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pohodnica536. 10. 2017 12:18:56

Ninđa - if no other photos, at least this one from Saturday 30.9. from Roblek; LP

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gapo6. 10. 2017 12:46:47

no snow at all, bare

švedrc6. 10. 2017 19:21:11

some from yesterday

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viharnik14. 10. 2017 11:47:58

Yesterday did nice ridge traverse over Vajnež and Stol. Sky alternated haze with sun, light breeze and quite warm up top. Hikers for fingers of both hands, some Austrians, also young Irish couple and Munich woman. Views like from plane, even Bled lake sparkled in distance, lp nasmeh

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garmont26. 10. 2017 18:57:07

Up via Zabreška, where snow poses no problems, down via Žirovniška, which is very slippery up top due to melting snow. Carefully, but doable. mežikanje

Met some hikers, even four cyclists. zavijanje z očmi

Regards

Short sleeves and snow... a good combination today.

There is not much snow on the northern side either.

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Majdag26. 10. 2017 19:39:45

...Yesterday's Stol, both directions via Žirovniška. Snow softens quickly, first patches above Prižnica. Road to Valvasor is quite muddy. nasmeh

http://jelenkamenmajdag.blogspot.si/2017/10/najvisji-v-karavankah-stol.html

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čebejla27. 10. 2017 12:50:41

Could one go up the climbing route? Or is it too snowy?

Ninđa30. 10. 2017 06:57:25

@čebejla, if it helps, I can tell you that the exit to the ridge was icy on Saturday.

Can someone explain why Celovška hut is "covered"?

Regards, Nino

MountaineerX14. 11. 2017 17:51:59

Stol - Žirovniška? Anyone up there last three days? Track there, right? Snowshoes, crampons, both? Thanks nasmeh

redbull14. 11. 2017 19:20:11

Probably gaiters velik nasmeh

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MountaineerX15. 11. 2017 10:53:39

If anyone's heading to Stol, come at least 1.5 hrs earlier and park in Završnica (max at Turkish cave). Can't reach the hut. Ice on road, some small trees down too... Don't know conditions on Stol, didn't plan to go up today. Cheers

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gandalf21. 11. 2017 14:40:47

IS THE ROAD TO VALVASOR ALREADY PASSABLE? DOES ANYONE KNOW?

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krpan8824. 11. 2017 19:15:24

path is normally passable, so action and off to the hills nasmeh

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Trobec24. 12. 2017 21:08:25

This is from yesterday... but until the worsening (i.e., till Tuesday) conditions will probably be approximately the same.

At the lake, a few minutes before 8, the car still showed -4°C, a little higher it warmed up quickly. At Počivalo it was already +3. Well, even higher it cooled a bit again. To the hut there are some nasty very icy spots. Even for those only going to the hut, some small crampons wouldn't hurt. At the hut there is still quite little snow, higher up the snow cover thickens, especially in the gullies.
Although I started alone from the valley, I got a "climbing partner" midway nasmeh

Somewhere around the treeline it was windy, which was not the best forecast for the summit, but luckily the wind persisted only at that altitude. At the end of the steep section, where the gully to the saddle begins, the snow is windblown, the crust icy in several places. It mostly bears weight. Further toward the saddle it breaks through in places, but not too deeply. On the ridge there are of course cornices, so don't peek too much into Austria nasmeh

You practically couldn't wish for a better day

This section is quite demanding fitness-wise

Saddle between Mali Stol and Veliki Stol with a view towards Očak

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Lisica23. 01. 2018 19:10:02

Does anyone have any info on conditions on Stol? Interested in the route from Valvazorja up. Thanks.

ajax24. 01. 2018 05:45:12

Even every Primorec knows that they are winter conditions, if you don't believe, call Jano Morelj!!! velik nasmeh

Lisica24. 01. 2018 08:15:50

@ajax You're so nice. eek

Of course I know they are winter. But they can vary too... Look if you don't get it I won't explain. velik nasmeh

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misace24. 01. 2018 12:15:32

Quite a few of them went up via Žirovniška. Conditions for winter gear. Finžgarjeva impassable (dangerous) due to cornices and avalanches. 2 cars at the turnoff to Ajdna, where there's quite a bit of frozen and icy gravel.

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Lisica25. 01. 2018 10:02:43

I went to check the conditions myself yesterday... nasmeh

The plan was a bit further, but Stol called so gently that I couldn't resist. mežikanje

I parked almost at the lake, as the road to Valvazorja is closed. I started late, after 9 a.m.

More snow on the path starts only at 1300-1500 m, on grassy slopes some has melted, some has slid. A local on the path said that you need to be a bit more careful there. Yesterday the temperature was surely above 0 everywhere (even at the summit), the sun was burning like in spring, sky without a cloud and summit almost without wind... a day for short sleeves and winter gear. zadrega

Below in sunny spots snow is very soft and wet, up between summits squeaky, below it frozen, towards the top soft and wet again. It is trodden. The ridge where the hut is is mostly frozen.