alfonz123 - Recent messages

Krefi don't be offended now if you got such answers. I believe everyone advised you in good faith each their own way, because from your question it really gives the impression that you don't have much winter mountain experience, maybe I'm wrong. If you followed the scene regularly, you'd know as redbull wrote that conditions have been more or less excellent for over a month. I agree with what Barentoter wrote, but don't forget that besides winter gear you need to know how to use it and be skilled in winter terrain movement. Because for experienced conditions are really great, for less so very dangerous and tricky, reflected in the number of nasty incidents in the mountains in recent weeks.
Good luck.

gams1, I was there in summer and went up the gully right of the drawn route on the pic. First climb the step, then at the gully entry on the right is an older bolt. Black shows where I went, green marks the spot at the gully entry on the right where the older bolt is.

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nicely written " How is someone without experience supposed to know it's not suitable for them?"
So someone who doesn't have proper experience shouldn't even go on such winter tours, but should first go to some lower hill and gain experience there first. Because you also need to know how to use the equipment, it's not enough just to have it! Because for many such super duper equipment boosts confidence, they go on a serious tour, but with the use of that equipment complete ignorance.

Some just don't get it, despite all recommendations, warnings and various explanations from everywhere (GRS, PZS, numerous media) due to numerous accidents in the mountains in recent weeks, that for high mountains "ala" Lesce chain crampons are in no way suitable but real crampons. In winter ice axe and crampons are mandatory equipment and always in the backpack, period, not constantly asking if they are needed or not. You take them, if you need them you have them with you, if not you just don't use them.

You can check the link, how many km and elevation it was in February. I started at the hut on Boč, went to the top of Boč, then along the path to the top of Donačka and back to the hut on Boč, without the top of Boč on return. Suunto measured 33 km, elevation there and back together a bit over 2000. If you start from Poljčane add about 400 elevation to my starting point at the hut and one km extra. I used just under 5 hours, with 30 min stop at the hut below Donačka.

And here's the Strava link:
https://www.strava.com/activities/488793839

Yes, the road to Logarski Kot is dry, further you can't go anymore! Exactly like that in the picture! Taken on Sunday.

Lots of snow above Okrešelj, super conditions in the gully today for ascent, likewise for descent(from the top of the gully almost to the foot of the gully butt sliding on some mini bob track carved by predecessors - snow wasn't frozen), anyway super!

I was on Saturday on Ojstrica via Kopinski, then over Babe to Planjava and the trail is dry all the way, except at a couple of spots there are snow patches that are passable without crampons, but I had an ice axe just in case and it came in handy. But I have to say that the markings are a bigger problem than the snow patches, very poorly visible or gone altogether and orientation is quite demanding.

snowfield a bit above saddle on way to summit was passable without crampons Sunday morning - footprints made and simply go along them, of course need to be a bit more careful i.e. concentrated on safe step. Can avoid this snowfield by going on path parallel to snowfield path, just runs some 10m lower than the one on snowfield, two went up that path on Sunday too and it's well visible. Then joins upper path anyway.

Of course talking about the snowfield before entering the climbing section... I was there yesterday.

From the wall to the saddle it's completely dry, and on the snowfield footprints are made so on descent I didn't need crampons, but I used them in the morning when it was still hard and there were no footprints.

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