Slovenia - Mountain Walking - August - September 2015
Page 8 - Mojstrana - Julian Alps
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Above - Slap Peričnik
Above - Galleries above the Vrata River
Above - Small hut near the head of the Vrata Valley. Massive walls
tower all around.
Above - Alježev dom - where I spent the night
Above - Toothed jelly fungi
Above - This giant piton and carabiner is a memorial to fallen
climbers and partisans. It is about 5 m high.
Above - Capricorn - Capra ibex
Above - My route - the Prag Route - left the valley and climbed
steeply (very steeply!!) - using cables and spikes.
Above - Not so steep now
Above - Strange karst country (karst is one slovene word that has
made it into English. Another comes from dolina (valley or
depression) which is doline in English)
Above - Triglavski dom
Above - People on the way up or down Triglav. The summit is about an
hour away.
Above - Triglavski dom - very crowded! I stopped for a cup of tea.
Above - The mist cleared for a few seconds and I got this photo of
people on the way up Triglav. Very busy for a misty day!
Above - I continue on
Above - Tržaska koča na Dolič - where I spent the night.
Above - I next went along this old road - cut into the side of the
mountain back in WWI
Above - The old road
Above - I also could have followed this narrow and exposed path.
Above - Looking down into the Soča Valley
Above - The old road
Above - Another WWI road led to the next hut
Above - One of the seven Triglav lakes
Above - Eroded limestone
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