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Slovenia Ski Tour, March 2006 (14 photos)
Available trips
| Sun 8th Mar 09
- Sun 15th Mar 09 |
8 Days |
| Klemen Gričar | £ 725 |
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Skill: **
The intermediate level hut-to-hut ski tours are aimed at newcomers to multi-day hut-to-hut ski touring. However participants
should have completed some day tours and have basic ski touring experience – e.g. familiarity with using skins and skinning
technique, conversions/kick-turns. You need to be confident walking uphill on steep and exposed slopes with boot crampons.
You need to be a competent off-piste skier capable of skiing 10-12 continuous turns off-piste on most slopes and with the
confidence to tackle steeper pitches in tricky conditions.
These tours differ from the beginner level tours in that ascents & descents will be more demanding – i.e. longer &
steeper.
Stamina: ***
Most of our progression-level & advanced-level off-piste weeks and intermediate ski tours are of this level of strenuousness. You must be able to cope with continuous, long days out on the hill. On a ski touring week you need to fit enough to cope with up to 3-4 hours of mountain walking or ski-touring up-hill carrying a backpack with all you need for a week staying in mountain huts.
If you have never been to the Slovenian Alps and you're a keen ski mountaineer in search of somewhere new and exciting, then
the extreme eastern Alps could be just the thing you're looking for.
Mt. Triglav, the symbol of Slovenia, is quite rightly the main focus of attention, and this area has become much more popular
since the Triglavski Dom refuge was opened on the panoramic col close to the summit.
The most interesting ski mountaineering itineraries can be undertaken here in spring, when the long steep gullies are perfectly covered in snow. The natural environment is extraordinary and, despite the relatively low altitude, retains a "wild" feel more commonly associated with the greater mountain ranges.
Read more about Julian Alps, Slovenia Enquire about this tripItinerary
Day 1Fly to Ljubljana, transfer to Kranjska Gora and stay overnight in Pri Martinu Inn. Meet up with the
guides for welcome meeting, kit check and briefing on the itinerary for the week.
Day 2Warm up on the pistes of Kranjska Gora. Technique refresher and session on avalanche search & rescue
will be included. Stay overnight in Pri Martinu Inn.
Day 3A day tour to climb and ski Mala Mojstrovka. The ascent is 1470m from Kranjska Gora or 920m if you start
from Vrsic. It's a wonderful 1100m descent down to Drevesnica. Return to Pri Martinu Inn.
Day 4A day tour to climb and ski Kotovo Sedlo. If conditions are good it is possible to ski Jalovec's NE gully
and the nearby Kotovo Sedlo. These are two of the most popular itineraries in the Slovenian Alps. The 1290m (4 hours) ascent
follows a wide valley and then a steep and narrow gully beneath high rocky walls which makes a fabulous descent.Return to Pri
Martinu Inn.
Day 5-6A 2-day tour to climb Triglav (2864m) and next day ski from Kredarica. Sleep overnight in the
Triglavski Dom hut. The ascent to Krederica is 1290m (5 hours) with an additional 350m from Kredarica to Triglav. Return to Pri
Martinu Inn.
Day 7A day tour in the Western Julian Alps in Italy. Kranjska Gora to Italy is just few kilometres and this is
a fabulous day tour on Mangartsko Sedlo (Forca della lavina) The ascent is 1100m. Return to our hotel in Kranjska Gora.
Day 8Transfer to Ljubljana and have the morning for sightseeing/shopping. Fly back to the UK in the late
afternoon.
We will make every endeavour to carry out the above itinerary but alterations may have to be made owing to weather and snow conditions.
Additional Information
Private group tours are available on request from mid-March until early May.
Price
The price includes: all guiding fees and expenses, 6 nights HB in Kranjska Gora (twin rooms) and 1 nights HB in mountain
huts, airport transfers and local transport
The price does not include: flights, lunches, beverages, personal insurance, equipment hire, lift passes
Single room occupancy (in hotel) may incur an additional charge.
Group Sizes
Minimum group size is 5. Maximum group size is 12 with 2 guides.
Accommodation
In Kranjska Jora our preferred accommodation is in the Pri Martinu Inn. This is a friendly Slovenian Inn serving
traditional local food.
Equipment
A copy of our
recommended kit list will be sent to you at the time of
booking.
Ski touring skis, boots and bindings together with skins, crampons and ice-axe are essential for this tour.
All skiers will need to carry a pack (max 45 litres) with safety gear, a minimal change of clothes and personal items.
Everyone is expected to ski at all times with the three essential items of avalanche safety equipment: transceiver,
shovel and probe. If you ski off-piste regularly we recommend you purchase your own set and we have a special offer on BCA’s
excellent DTS Tracker.
Equipment Hire
Hiring good ski touring gear in Slovenia is difficult and we'd recommend that you try to hire equiment in the UK. That
said, our fantastic Slovenian Guide, Klemen Gricar, has some skis & boots and so if you do need to hire equipment, check
with us first.
Your guides
This tour will be led by Klemen Gricar, a local Slovenian IFMGA Mountain Guide. Klemen helped with our first ski tour to
Slovenia in March 2006 and he was just the best! His girlfriend, Manca, also helped with the tour and together they really made
a fantastic team.
Comments following the 2006 tour
"This was the best week of skiing I have done and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Klemen and Manca were fantastic and performed well above the call of duty"
Recommended Maps
1:50.000 and 1:25.000 Planinska zveza Slovenije.
Getting there
Easyjet fly to Ljubljana from Stansted and Adria Airways fly there from Gatwick.
The flight time is about 2¾ hrs. From the airport in Ljubjlana it is an 80 minute transfer by minibus to the hotel in
Kranjska Gora.
In 2009 Easyjet don't fly to Ljubljana on Saturday so this trip is running from Sunday to Sunday. Their flight leaves
Stansted at 1725. The return flight from Ljubljana leaves at 2055 arriving back into Stansted at 2210.
Insurance
It is a condition of booking that you are insured for ski touring covering personal accident, rescue and third party
risks. You are strongly advised also to take out cover against cancellation and curtailment.
If you are looking to purchase insurance for your trip we recommend
SNOWCARD. They specialise in travel insurance for adventure sports particularly skiing
and snowboarding. Their rates for both single trip and annual policies are very competitive.
For details on their policies and to get a quote CLICK HERE or contact our office for further details.