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Anyone been recently to these parts on foot/snowshoes/touring?

Planning for weekend. Don't know if try towards Blato pasture and on or from Savica.

Thanks for kind help. LP

Excellent ! Thanks ! So this location will wait a bit longer and until then something else.

Larches are probably still green? Can someone tell me approximately when they will turn yellow? Mid-October?
Thanks

If someone by chance Sunday 11.9.2016 was at climbing crag Vipavska Bela and found silver chain with pendant, please tell me, I lost it. Probably near first bench.

http://www.decathlon.it/kit-via-ferrata-vitalink-id_8172982.html

Does anyone have this thing? It tempts me, the price is really good. I doubt it's much worse than those for 60-80€

I bought Lowa Cevedale Gtx also in Intersport from 300 to 18p. Otherwise, they'll probably be only for winter; I haven't tested them yet, but regarding how much I checked the offers, it was a good buy, and also according to user responses, Lowa boots are supposed to be very good. They were a bit cheaper than Lasportive Nepal, which is a nicer boot to me but heavy as hell. I don't yet have the need to spend 250eur+ on boots since I'm not doing (yet) serious alpinistic winter tours.

OPENING DECATHLON LJUBLJANA BTC (FORMER MERCATOR TEHNIKA, OPPOSITE KOLOSEJ), 16.4.

Got info from BTC too. As GregorC said should be April exact date unknown. Hope some opening discounts

I was also on the Gradiška tour and then to Furlan shelter on Sunday.
Markings are really a bit tricky due to felling, you need to turn around a bit and watch well. We were three and no problem, we found it quickly even though all first time on this tour.

I'd advise you similarly.
If you have some maillons or know someone who can give them to you buy preferably in Kibuba because you'll come cheaper through and get better stuff than in this kit.
I have kind of a rule that what's in the kit might have a bit lower quality. Of course not necessarily but reason to inquire more.
Quite affordable and excellent in my opinion is climbing harness Petzl Corax which is fully adjustable.
Regarding helmet hard to say I have Black Diamond Half Dome which all shops have and it's quite affordable. Suits me.
SVK also check prices a bit. I have idea to make it myself because I make it for more than half price cheaper and nothing missing. I doubt also if you're not quite incompetent or you're somewhat athlete and physically able that you won't fall so deep to need absorption. Absolutely recommend SVK so no one hangs immediately on this opinion, I use it too but out of interest would make myself and try how it goes. Biggest advantage of bought one is in my opinion that it has elastic ropes nicely shortened so not everything hangs around.
So if conclude I think you can get all 3 things for approx 120 EUR if you have 60 maillons. And I don't want to do any advertising! Just my opinion

Check the Decathlon site. It's in Italian but occhiali or something won't be hard to figure out

http://www.sportiva.com/products/footwear/mountain/trango-extreme-evo-%20lt-gtx

Does anyone have these gojzars or La Sportiva Trango Extreme Evo Light GTX? From Germany currently price 180€, which is really very good deal. What sizes does La Sportiva have, Alpinini 43 are too small for me.

Thanks for all the help.

I hope so because I haven't seen anything on the web yet, not one info. Whether they're really doing something now there, I haven't been there for a long time. Thanks for info.

Thanks for the quick help ! Yes, otherwise like the first ones,
just Raveltik ones.
Already looked in Kibuba too. CT 10 or 12 teeth really good price, only bothers me a bit that they're painted and paint peels off judging by numerous comments but I think it won't be an obstacle, I might really get those, since with straps they come cheaper than any in Iglu (generally I do most shopping at Kibuba, just this week first time bought at Iglu.. Well this time spent more and I'm about even ).

Mountaineers !
I'm interested if there's anyone here who likes to tweak some gear a bit themselves.
Not sure whether to buy crampons without anti-balling protection, which I can get (10/12 teeth), for 30-40€).

I'm thinking of making custom "antiboot" inserts from stainless steel sheet myself, drill the crampons a bit and attach the mentioned stainless anti-balling protection to the crampons with rivets.

Also interested firsthand, since I can't find enough data online, how much difference there is between classic crampons with plastic ends and then strap, and crampons that have only strap (older ones). Are the latter much less comfortable (my lay opinion)? Need for soft summer boot.

Thanks and best regards