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I started the short hike at the 2nd hairpin bend of the Vršič road towards Škrbinjek. Somewhere in the middle of the path I turned left onto a nicely visible trail and climbed in zigzags through steep forest. Then I left the trail, steeply ascended the forest slope and reached almost the top of the wooded Mali Kumleh. From there I descended towards the scree and continued almost to the rockfall under Veliki Kumleh, where I turned around and descended to the forest under Mali Kumleh, descending through forest and scree all the way to the trail that brought me back to the starting point.

This morning I was on the lowest Rinka, started the trail at the end and continued over Žmavčarje, past the Bivouac under Skuta to Mala Rinka. As for conditions, it was sprinkled with snow this morning from about 1800 m onwards to the Bivouac and beyond. At the top occasionally a bit windy, periods of partial cloudiness and sun alternated. Great views from the top, on return all snow below the bivouac had already melted, which seems to be in store for the snow in higher elevations too. Pictures follow. One more thing - on return, with another hiker we found car remote keys together with regular key and white fob, on which phone number is barely visible. If anyone misses these keys they are at Dom in Kamniška Bistrica.

Towards Adam, Eve?

According to what's written in the guidebook, that Piksova škrbina separates Perilnik from Macesja, I think Perilnik is west of it.

If I join the debate a bit more, I can quote Klemen Janša, who in the PZS Karavanke Guidebook regarding Perilnik, which he places in the Macesja ridge, wrote:

"Behind Užnik rises Perilnik (Mittelwand, approx. 2000 m). Its name is German, derives from Waschrumpel (rattle), recalled by horizontal layers of Dachstein limestone in the west part of its north wall. East of Perilnik rises the highest summit of Macesje (Breitwand or Breitkopf, 2124 m). The summit, next to Košutnikov turn (2133 m), is the mightiest peak in the entire ridge. It is separated from Perilnik by Piksova škrbina (Pichscharte, 2009 m), which also separates it from Stolp (Pichsturm, 2080 m), a huge rock tooth plummeting steeply to scree above Koča pod Košuto (Koschutahaus). The last summit in the ridge is Ostrv (Zadnja Košuta, Kleiner Koschutnikturm/Kainradlturn, 2104 m)".

From this I conclude that Perilnik will not be found between Tegoška gora and Užnik, but between Užnik and Macesje. The author does not give its height, which should be at least higher than 2009 m, the height of Piksova škrbina separating Perilnik from Macesje. Again something to think about and actual inspection on the "terrain".

The exit looked bp, for the rest the predecessor has already written something, so probably no snow issues.

In the morning I walked from Ravenska Kočna along the Slovenian to Ledine, then via climbing continued to Baba, descended and continued to Ledinski vrh then via Jezersko sedlo and Ledine along hunting back to start. On the mentioned path still a bit of snow, but no issues while walking.

I also climbed Bovec Chamois this morning. Conditions through Luknja are without peculiarities as described by the previous one, views were excellent in the morning, later peaks started shrouding in fog. Ran into a herd of chamois resting on grass below the summit. More in photos.

Morning or forenoon on Špik via Kačji graben. At the summit I enjoyed the views and pleasant sun for almost an hour, during the return or in the second part of the descent the weather turned bad. Regarding the conditions, snow starts from about 1800 m onwards and there is still plenty, the part before and when turning right to the last slopes is partially crusty. From there crampons and ice axe are recommended in the morning, at least today it was quite hard so I used both there, in case of higher temperatures it sinks a lot. Summit part crusty, more in photos.

Today I decided on a tour along Belščica, which was more than excellent. I started from Dom Trilobit, then via Planina Seča and Ride continued traversing the slopes of Belščica all the way to Potoški Stol. In this section, especially below Mali vrh, there are some short snowfields, but with caution they pose no major issues, and they can be bypassed by climbing straight to the ridge. From Potoški Stol I went to Vajnež and along the ridge to Mali vrh, where I descended traversely also to Kamnitnik and then back the same way to the starting point.

Today family-friendly hike from Jezersko vrh to Pristovški Storžič. Conditions good, path almost entirely dry, except some snow patches in summit area, which pose no problems. Perhaps a bit more caution only in section under the cable, where rocks were quite slippery today.

@Kranj - you have private message.

More info from path to Storžič from Jezersko side. From Praprotnik hut to Bašelj pass between 1500 and 1600 m three snowfields. Snow around 10 o'clock already so soft, I crossed without issues but be careful. Same on descent. Path from pass to summit, no issues as predecessors described.

Yesterday afternoon on Virnik Grintovec. Path without issues, completely dry. Views weren't the best as the highest peaks were in clouds. Short but very nice tour.

Yesterday Jože and I conquered the highest peak of Istria and Učka - Vojak. We started in Medveja and continued via Lovranska Draga to the summit. The weather was cloudy and foggy throughout, so no views at all, otherwise a very good fitness tour where you need to overcome 1400m of elevation gain. Really a shame there were no views, because given the location they must be wonderful.

In the morning I drove to Planica and visited Ciprnik, which did not disappoint. The weather was wonderful, after the last snowfall and due to the untracked snow I was the first on the summit. There's not much snow, but just right for winter atmosphere.

Maybe I asked the question awkwardly; it was just to check what was written, and my intent was not to go without winter gear, since I always have it in my backpack in winter. I wanted to know if the ridge conditions are as @pikpok wrote, just to approximately familiarize myself in advance, not to skip winter gear. Thanks for the answers.