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Slovenia: Hike & Fly - Stol

Rok checked the weather forecast and we should have a flyable day. Before work we parked one of our cars near Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom mountain hut, 1181 m, and the hike to Stol started. We had a little heavy legs from yesterday, but that didn't bother us. What started to disturb us, was the northerly wind, that was stronger and stronger as we were approaching the top. As planned, we reached the top for sunrise and we made some photographs, still the wind didn't suit us, so the paragliding became parawaiting. Before the unwanted hike back to the valley, we decided to descend a bit and see the conditions there. They weren't perfect, still we were able to take off and a nice journey to the valley started. Nice calm flight ended with landing in Moste, from where we just went to our work place.

Before sunrise in front of Prešernova koča na Stolu mountain hut, 2174 m

View to Julian Alps, Upper Sava Valley, and West side of the Karawanks

The Sun was stil awakening

 

Patiently waiting for the Sun

Hooray, here it is

Astronomically, sunrise occurs for only an instant: the moment at which the upper limb of the Sun appears tangent to the horizon.

Sunrise actually occurs before the Sun truly reaches the horizon because Earth's atmosphere refracts the Sun's image. At the horizon, the average amount of refraction is 34 arcminutes, though this amount varies based on atmospheric conditions.

Parawaiting is part of this sport

Still waiting for satisfying conditions

And here we are, finally in the air

We were there, on the highest peak of the Karawanks

2 of these hold us to the glider

Rok, river Sava and our landing site

View to the West, Julian Alps with Triglav and Upper Sava Valley with Jesenice

Lake Bled with an island

Full speed ahead

 

View back to Stol and to Moste Hydroelectric Plant, the first hydro-electric power plant to have been built on the Sava Dolinka River with its 60-meter high dam in the Kavčke Gorge.

Hiking from Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom mountain hut to Stol and flying back to the valley.

GeoCache found:
- Mali Stol (2198 m), GC8BZPV, that received a visit by trackable items "The Keyfob", TB5HV77, "Travel Bug VALENTIN", TB6RV75, "Travel Fish Geocoin Rainbow Trout", TB59XCZ and "Loon", TB7EBX7)