Yesterday, on Saturday, my colleague and I decided to head for Golica. We parked at Fenc. Behind the house we turned right immediately up the hill. At the lower station of the cargo cableway we turned left, where a sign marks the winter trail. The snow was quite compact but due to the warm sun and late hour, it sank. A little below the Golica Hut we had to do a bit of "climbing". (experienced ones will probably just laugh
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At the hut we left our backpacks (also hats and jacket) and headed to the top. Midway it started blowing. At the top the wind was very strong and especially COLD and soon forced us to shorten our panoramic viewing. Hat, gloves and jacket mandatory at the top
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There were very few hikers, altogether we met about ten people. The weather was warm, wonderful, beautiful.., except the exposed top. From the hut we headed around 14.00 to the valley, but the snow was already very soft and sank well in places. I'm not a great expert in winter snow walking, but I think we should have started a bit earlier, as the snow was much more compact in the morning.
Gaiters and crampons are not superfluous.
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