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Slovenia: 4 days of Backcountry Skiing - Day 3 - Slatna and around Vogel mountains

On our third day we decided to explore the area around Prvi, Srednji and Zadnji Vogel mountains and usually when I mention a word explore, we always have a lot of fun.

Previous days of our backcountry skiing adventure around Planina v Lazu: Day 2 - 15653, Day 1 - 15652

Once more we woke up in a beautiful morning.

We left our mountain hut far behind.

Tomaž and me.

Looks like a possible option, but we had to wait for our boss Čera.

And we wait.

We finally regrouped and the plan was set.

Just as we expected, we will go through this ravine.

  

Time to use the crampons and ice axes.

And when we came to the top, the snow disappeared.

Looking back to where we came from.

5 of us made a short detour to nearby peak Slatna, 2077 m.

View to Prvi Vogel and our plan remained the same, do a trip around this mountain with 3 summits.

Scouts went looking for the snow and they soon came back with good news.

We put on our skis and skied down to the valley called Za Kopico.

Searching ideal passages.

 

Once more we regrouped and enjoyed in the view.

Last meters before we put on snow skins.

Chera Hiking with some missing members.

A little bit left, a little bit right, but mostly up.

Will we see our destination around the corner?

And here it is, still far behind, saddle Vrata, 2192 m.

On the left we can see Velika Zelnarica, 2320 m and on the right Zadnji Vogel, 2327 m.

Tuši leading. Or just slowing everybody down. Who knows.

And finally we arrived to the saddle Vrata.

Time for a break and to define a strategy how to continue.

Once more we had to look for good passages.

 

We found a good one our chickens followed us.

Tricky part, therefore everybody was taking pictures.

This hole, called Globoka Konta, can be totally filled with snow in rich winters.

Finally some skiing again.

 

Last section, that was fully covered with snow.

Soon we had to navigate through the sections full of dwarf mountain pine.

 

Just thinking, how many times we put skis down and up again today. Too many to remember, so just smile and move on.

Tina invented a special tactic, but we all think that she needs to improve it.

 

When you think that you're through, back on the continuous snow section, you're not.

And finally, we were back in our morning track - Garmin Connect.

Last evening.

Good night.

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