The pasture is not big. This year I saw a herd of sheep here. There is a clear-cut towards Hudičev boršt. Somehow from the middle of the pasture there goes a direct marked path to Srednji vrh. We can also go further along the pasture to the right to Mačensko sedlo - also marked.
From Hudičev boršt we head towards Srednji vrh.1
On the pasture Dolga njiva.2
The pasture is not very big.3
Sheep are here though.4
Path towards Srednji vrh.5
The pasture continues to the left towards Mačensko sedlo.6
There is enough pasture here.7
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Mrki1. 09. 2015 21:18:05
The pasture Dolga Njiva is not that small, as it is almost a kilometer long and extends into the slopes of Srednji vrh, Lanež and Mali Grintovec. The shepherd's hut is a weekend hut. But the pasture has no direct connection to Mačensko sedlo, which is on the other side of the Lanež ridge between Mali Grintovec and Bašeljski vrh.
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velkavrh2. 09. 2015 18:16:32
Thanks for the precise explanation!

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velkavrh3. 10. 2015 19:06:10
Finally I went across another pasture again. Today I went from Kamniška Bistrica (start Pred Belo) to Presedljaj and descended via Konj to the Rzenik pasture. Here there is only the Mlakar hut. It is nicely maintained. I don't know if it's of the open type in summer.
Valley in fog, higher up the sun.1
On the descent from Konj we soon see the small pasture Rzenik.2
Close-up.3
We descend to the grassy pasture Rzenik.4
There would really be enough pastures.5
Mlakarjeva koča or Mlakarjeva bajta.6
It stands at 1650 metres.7
It is beautiful.8
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In summer it is pleasant here.10
Everything is provided for all.11
They even plant cabbage up here.12
Janko Mlakar, after whom this hut is named, was a literat. Unfortunately I do not know his opus.13
In summer months there are even masses here.14
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velkavrh3. 10. 2015 19:47:03
From the Rzenik pasture we descend to the Dol pasture. Here there are only three buildings. Two seem to be used only as recreational buildings. One is functioning as a pasture. It is a living pasture - in summer they graze here.
Entrance to planina dol from the path from Rzeniška planina1
In about half an hour from planina Rzenik we arrive at planina Dol2
We are already here.3
We spot all three objects on the planina.4
We are here.5
This is not only a recreational object, they herd on the planina.6
Nice weekend.7
I didn't go close to the third object though.8
Someone guards the planina.9
There is no shortage of pasture. They also come here by car.10
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zlatica4. 10. 2015 10:35:16
Branko, I see that this time you hiked more around my mountaineering area and presented us with two nice pastures again. You are studying the pastures in our mountain world quite systematically and presenting them interestingly to us. I must say that you have thus made some of them appealing to me too, as I was formerly more enthusiastic about peaks than pastures, but now my attention is already willingly directed also to these beautiful alpine plains. As for J. Mlakar's literature, perhaps take one of his books in hand sometime, as he was a very witty and entertaining writer and his Mr. Trebušnik and stories related to him delighted me in my youth. lp mežikanje
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velkavrh4. 10. 2015 19:14:14
Yes, now it's time for those lower tours with pastures as long as the snow doesn't fall too soon.
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velkavrh10. 10. 2015 12:41:32
Finally presenting my favorite Krvavec pasture as the last one - Dolgo Njivo. There are quite a few pastures with this name in our mountains. The easiest to visit is if we drive to Krvavec to the parking lot at Jezerce pasture. We can drive higher too, but we'll pay toll. From here we walk to Kriška planina and then the marked path above the pasture takes us to the hotel on Krvavec. There is also the famous Plečnik chapel of Marija Snežna. Above the chapel we see the nice GRS hut and TV tower. Then by road we go to Razor saddle. Above the saddle we see Veliki Zvoh. Here the signpost directs us to the marked path left to the pasture. Soon we leave the ski slope and descend on a pleasant path to the pasture. Quite soon we find ourselves at the beginning of the pasture. On the left we spot the ruins of the old settlement of ancient shepherds of the beautiful pasture. Archaeologists researched here and proved that the pasture was in use centuries ago. Behind the ruins I see a cave. Cavers explored the cave. You can crawl inside and even come out higher in the ruins. On the way back I met three cavers here who told me this. Then on the right we see signposts and realize that you can go up here from Kokra. This path is long, partly secured with cables. Along this path they drove livestock up to pasture. In recent years I notice a small herd of horses and sheep grazing here. This is evidenced by the fresh droppings of these animals. We continue the walk across this green plain and spot the only shepherd's hut on the pasture, which unfortunately is in poor condition - unfortunately. The roof of the adjacent barn collapsed long ago. On the right side we then find the trough for watering livestock. Currently the water is shut off. I think that on the entire Krvavec area this is the only spring where clear water flows all summer. From the trough left we see a small log cabin, which also looks abandoned. One window shutter was flapping in the wind. I saw broken glass on the ground. At the end of the pasture on the left side we leave the pasture and go towards Kalski greben or Vrh Korena. We can also reach the pasture via Veliki Zvoh, via Jež ridge, past Vrh Korena and below at the path junction turn left to the pasture.
Parking lot at planina Jezerce.1
Past Kriška planina - view of nearby Kržišče.2
Past Plečnik's chapel at Krvavec.3
At Razor saddle below Veliki Zvoh we turn left.4
The direction is indicated.5
End of the ski slope.6
Down pleasant path to the alpine pasture. The path is cleared of scree.7
Soon we see it deep below.8
The path is not difficult.9
Past interesting rock formations.10
View towards misty Kokra.11
Woods before the alpine pasture.12
Start of the alpine pasture.13
A pleasant green plain begins.14
Here on the right was the first proven settlement of ancient shepherds.15
Ruins of shepherds' dwelling are visible. Overall, evidence of ancient settlements is visible across the entire Krvavec area - planina Koren, below the hotel at Krvavcu, planina below Mokrica.16
Cave behind the ruins. Horses take shelter there.17
On across the alpine pasture.18
On the right, the Ježa ridge overlooks us. A pleasant ridge path runs over it from Veliki Zvoh to Vrh Korena, with wire ropes in places.19
Signposts at the beginning of the alpine pasture. To the left here one comes from Kokra. A few years ago I already came up to the pasture from here.20
Shepherd's hut on the alpine pasture. No shepherd has been here for a long time. Many years ago we could still encounter a shepherdess here who didn't like hikers at all.21
The roof of the adjacent barn collapsed long ago.22
Pity that everything is so abandoned. Legend has it that two elderly shepherdesses experienced winter in mid-August and froze along with the herd of cows.23
We continue across this pleasant green plain. It is a bit undulating too.24
On the left side at the end of the pasture is a small log cabin.25
It looks a bit abandoned. As far as I know, the pasture has an owner.26
The alpine pasture has water. In summer we can quench our thirst here. At least until now, I have drunk water here every summer.27
The pasture seems to be regularly cleared. Ruins quickly overgrow the pastures.28
The end of the pasture.29
We continue towards Kalški greben, left or right at the junction above the saddle to Vrh Korena. The pasture is already below.30
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lino14. 10. 2015 20:43:27
Velkavrh, in short - nice pasture, a bit solitary, nice photos. Thanks!
But two sentences bother me a bit, which contradict each other logically. "This path is long, it is also secured with cables in between. They drove livestock up this path to pasture."
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velkavrh15. 10. 2015 10:41:32
I went along this path from Kokra to the Dolge Njive pasture a few years ago and I know it. At that time I started right from the church in Kokra. It's only a short section that is secured with two sets of cables. This path is also described here as one of the approaches to the pasture. Every summer I see horses grazing here. Whose they are and how they bring them up here I don't know. I haven't seen cattle here for sure more than ten years - I don't know exactly when last time. But I remember an old shepherdess who grazed cattle here about 25 years ago. Surely they brought cattle from Kokra along this path. Probably there were no cables decades ago. They were installed for the safety of hikers.

