Two days of hiking around Mt. Krn

Our photo club organized (Jaka, to be exact) a two-day hike to Mt. Krn in the Julian Alps. Seven of us drove to the Lepena valley on a Friday afternoon and hiked to the hut at the Krn Lake. We just caught the last sun rays on Mr. Krn.


The light was much better in the morning.


Mt. Krn was basking in the sun while we were still in the shade.


When we finally left the lake after more than an hour of shooting, the sun almost reached it.


The trail ascends to a small plateau and then starts up a scree slope.


After less than 2 hours Klemen and I were close to the top.


Views over the Julian Alps from the top of Mt. Krn (2244 meters above sea level). Mt. Triglav in the distance, and Krn Lake down below.


Layers of smog and Mt. Snežnik in the distance.


At the top from the left: Jaka, Aleš, Bine, Klemen, Maja, Brane.


Aleš was the only one with a bright T-shirt which made for a nice foreground. :P


The Soča valley to the north-west.


It was unusually warm for October 1 and on the way down we suffered great thirst...


...and we couldn't wait to take off our hiking shoes and soak our feet in the cold lake. And drink some beer. :)


One more look toward the lake and off we went back to the valley.


Other club members took photos, too. Surprising since we are from a photo club, right? :) Have a look at the photos by Jaka and... wait, nobody else processed them yet. :P

Hiking around Komna

I'm back from the beach and traveling! Lots of photos to sort and post-process, but in the mean time I'm going to post a few piccies from a hike I did with a friend in July.
We hiked to the Komna hut above Lake Bohinj in the evening so we could have an early start on the following day. Getting up at 4.30 while it was still dark was worth it. There was Lake Bohinj down beneath the fog:
And the Kamnik Alps in the distance - Kalški greben and Krvavec:
After some 15 minutes of walking there was another hut, Koča pod Bogatinom:
We were still walking in the shade, but the nearby peaks were already basking in the sun:
After an hour we almost reached Bogatinska vratca pass and looked back towards Komna:
There was the Komna hut in the distance, small but proud, and morning mists rising from Bohinj in the background:
After a hearty breakfast at the pass with wonderful views we headed towards the Krn Lake.
On the way there were ruins of some Italian checkpoints built in the 1930s:And there it was, the Krn Lake and Mt. Krn in the background. This area is best visited in the morning as the views are the best then.
The whole way to the lake there were flowers blooming and the pollen made us sneeze and snivel like crazy!
Symmetry:
We hiked back past the ruins:
... to the pass. By then it was scorchingly hot!
Eating lunch and admiring our next goal, Mt. Mahavšček, the second peak from the right at 2008 meters above sea level:
The ascent wasn't difficult at all. The layers of rock here are quite impressive:
After climbing a mountain there's nothing more enjoyable than sitting (or lying :) and admiring the views. We were lucky with the weather, not only was it sunny the whole day, we also got a few puffy white clouds. Well, admittedly it was hot, but I'll take the heat over summer storms any day.
Panoramic view from Mahavšček. Click to view larger:Our trail back to Komna offered views across to the Triglav Lakes Valley:
The last view of Lake Bohinj in the late afternoon before returning to the valley:
Before this trip I hardly heard about Mahavšček and the peaks in its vicinity. They are much less visited and just as beautiful as the Triglav area. But most people, especially foreigners seem to flock there. We couldn't get a room in any of the huts there. Luckily I phoned ahead and we could change our plans to these less popular mountains. And I'm glad we did. Recommended!

More photos with a travelogue here.