JMiha - Recent messages

PFranci, super nice photos, should have posted mine first from last weekend.

Forecast held! Saturday still heavy rain in Ljubljana and snow above 1400m, but just enough to cover tracks and make best TS this winter for me.

Sadly probably the last one here due to weather. Attaching some pics

Wonderful views and no mud, it's true that in the afternoon the frost melted and everything got quite mushy.

Snow whitened the slopes again and I searched paths around these beautiful peaks....

Sending some today's pics from phone for a taste.

Left skis at home, smart decision... too much crust still and sun softens snow completely during the day.

I like going alone to the mountains, since finding a suitable like-minded person who would enjoy equally, in the same direction, with similar fitness is far from easy. Maybe with time I'll invite my children, but I don't know if they'll sense the same magic as I do when the day is etched by stripped larch storm pines or the fairy tale of rhododendron by the mountain path. Long ago I was an alpinist, survived some really sad (own) experiences, in between did many sports (mainly individual) and the mountains called me back via ski touring. Most mistakes happen on easy terrain due to ignorance, inexperience! That's eternal truth and a group can sometimes be a very deceptive herd....I prepare for the trip at home, today there's an exceptional amount of information compared to 20 years ago, I tell relatives where I'm going and report as soon as possible that I'm safely back.

Today on skis to Stenar via stenarska vratca. Hot, hot, hot... Don't remember when a ski tour was so hot. Lots of snow, ski continuously through stenarska vratca to the slab, but in the steepest part of vratca already so softened that first 20m better walked on descent. Upper part and traverse to Triglav lots of softened snow, sinking shoe-deep. Still proper winter in Julijci, unbelievable for this time of year.

Whole day met only one brave soul for this hot day, who turned to Križ.

Below some pics, unfortunately not best quality in bright light (from phone).

Today the road is cleared almost to Kovinarska hut; in the last hill some spruces are lying on the road.. if they cleared them, it would be possible to slide further from the hut with the car (but it goes with the bike )

Road dry to monument, snow doesn't sink in morning, but I did whole path on skis. Today morning rushed and had wonderful morning and ski to monument. At nine am despite thaw still hard enough. Took skis off only few meters through forest below to car, but soon no more and have to carry skis from Lipanska planina to start.

This week plowed to halfway on the path to the hut in Krma. Spring coming unstoppable, snow below doesn't freeze at night. Meadows under MDV drying slowly, but lots of snow from Jezerc and Zg. Krma onwards. Skiing up top exceptional, breakthrough back through beech woods to Kurja vas (where I had the car) tough

Some fresh photos from Saturday. Snow starts on the first ridge at the benches, before that there are still some avalanche debris remnants. I skied the upper part, in February only the lower part, because on the steepest section more than a meter of snow was just waiting to slide down on us in the thaw.

Is there any fresh news? I'll be happy for each

Hi,

I also want this Saturday to head out for a ski descent to Kredarica. It's been a very long time since I was on this path; I'm afraid mainly of avalanches from newer snow (especially what will happen in the next two days) below Kredarica.

Since I'm the slower type, I'll start as early as possible.

#Jume, I'll be glad for any new information, especially on Friday when you talk to the meteorologists.