Now towards winter I will focus on the pastures at Jezersko, which I have mostly not seen yet, and on the remaining pastures at Pokljuka. I'm buying snowshoes and will wait in winter for a nice sunny day.
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lino15. 10. 2015 13:46:52
Velkavrh, the description bothered me that the path is secured with steel cables. What about the safety for cattle and horses then? Thanks for the kind explanation.
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ana15. 10. 2015 21:14:35
Of course it confused you lino, because Mr. Velkavrh mixed up pears and apples again in his descriptions. Ejej

They bring cattle and horses to Krvavec by road, from there Dolga njiva is accessible even for elephants. So no one guesses if the army flies them up by helicopterbig

Meanwhile, they used to drive small livestock up from Kokra for pasture, which includes only sheep and goats, which easily climb even where some hikers need a rope for a safe step.
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velkavrh17. 10. 2015 16:57:30
Dear Ana, to confirm my statements, read in the booklet -I Pastured Cows on Krvavec- published by the Drama Group Pod Stražo, Cerklje, 213-Compiled, prepared and edited by Breda Žargaj and Mira Gerkman. There you will find everything about the history of the Dolga njiva pasture on Krvavec. They pastured here already in the late antique period. It's an old shepherd's path from Kokra that they used back then. Just read it!

I last saw cattle here many years ago-maybe 20 or 25 years ago together with that old shepherdess. Where they drove them up I really don't know. In later years I only encountered a herd of horses here. This year I missed them, but they were there. Every summer I see sheep here and also some goats.
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ana17. 10. 2015 20:48:13
Dear velkavrh, they pastured in antiquity. But small livestock was small livestock even back then, even if it bleated in Latin.

If you're already citing sources, at least use the right and quality ones. Instead of the drama group's bulletin, you could use, say, a quality guide to the Kamnik Alps. Just like with the flowers, where you use foreign literature for identification and then discover unknown flowers in our hills. We have our own quality books.

Am I rude to you? Yes, and I'm a bit embarrassed about it. But I simply don't understand why you're not, because you persistently post such "pearls" on the forum and neither good nor bad criticism makes you smarter.
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velkavrh17. 10. 2015 21:39:29
In this bulletin, if I may call it that, sources and authors are cited everywhere. The bulletin is not some bav bab that someone just made up. Otherwise, there is plenty of literature on this topic in the library that can be studied.

By the way, I have as many as ten handbooks on mountain flowers from various authors. Of course, most authors are Slovenes. I won't list them.
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ana18. 10. 2015 07:50:10
bob against the wall....
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GregorC18. 10. 2015 13:00:43
It's not about this pasture, but about Planina Prevalo under Begunjščica. A few years ago I often helped drive livestock to and from the pasture along the road from Draga past Planinca. The older gentlemen explained how they used to drive livestock to Prevalo through Luknja. I could hardly believe it myself and somehow it still doesn't make sense to me.rolling
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