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Slovenia: Zip-line, GeoCaching, Hiking

This weekend Nada and me decided to use her coupons for Zip-line, therefore we drove to Bovec, where the guides gave us quick instructions and soon we were on our way towards Učja canyon.

 

On our way to Bovec, GeoCaches took us to two nice places. First one to The Kluže fort, a majestic fort above Koritnica gorge, that is one of the most visited cultural sights in the Soča valley. It is an important monument to the defence against Turkish invasions, Napoleon's army and attacks during World War One. The second one took us to Bovec, to St. Ulrich's Parish Church.

Setting up the camera

 

So serious before the start

This could be our next destination for canyoning

Six steel cables in lengths between 250 m - 400 m. Highest point over the canyon is 160 m.

 

The fun was over in less than an hour, but it was worth it.

Last photo session over Učja

Zip-line with GPS

Our first adventure was over so we continued with GeoCaching on our way to Dom dr.Klementa Juga v Lepeni mountain hut.

Flower

Ravelnik, Outdoor museum of the First World War. An arranged circular path runs along the onetime Austro-Hungarian first line of defence. In addition to trenches and connection tunnels there are also caves, pillboxes, machine-gun emplacements and restored cabins. There are a lot of remains here in a relatively small area.

The Golobar material ropeway, built between 1931 and 1935, the forestry ropeway consisted of two steel ropes used to transport wood from the Golobar plain.

 

The Šunik water grove, a beautiful corner in the pristine surroundings of the Triglav National Park. Just before the confluence with the Šumnik stream, the Lepenjica has carved out a 100 m gorge up to 10 m in depth with beautiful green pools.

On our way to Dom dr.Klementa Juga v Lepeni mountain hut.

We parked our car and started hiking. Today's plan was to reach the Dom pri Krnskih jezerih mountain hut at 1385 m.

Conditions changed and we were walking only on snow

Snow levels in april in different years

We reached our hut and we left our gear there. Then we looked around and we found The Dupeljsko jezero (1340 m), a small lake in a grassy basin under the Duplje plain.

We hiked another 20 minutes and we were next to the largest mountain lake in Slovenia, that lies at an altitude of 1391 m. Krnsko jezero lake is close to 400 m long, 150 m wide and up to 17 m deep.

Afternoon hike to the mountain lodge at Krnska jezera lakes, 1385 m.

GeoCaches found:
- The Well, GC34AA5
- Bovec - sv. Urh, GC34QWZ
- Isonzo, GCGKJM
- Soča Highlights No. 7 – Žičnica Golobar, GC3BMV3, where I retrieved trackable item "Signal Tag - Motorbike", TB3TCAA, with whom I visited also the next GeoCache
- Soca Highlights No.5 - Sunikov gaj, GC2XKEV