Juliske ski-crossing!

Since March I have been working full-time and attending an after-graduate program of International Economics, which is definitely not the best scenario for tons of skiing.. however, when you plan carefully and use all the available holidays - the snow days are still kept alive! Well the first May holidays were infinitely white and spectacular while Mare, Uroš, Leon, Artač and Burek would definitely agree. We started our long ski-crossing in Lepena, where spring has long won the winter battle. However, as we ascended above 1000m, snow started appearing and multiplied into meters - goodbye spring for the next 3 days:) The Krnska Lakes were beautiful in the evening twilight as well as at morning dawn. We had a great time at the winter room, drinking liquor and listening to "courageous" stories of great Burek. We ate like kings and followed our philosophy that food is better-off in stomachs than in heavy backpacks:)

The next morning we ascended through the valley towards Lanževica (2003m) and just caught the best conditions before the strengthening sun softened the snow. We ran across bear footprints that were leading towards a deserted military base - and I guess the bear had to take a good nap after some mountain ski-touring. We quietly continued, not to wake-up the fellow, and jumped on Lanževica. Then came some skiing on wet snow, crossing of Lopučniška Valley; and just before the weather turned its back on us, we reach the comfort of the Triglav Lakes bivouac. Again came the cooking, the liquor and not to forget the "Burek amusement program!"

 
Early morning is an understatement as we started walking before dawn. I was a little surprised that the snow has not frozen over the night and hoped this would change as we ascended up the valley and gained altitude. On around 1900m, the snow hardened and ski-walking across Hribarice towards Kanjavec (2569m) was easy and fun. And the views - WOOOW - let the panoramic picture speak for itself! We then skied Velska Dolina, and reached Vodnikov dom after a short ascent. The original plan was to sleep there and climb Triglav the next morning, however, the winter room was already completely crowded (this meant little sleeping) and we decided that Triglav can wait for next time. After cooking some soup, we ascended to Bohinjska Vratca (1973m) and skied into the glacier valley of Krma. The snow ended only at around 900m, which is definitely a proof that this was one of the best winters in the last 10 years (2005/06 is a story for itself). So we put on our light trekking shoes and began our "short" march towards Mojstrana.

 
When we started walking, I made some quick calculations and realized that we will just miss the last bus - while spending the night at a barn in Mojstrana was definetly not the most convenient thing. I somehow managed to hitch-hike a bigger van, which agreed to drive us to the bus station. The problem was that we were still late and as we descended towards Mojstrana, we saw our bus slowly taking off from the station. No problem for the old rascal, who stepped on the gas and started pursuing the Bus. We were positioned at the end of the van and couldn't see much on the road.. which was definitely a good thing, since those were the most extreme moments of the trip. We caught the bus a few kilometers before Jesenice, bought some cold beer ... and you can imagine the joy as we layed on the soft seats, with cold Laškos in our hands:)