Blog Posts in Category: Landscape

Triglav Seven Lakes Valley

Alastair BegleyLandscape, Slovenia, Walking Short Link

The Triglav seven lakes valley is very well known valley and is renowned as being an excellent but long approach to climb Triglav via a route with no technical difficulty. We however decided to head into the valley and explore some of the lakes as a day walk. Despite the walk being a “valley walk”, it was by no means an insignificant day out as we covered 18km with 1000m of ascent. The walk was very enjoyable, but we did spend a lot of the day in the forrest and it would perhaps have been better to have started earlier so we could have made our way further up the valley to the next lake, or even to have made a circuit. The walk initially took us up in the forrest to Koča na Planini pri Jezeru, where there are a number of old huts, along with a modern hut, in which it is possible to stay. After enjoying the views, it was straight back into the forrest again until we emerged at the remote settlement at Planini Dedno Polje. Due to the time we didn’t hang around here, or. Read the full article…

Martuljek Waterfalls (Martuljški slapovi)

Alastair BegleyLandscape, Slovenia Short Link

On our rest day we decided to head to the Martuljek waterfalls as they had been recommended by a friend, and we had been reliably informed that the hut above the first section of waterfalls was well worth a visit. The walk up the first section certainly did not disappoint, as it was immediately interesting with lots of smaller waterfalls in a beautiful gorge as we approached the main waterfall of the lower section. This main waterfall was absolutely stunning, and with the position of the sun and the water spray created some beautiful lightning conditions. Unfortunately the path up to the second waterfall was shut, which was a shame as this waterfall is apparently even bigger, but it did give us an excuse to have more of a rest day than we had initially planned. We made our way to the Brunarica pri Ingotu hut for lunch, which is situated on a beautiful meadow just outside of the forrest. Here we enjoyed some typical slovenian mountain food, before heading back down into the valley.

Krumltal/Tal der Geier

Alastair BegleyAustria, Landscape, Walking Short Link

With afternoon thunderstorms forecast and after two days of walking with more than 1300m of ascent, we decided that a rest day was in order. We decided to do a short walk up the Krumltal to the Bräualm for lunch. The valley is best known for the birds of prey, where it is common to see Griffon Vultures, Bearded Vulture and Golden Eagles. What we didn’t realise is that it was also a really beautiful valley which was full of enormous waterfalls. On our walk into the hut we enjoyed admiring the landscape and the waterfalls, and saw what we believe to be a number of Griffon Vultures. We soon arrived at the beautifully situated farm where the Bräualm was situated, where we enjoyed a lunch of their homemade bread and cheese, with meat from their animals. All of this while overlooking the valley where we were watching Bearded Vultures flying, thankfully someone at the hut let us use their binoculars to fully appreciate the birds. On the way out we saw a number of Marmots which I was particularly pleased about, and then just as we were about to. Read the full article…

Ehrwald Bergfeuer

Alastair BegleyAustria, Landscape Short Link

We decided to stay in Ehrwald due to our plans for the morning, but little did we know that we had decided to camp on one of the busiest nights of the year, to to the annual Bergfeuer event. Thankfully we managed to find a nice campsite who allowed us to squeeze in for the night, before heading out to join the festivities. It was all a bit crazy with the roads being full with lots of „interesting“ parking, parking in random farmers fields and just generally stopping wherever it was just about possible to stop. Thankfully we found somewhere to park which wasn‘t so silly, and joined the crowds admiring the mountain fires. We were really surprised by how detailed some of the designs were, given that they were being created by fire on the side of the mountain. It was really interesting to watch them grow from the initial flames into the full designs.