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Turkish Mountain

pohodnik3828. 08. 2011 21:36:37

what happened today at Okrešelj? that helicopter intervened, probably not an exercise in such visibility.

Okrešelj

keber129. 08. 2011 00:59:44

Rescue of someone from the wall, according to info from the hut, open fracture.

pohodnik3829. 08. 2011 17:09:05

according to the article published today they rescued a climber from the wall of Mala Rinka

Rescue on the Rinkas

pohodni25. 09. 2011 16:20:53

Today early morning start at Rinka waterfall, ascent towards Okrešelj, and continuation through Turski gully to the summit of Turska Mountain. We returned via Kotliči back to the start.
Weather was excellent, path through Turski gully interesting, towards Kamniško sedlo through Kotliči quite a bit nasty and unpleasant, but downhill towards Okrešelj better again. nasmeh

view from the top of Turska gora towards Grintovec and Skuta

and Kamniško sedlo (left Planjava, right vrh Brane)

another view towards the mountains from Okrešelj

Lenko22. 10. 2011 17:30:47

Today I made it to the top of the Turkish gully. Snow untrodden, at Okrešelj 50cm, in the gully varies from 20-70cm. Up to the big boulder in the gully without using crampons. Further on lots of cornices. Exit from the gully to the ledge covered with verglas (about last 10-15m). Further towards Turska gora (as much as I could see in the fog) very windblown, with drifts. For the summit itself, I think we need to wait for another snow dump.

sataro16. 11. 2011 20:15:25

What are the conditions like in the Turkish gully? At the beginning of the second week I'd go by this route. Interested if there's any snow? Thanks for comments.

ljubitelj gora16. 11. 2011 21:09:30

Here you'll get a picture of Turski gully
http://www.hribi.net/trenutnerazmere.asp?slo=1&gorovjeid=3&id=1178

DarjaZaplotnik27. 11. 2011 21:21:25

On Saturday via Žmavčarji to Bivouac under Skuta, then to Koroška Rinka and further to Turkish Mountain. We descended via Kotliči back to the path at Žmavčarje. Descent along the ledges right (looking down) from Kotliški gully is exposed, in wet danger of slipping, here and there you catch a bit of path. Key spot - exposed and smooth ledge, partially secured with two pegs.
No snow except a couple of non-problematic patches on the path.

best regards d

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Mali Gobar26. 12. 2011 15:53:19

Despite somewhat worse forecast today Klemen and I set off to Turkish Mountain via Turkish gully. Road was icy in the morning, so we left car 100m below parking in the dead end (we got far, really velik nasmeh

) To Okrešelj without issues, from there to entrance to Turkish gully (scree below it) quite strenuous: track was windblown, when we entered the steep before gully and so had to make new one. Breaking trail to knees, if temps don't drop it'll stay like that. Whole Turkish gully nicely passable (and now trodden, behind us few more winter enthusiasts). From end of gully to Turkish Mountain full winter gear needed (best also in gully at least from boulder on). Otherwise wanted to go to Kranjska Rinka, but so many clouds and fog that way, decided for left variant. Of course treated ourselves to hefty portion of various detours eek

and despite all made track also to Turkish Mountain. Conditions windy and cloudy, on return caught some rain drops. Lower part of gully from boulder on we of course "did" on the butt. Enjoyable despite not ideal conditions! More in photo gallery ...

Extremely nice greeting from up there,

Jure

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Jakka28. 12. 2011 22:40:39

Pictures say more about today's tour. Otherwise, Turkish gully well passable, on sun-exposed spots thaw and resulting in nasty slush on crampons. Road no problem drivable to turnaround.

from Mrzla gora you could hear rocks and ice falling all day

very famous planinka from Logarska dolina in full form

from the top of Turska gora - peaks from the picture probably everyone knows...

and the day slowly turns into night, with the moon in the sky of course

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mosovnik1. 01. 2012 18:16:03

On the first day of the new year something has to be done and my son and I took off after a sleepless night (well, we stole a few minutes of sleep) to Turkish Mountain through Turkish gully.
Conditions good, in gully also some "hardness", further without special features, on summit a bit breezy, considering the date, quite surprisingly many hikers who at gully exit turned right too, hi, hi.
Some snapshots:
http://www.mojalbum.com/mosovnik/turska-gora-01-01-2012

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mailman2. 01. 2012 09:33:13

Bravo for this!!!! Congratulations!!!

LidijaJesih13. 01. 2012 23:12:38

As if Friday 13th isn't a day for the mountains. Today the whole day on the entire tour, from parking lot to summit and back: no one! Nice day, almost no wind. You can drive to the summer parking lot below the waterfall, the path from the waterfall to Okrešelj is quite icy. To the Turkish gully well trodden, further the wind swept the tracks. Mostly nice walking, the exit from the gully is open, but quite icy. Crossing to the summit requires some caution due to a few meter-long completely icy spots. On the way back it sank a bit, but after such a nice ascent why worry about it. velik nasmeh

View from Okrešelj towards Rinke. No doubt, it will be a nice day.

Initial slope towards Turski žleb. The gradient increases with height.

Somewhere halfway, the descent looks like this.

Almost 700 elevation meters to gain on this slope.

Only nature knows how to do it like this.

A little before the summit, Mrzla gora in the background.

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katty14. 01. 2012 10:01:32

Bravo for this exceptional tour nasmeh

. And really nice pictures. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

Fifi24. 02. 2012 11:53:23

does anyone have a picture of the north side of Turska mountain from Okrešelj or something similar from a few days ago!?

mesetar24. 02. 2012 21:06:15

Yes, for example on Wednesday, Feb 22nd it looked like this.... From half to meter of new snow, in places wind-packed, sinking to the waist. To the boulder you trudge and trudge and..., then higher first about 50m filled across the whole width of the gully to the waist, higher quite blown to the side, towards the top hard frozen snow and ice. Just the exit from the gully and first 50m to Turska, bottom living ice covered with about 20-30 cm new snow, further somehow snow to the knees. Well such info was passed to us by Jože who was at the summit. Bravo Jože! Of course sincere congratulations for Bojana's feat, which as it seems promises a lot more!? velik nasmeh

Bojana, QUEEN! velik nasmeh

More and more snow, slope steeper and steeper.

The two most persistent turned back here, Jože persevered.

and that's why we together plunged deep to our waists and searched for the most pleasant direction

here the snow is already quite wind-packed, sometimes drifts and ice

at the end of these tracks, under which living ice hides, turned around

and carefully descended towards Dom na Okrešlju

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sergejjj9. 03. 2012 21:17:35

This morning my colleague and I headed to Turkish Mountain. Real snow in the true sense starts just before Okrešelj. Snow conditions from there on simply fantastic....no sinking anywhere. In the gully itself similar conditions, just the middle part quite hard, but still good progress. The worst was the sharp wind, which however calmed down completely about 15 minutes after we reached the summit of Turkish Mountain. The descent itself also without issues. velik nasmeh

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geppo11. 03. 2012 18:48:28

Today similar conditions as already described (sergejjj ).
Conditions these days really ideal (snow) for visiting this mountain. Snow doesn't sink.
Also today strong wind that at times was moving you. Visitors few. Road in the morning on some parts very icy so careful.
lp

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redbull16. 03. 2012 16:14:18

Today early morning started from Rinka waterfall, over Turkish gully.
First was Little Rinka, then to Styrian, Carinthian and Carniolan, and then back also to Turkish mountain and back over the gully home.
It was phenomenal.

oh, and on the camera the time is wrong (1 hour ahead.)