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Monday, October 30, 2017

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Slovenia: Lower Martuljek Waterfall and Bivouac under Špik


After cycling for 3 days Nada and me decided to do some easy hiking. First we found 2 geocaches and then we went to visit Lower Martuljek Waterfall. Easy hike from Gozd Martuljek took us to beautiful 29 m waterfall, that continues to fall for 25 m in more smaller waterfalls. Soon we continued towards the Bivouac under Špik, 1424 m, which was our highest point today. We returned back via detour to "Izvir pri Mrzlih vodah" (Spring at Cold waters), unfortunately dry, but we could hear the water running underground. Our hike was finished in a hut "Pri Ingotu".

Visited old abandoned ski jumping hills "Pri Kureju"

 
Through the gorge towards the waterfall

  
Lower Martuljek Waterfall

 
Easy Autumn hike

 
1 more hour

Julian Alps are gorgeous

Last stop before the final ascent

Oltar, 2621 m, Špik, 2472 m and Frdamane police, 2284 m

Bivouac under Špik

Finally arrived

 
Izvir pri Mrzlih vodah (Spring at Cold waters) - depending on the amount of water the spring can look very differently. The water can pour out or the rocks can be overgrown with moss and water maybe only leaking over it. This is the origin of the name the locals use for the waterfall - "Mahovi" (Moss).

Finžgar chapel at the meadow Jasenje

 
Back in the valley

Martuljek group is the subgroup of beautiful Julian Alps and it is one of its most beautiful parts.

In the mid-60s of last century each summer the three owners moved to Jasenje for a fortnight and manually mowed the meadows. They led the last mowing in the mid-70s. When even the livestock stopped grazing, the pasture was abandoned. Hay lofts fell apart, meadows overgrew. Ingo, the descendant of one of the owners, started reviving the pasture in 1992. He combined agriculture with tourism. He and his family started writing a story of living in symbiosis with nature, producing their own food and offering it to their guests.

Nice easy hike on new terrain

GeoCaches found:
- SKAKALNICI »PRI KUREJU«, Mystery, GC4WD6J
- VOJNA ZA SLOVENIJO #3: Predor Karavanke, Mystery, GC3HBWK
- Martuljek Tour A - Lower Martuljek Waterfall, GC1XZB5
- Martuljek Tour E - Pod Špikom, GC1XZA4
- Martuljek Tour C - Mahovi, GC1XZEE, where I retrieved trackable item "Kikker", TB7VMDY

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