AROUND ON AUGUST KRANJSKA GORA
YEAR OF SURPRISES
spent New Year's walking again this year. I have been satisfied, so to speak, the friend Sabotino but in reality is never an expedient, but the opportunity to enjoy once more a little paradise around the corner.
The snowfall on the night of S. Sylvester has left large white spots at high altitude and the weather of the early afternoon led me to trample the first snow of the year on the mountain of the house.
Then the cyclone is stable and we decided to postpone the first walk "true" to the following Saturday.
teases me the idea of \u200b\u200bMonte Lussari and then ski down to a Prampero and everything of the new stimulus. Starting at 8 am comfortable in a world cold and clear. From Courmayeur to the Julian Alps and there is a cloud, but clouds on the harp provides Tarvisio, dell'anticiclone trust in the power of the winter solstice.
The trip goes off smoothly, but we spot Carnia announced the clouds. As you get closer to Tarvisio, the blanket is becoming increasingly compact and threatening parked right on our goal.
A mediocre coffee in Bagni di Lusnizza triggers an intense tirade against the incompetence carnica accommodation, which will also be an objective fact but, deep down, hidden the bitter frustration with the weather.
At the start of the gondola falls even a few flakes of snow, and as we look at the dark gray hat that the hoods Lussari, let us agree that the deck for three hours through the cloud is not for us.
Disillusioned and darkened, we look at the trail and then decided pointing the neighboring republic of Slovenia loved, trusting in heaven more charitable.
am now 10 and a half and alternative destinations are too far away or still stubbornly closed in the clouds, when directed towards the Vršič, the goal of achieving the Bosi Koca v Krnica. Incredibly, Cecchi accepts without question, and even with some enthusiasm; Bard Himalayan mountaineers (the thermometer marked -11!), we begin our hike unexpected and we are now informed that the shelter is open, news that increases the mood.
The walk will be almost an hour and a half of snow-covered wonderland, in the silence of the forest that borders the Pišnica, fording the river after escaping the fury of the storm Spik few years ago.
Today it's all an embroidery of ice on bare branches, then fall to form long stalactites until it touches the water.
The snow is so soft and powdery. The snow cover and reveals, hides the soil, but draw the shape of a shrub, white tinged with a branch to break down the verticality of the wood swells up a rock and turns it into a shiny meringue.
Time stands still, lost in the discovery of surprises, like a tiny wooden chalets adorned with hunting trophies, the changing shapes of the ice, or a sudden plateau softened by a large padded quilt.
Then there are the encounters with the many hikers, ruddy-cheeked children, dogs, mad with joy with his nose and ears sprinkled with snow, youth, adults and the elderly: the usual small crowd of walkers Slovenian defy any temperature, while to walk.
Here we are, finally, to the small hut, leaning against the wall of 1700 meters Skarlatica, the Lady Julian of that glows red in the sun, which has begun to shine strong. E 'impressive and beautiful, a real "woman in red, icy, disdainful, knows that to win you have to have two balls like that, but she is there, indifferent to the lustful glances of his admirers, not winks and does not seduce, wait seconded that few, heroic walkers pass a wall of nearly two kilometers to tread for a moment the top and then travel back down the valley to get exhausted, before dark.
The shelter is warm, friendly and crowded, hot sausages and jota appease hunger and cold beer from the usual relief to parched lips. We leave after an hour for a temperature about thirty degrees, which has the power to glow the face and ears, while the "Lady in Red" is tinged with saffron.
hikers that climb to the refuge are increasingly numerous, the more you pull back behind the sled for a quick and fun.
return to the city after dark, closing the curtain on the first, cold walk in 2009, another feast of emotions and surprises.
TECHNICAL
Charter: Planinska Zveza Slovenj "Julian Alps"
1:50.000 Difference in elevation: 303 m from Kranjska Gora
Difficulty: E - very easy
DEPARTURE
From Kranjska Gora, a charming resort located on the border north - west of the Republic of Slovenia, a few kilometers from Villach to Tarvisio, head towards Passo Vrsic. At the bridge over the river Pišnica, you can park. The path to the Koca v Krnica to share part of 1113 just before the bridge on the left side of the road in the direction Vrsic.
EXCURSION
It 's a short walk of just over an hour in summer and in winter, reaching, long-along the river, the lovely wooden hut, leaning the imposing north face of Skarlatica. From here you can take numerous routes, all long and demanding. The only walk to the refuge is very short and suitable for all. It has no sensational attractions in all seasons but allows a nice cross in a thick forest, leading to the impressive visual of Skarlatica and other peaks in the area and, perhaps, a pleasant stay edible. The winter offers a unique magic that I, personally, I prefer. Given that the walk engages in little more than a couple of hours, do not go there on purpose because you stay in the car almost four hours there and back, but if you stay or passed through Kranjska Gora Tarvisio or can be a pleasant diversion.
