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Po Hodnik22. 02. 2025 16:42:57
Like half of Slovenia, start from Ljubelj. Snow on Y not exactly praiseworthy, but enough for nice ascent. Snow below hard, towards top a bit powdery.
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HribovcSHriba22. 02. 2025 16:51:18
22.2.2025 Vrtača. Start at 5.00 from Ljubelj, up along foot then along ridge, down through gully. Morning snow still super, compact and hard, on return due to high temps already started "from the south". On crowd during descent I can only say stopped counting hikers at 100 haha
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Trobec10. 03. 2025 00:36:12
For Saturday prospects seemed quite poor with marked warming last days. But contrary to expectations conditions in Y incredibly good.
After "long deliberation" at hut added Begunjščica via Central. For end...um...almost whole Šentanc due to lost ice axe...zadrega

https://trobec.blogspot.com/2025/03/y-na-vrtaco-in-begunjscica-832025.html
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darinka410. 03. 2025 12:58:02
Nicely described tour. nasmeh
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skala1233. 10. 2025 22:30:10

Today a nice tour to Vrtača from Ljubelj. Along the border path to the hut at Zelenica. Then along the marked path to the Vrtača summit. Descent the same path. Cold and windy at the top.

Nice mountaineer's greeting
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pika21. 12. 2025 07:30:46
To Vrtača from Ljubelj on the marked path. To Zelenica and in the forest the path is icy, small crampons or chains would be very welcome. Further on, rocky parts alternate with snowy ones. Sunny and panoramic.
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arta21. 12. 2025 10:39:14
You had a really great day and a nice tour.nasmeh
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ločanka21. 12. 2025 17:05:12
Nice!
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HMatjaž30. 12. 2025 21:16:55
Today on Vrtača, up Y. Conditions in Y not good, jump bare and very hard to cross. I advise against ascent to Vrtača this way.
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Po Hodnik31. 12. 2025 15:24:33
End of year to Vrtača.

⬆️ Y
⬇️ SE gully.

Agree with previous. Really little snow this year. Last jump (or two) really problematic. Need to be quite skillful to get over. SE also scant snow and at 1800m already on rock.

But this post even more telling: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CumqcpRsp/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Tomco7. 03. 2026 19:08:50
Finally we made it.
Vrtača up Y (left branch), southern gully down. Conditions perfect!

Crossing the southern slopes on the way back to Zelenica was a bit tricky, because there in the sun-exposed snow it sank a bit among the bushes, but nothing to complain about.

Watch out, stones fly down both in Y and the southern gully. I took a fist-sized one to the shoulder in Y; one gentleman took one to the hand in the southern gully. And on the descent in the southern gully we met several hikers without helmets... Folks, put helmets on your heads.
Morning snow, ideal for walking.1
Under Palec it quickly melts.2
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Super snow in the gully along its entire length.4
At the jump.5
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Enjoyable scrambling.7
Before the exit.8
Diversion at the exit; this right variant is fun.9
A day worth shouting about.10
From here the right exit variant is better visible, straight up, as an optional diversion.11
What to say, life is beautiful :)12
Descent down the southern gully, the snow is holding well. Hard up top, by our time it had softened lower down where the gully exits the shade.13
Back towards Zelenica.14
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rensul8. 03. 2026 22:26:34
Tomco- Nice photos, only on the 11th I was a bit in the way😀. Really was a nice day.
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Tomco9. 03. 2026 16:30:54
@rensul: Ha, we've met again... I didn't realize that was the "gentleman from Vrtača Ridge" 😄
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