On today's vacation day I decided to cross off one line on my
bucket list and that was to conquer
Mangrt mountain, starting from home and using only bicycle and my legs.
I started a little past 5 a.m. and with my road bike Metliška Črnina we rode to
Kranjska Gora, from where we started to ascent towards the first pass,
Vršič, 1611 m. From there I descended almost to
Bovec and from there the longest ascent began, destination
Mangrt Saddle. The Mangart Road is with its elevation of 2055 meters the highest lying road in
Slovenia.
At the saddle I left the bike and hiked to the top of the third highest mountain in
Slovenia via
ferrata called the
Slovenian way. The mountain has two names, people say both names are correct so Mangart or Mangrt was soon conquered. Nearby thunder sounds and my schedule didn't allow me to rest so I returned back to the saddle via easier
Italian way.
I was back in the saddle moving towards the
Predel Pass, 1156 m, where I entered
Italy for a while. After around 20 kilometers I returned back to Slovenia and it started to
rain, so I decided to eat something warm and
veal stew renew me. The rain stopped and I moved on and a little past 9 p.m. I arrived to
Bistrica pri Tržiču and the day was officially over.
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| First time with bicycle on this pass |
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| End of the highest Slovenian road at an altitude of 2055 meters, that was built in 1938. |
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| View from the saddle to Belopeška jezera (Laghi di Fusine - Mangrt lakes) |
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| Mangrt saddle, where I left my bike |
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| Highest point of the day, Mangrt |
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| Whole day of riding and hiking and in the end I had a perfect day |
Short statistics and videos:
GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable item "Little Red Buggy",
TB6M50J):
- Kekec in Mojca,
GC58A45
- picnic place on the way up/down to mangart,
GC3YA04
- The choice,
GC30171
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