Some people hate low temperatures but I think you have to cherrish the Nature, not matter how it manifests itself. Very low temperatures of the past weeks caused the Bled lake to freeze and hey – how many times do you have a chance to walk to the lake’s island? Pics were taken this Friday evening.
Category: Slovenia
Krnica Valley can be found near Kranjska Gora, just by the Russian road to Vrsic pass. Park your car somewhere between lakes Jasna and the bridge over Pišnica river and take a hike on a gravel path just before crossing the bridge. You are greeted with a nice and easy one hour walk from bridge to the Mountain hut Krnica at 1.113m. Most of the time, you’re greeted with fabolous views of Razor, Prisojnik and Škrlatica mountains surrounding the valley. Since you are walking towards the south, you’re facing the sun most of the time, so I’ve decided for playing a bit with five step exposure HDR photography.
One April workday we decided to go for a roadtrip up one of the nearby alpine gravel roads leading to the Košuta ridge in Karavanke Alps. Never been there before, not knowing which of the many roads to take, we just took the first
We arrived at the plain between Planina Šija and Tegoška planina. Here’s a few photos of that beautiful day, where/when we felt, we are alone in the world.
You have to love our meteorologists – they forecast cloudy with precipitation and the actual weather can be seen on the photos below. Anyway, a sauna relaxation was quickly replaced with a photo trip to one of Slovenia’s natural wonders – Cerknica lake. If you are wondering what’s so special about this lake – it’s intermittent (disappearing) and is filled with water in late winter/ spring and during times of strong rainfall. The lakebed is karstic terrain which enables it to appear and disappear. When full of water, it is the largest lake in Slovenia and reaching around 38 sq km.
When clock stops ticking and time stands still
A tranquil image of the lake can be deceptive
just a reflection of beautiful skies and Slivnica summit in the background
And just to give you an idea how the lake looks from Slivnica
You are in the middle of the winter, a shitload of bad weather behind you and the forecast predicts a chance of sun in the Alps – what to do? Pack the gear, skis and drive to the mountains of course. Destination this Sunday (suitable name, ain’t it
) was Velika Planina at Kamnisko-Savinjske Alpe. Small mainly family oriented skiing resort in the winter and idilic cow shepherds villages during the rest of year.
Upon arriving at the upper station of cable-car, such a view greeted us and promissed a great day on the snow.
Throught the desert of Seth…
I’m in love with snow and cold, I can’t help myself
A view towards the beautiful snow covered mountains in the North.
…while others were enjoying the view of milky seas below us
One of the shepherd’s villages covered in snow…
Winter has finally arrived. Snow, temps around -15C and a beautiful sunny day. Unfotunately meteo service forecasts temperatures up to +9C and rain for Christmas week
, so today was ideal chance to make some winter pics – and the destination was Bohinj lake.













