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Hi, has anyone gone to Dolič from Zadnjica recently? Is there still a lot of snow towards Hribarice and Prehodavci and back to Zadnjica?

Thanks and best regards

What are the conditions like for Viševnik, amount of snow..?

Interesting, we all want a miracle pill (here "green coffee"???), that would solve all problems, but don't want to take responsibility for ourselves.

The second important thing for me in maintaining some normal body weight is - not to rigorously starve, because you only harm yourself. Otherwise everyone has their system; if it works, it's good. Just make sure to eat varied food.

Third thing, regarding hiking - strenuous full-day or even multi-day tours are not intended for weight loss, then you simply need the energy. Something completely different is daily uphill running.

IgorZlodej, these aren't theories. Read a book.

My contribution too Two years ago I tackled the stress and excess weight problem. Weight is a combination of proper diet and regular exercise, at least 3x weekly you have to sweat for 40 minutes.

Diet:
- at least 5 meals/day, best at the same times (e.g. 7h,10h,13h,16h,19h depending on schedule).
- abundant varied breakfast with all components (carbs, proteins, fibers)
- snack fruit (one piece, e.g. apple)
- lunch normal varied
- afternoon snack proteins (yogurt, kefir etc)
- dinner proteins and veg

General diet rules:
- no carbs after lunch
- avoid high GI food (white bread, white flour pasta, white flour sweets, potatoes)
- no eating 2h before bed

Such "diet" is not hard, no hunger, but maintains weight only, not lose. For losing need exercise.

For hills per experience need aerobic training for body to hold "oxygen balance" long term. Layman: fitness. Plus muscle strength (mass), usually weights, or exercises (leg squats etc) till muscles burn. After no carbs but steaks! Muscles heal with protein, gain mass/strength. Recommend gym smart; not all for all, what you want (leg power, lose belly, maintain fitness...).

Training e.g. 40min sweat (fast walk Šmarna Gora for Ljubljana folks, though fast you top in 30min or less ).

Hiking itself not for "weight loss" cuz need energy/carbs supplied. Short: no hunger then, but better steak after valley return than schnitzel and fries

Check the previous page about the path over Križ (from Dovških vratc all the way to Pogačnikov dom). Since you're going to Križ summit from the east, no issues with that snowfield I mention there. Other snowfields passable without winter gear, snow is soft, doesn't sink much, gentle terrain.

Path over Bovški Gamsovec (from Luknja over towards Križ) is supposedly dry, as other Kriške podi visitors told me on Sunday, maybe someone here on the forum knows more precisely. Good luck! Nice tour.

Excellent! I'm really a bit ashamed that I don't know so many flowers and caterpillars as you two!

Yes, as I wrote, over Bovška vratca is easier. Sunday I went too, but loop path, first as you say, then from Križ under Stenar back.

At these temperatures, snowfields, it seems, will soon melt.

On the path from Pogačnikov dom over Bovška vratca to Križ there are a couple of easy snowfields, on the other side towards Stenarska vratca one steep, more tricky one (path goes over it). If going in the opposite direction, from Stenarska vratca to Križ, you can easily avoid it (walk right below it more or less horizontally to the wall under the summit, where there are two markings, then up towards the summit. If descending from the summit of Križ towards Stenarska vratca and you don't know the path, it's a bit unclear - you don't know if you can go under this snowfield or cross it. To avoid it, but right below it, lower down it's already quite steep and scree terrain. Markings are quite sparse.

Further towards Dovška vratca there is still some snow, but no steep sections.

Nice climbing route with the right amount of iron also from Turska gora to Kamniško sedlo (via Žlebiče) and more varied than Žrelo (not just up but zigzags interestingly). Not a climber though, surely many other pure climbing routes, let others say And I wish safe steps.

@Tatana, Strožič via Žrelo is a great variant, last Friday I had a little self-belay school there. No snow, iron condition is OK. And faces north, good for hot days

Anyone been to Križ last days? From nice Stanko post obvious still some snowfields; what's difficulty and potential danger, can bypass? Planning from Zadnjica over Kriške pode.

Yes, gams44, I forgot to add that, the consequences (yet) haven't happened to me, otherwise "don't touch the lion while it's sleeping"

As far as I know, the road is still closed to public traffic, but it is drivable in a technical sense - with all possible consequences ...

It helps, thanks! Still pretty snowy, yes, looks right on the path.

Has anyone been in the last few days from Dolič or Prehodavci to Kanjavec? How is the snow? Thanks!