Thursday 15 September 2005

Triglav 2864m

12th September 2005
Highest mountain in Slovenia and national symbol.
Alice Garnier and I started from the Rudno Polje trailhead at 7.45am. The round trip took nearly 9 hours.
The route climbs steadily through forest to cross the col at Studorski preval, before contouring round the hill to the hut at Vodnikov Dom. After the hut we climbed to a broad col at Konjsko sedlo, before taking a rough steep path to the higher Planika Dom hut at 2400m. By this time it was getting pretty cold and windy with mist blowing in. Above Planika Dom things got more interesting. We did an anticlockwise loop taking in the exciting ridge of Mali Triglav before visiting the main summit. The climb is steep, exposed and airy, but with plenty of wire cable handrails. Luckily when we reached the summit there wasn't a breath of wind. Ideal for a leisurely picnic. The descent needed good concentration. Steep down-climbing with plenty of loose rock showering down. Once back at the Planika Dom hut, the walk-out is long but easy.
Pofile of Triglav route

2 comments:

Swaz said...

Looks epic... Great weather too..

Chris said...

Cheers Swaz.
Yes it was a full 8.5 hour day, and we were lucky with the weather.
It was the only day it didn't rain in the afternoon.