Gozd Martuljek Weekend

The end of another wonderful summer weekend. Visited a friend's weekend house in Gozd Martuljek, a great spot for hiking.

On Saturday we made a rather short hike to Vrsic, the highest road pass in Slovenia. Many people get all the way up by car. But that's no real fun. We took a rather unknown path, that starts about halfway up Vrsic. A nice and easy enough hike even for unexperienced hikers like ourselves. Some of the views are goregous though.

This path offers one of the best views of the rocky face of Ajdovska deklica I've seen so far. According to legend ajdovske deklice (ajdovske maidens) told people fortune at their birth. One of these foretold the son of a hunter that he would one day kill the mythical Goldhorn. The prophecy angered other ajdovske deklice and so they turned her into stone. With a little imagination it's easy to see her face.

Even though Vrsic is only 1611 metres high, there is still some snow left on the top. We like the experience of snow on a hot summer day...


... while some sheep sheepishly tried to find shade under this camper van.

Sunday was mostly the day of rest, as it should be. But we had to do a small hike to the Alpine valley of Tamar, nevertheless. An easy 45-minute hike takes you to this mountain hut (or valley hut as it should be called in this case.