02 February 2014

Crazy sunset above the fog from Kamniški vrh

After the first serious snow of the season last week, I quickly climbed Kamniški vrh after work on Sunday. It was cloudy in the valley, but I didn't know how high the cloud cover was. It didn't look good from Bistričica, close to the starting point of the hike:
Looking towards Kamniški vrh from the valley was not promising as it was enveloped in fog.


Ten minutes later and 150 meters higher it looked better:



The village of Zakal on the opposite slope:



I rushed up, but I was heading towards a thick layer of fog:



One more look back before I entered the fog:
I was still under the cloud cover with no idea what it was like at the top.


At the saddle between Planjava and Kamniški vrh, I broke the fog, exhilarated with the light that awaited me!
First glimpse of the blue sky below the top of Kamniški vrh





Sunset mists below the top of Kamniški vrh


I literally screamed with joy :) then hurried to the top of Kamniški vrh:
Last few meters leading to the top of Kamniški vrh


The display below me changed every minute with the wind chasing the fog around the mountain tops:
Crazy sunset colors and mists from Kamniški vrh


Velika planina behind me was also bathing in the late afternoon sun:
Crazy sunset colors and mists around Velika planina from Kamniški vrh


Trees down below:
Crazy sunset colors and mists from Kamniški vrh


The sun was quickly dipping into the sea of fog:
Crazy sunset colors and mists from Kamniški vrh


After the sun disappeared, the clouds and light turned pink:
After sunset from the top of Kamniški vrh


After sunset from the top of Kamniški vrh


Pink Velika planina:
Velika planina after sunset from the top of Kamniški vrh


After sunset from the top of Kamniški vrh


I only had my small compact camera with me, but oh my, the light I saw on this climb was one of the most colorful I've ever experienced.

More photos here: http://anapogacar.smugmug.com/PhotoJournal/2014/Sunset-Kamniski-Jan-26-2014

3 comments:

Miran said...

Prekrasne fotke.

Seamus said...

Super fotke. Da drugič ne bo preveč na slepo prej poglej na kamere na spodnjem linku, razdeljene so po področjih. Sicer niso vse žive, samo tiste k so, ti dajo kar odličen občutek o stanju, ker so na zelo različnih višinah:
http://www.hribi.net/spletne_kamere_v_gorah

Ana said...

Hvala, Miran in Seamus! Saj dnevno gledam spletne kamere, samo tisti dan se nikjer ni videlo, do kam točno so oblaki v našem koncu. Samo upala sem, da bo vrh Kamniškega vrha kukal ven. :)