Mountains in the cloudsThese are some of the mountains surrounding Logarska Dolina. The big snowy ones up in the distance, whose peaks are in the clouds, are the ones that we would be... |
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That's where we're going...This picture was taken at a cabin that we passed. If we hadn't taken a wrong turn on the trail, I think that we would have ended up going through the gap that's... |
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Big rocksThose are some big rocks. I wish I could have done some climbing while I was here. |
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A mountain hutI think this cabin is one of the mountain huts that are found throughout the Julian Alps. They are basically hostels for hikers. There were a few people working... |
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The mountain behind the hutWe didn't go straight up to this peak. Instead, our trail turned right from here and went part of the way around it. Where we ended up, we had a great view of... |
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One big goatWe didn't actually see the mountain goat that made these tracks, but because of the snow I was able to follow his tracks for quite a long ways. Judging by the... |
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The mountain above usThis is the peak that we were hiking under for the first half of our hike. We ended up in a gap between this peak and the one that would be to the right of it... |
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The mountain to the rightThis peak was to the right of us on the later part of our hike. We ended up in a gap between this peak and the one in the previous photo. |
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Big rocksThis was a part of the view behind us. |
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This panoramic shot shows the full view that we had behind us on the last part of our hike. We were hiking up a very steep snow-covered face, so the hike was...
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The view from the topThis is a fraction of the view from the highest point that we reached. |
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A view of AustriaThough we were hiking in Slovenia, the snow-capped peak off in the distance is in Austria. |
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The valley on the other sideThis was taken from the highest point that we reached on our hike. From here, we not only had an excellent view to the north, as we'd had for the last part of... |
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The south side of the mountainThis is the back side of the mountain that we had been hiking around all day. As we looked at the rocky north and west faces of it before, Jonathon and I had... |
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The mountain to our rightThis was the mountain to the west, which formed the other side of the gap that we were in. |
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What's the easiest way to get back down a mountain? Butt-sled! That's me and Jonathon, after butt-sledding down a big, steep hill. It was a lot faster than...
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These sort of chapels or shrines are visible all over Slovenia. Somehow I found them much more tasteful than the gigantic yellow and blue crosses that you often...
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