| lijaneja9. 04. 2025 10:59:14 |
Due to the promising weather forecast for yesterday, I set off early in the morning towards Gorenjska with high expectations. I parked in Planica on an empty road soon after five, briefly cursing the municipal bigshots who offer even a bonus ; I can easily choose between two roads along which I will step into the dark night. I chose the left one; in the last two km there is some ice in places. No lights in the hut yet, I continue at the same pace on the trail. Soon snow begins, nicely frozen to my joy. Unfortunately, the joy ends around 1500m, still unprocessed, it sinks, and the hidden slab underneath makes walking difficult. I catch up with a pair of alpinists preparing to climb under the Šit wall. (Later, on my return, we meet again, this time higher - due to bad conditions they didn't climb -, they returned to the hut for coffee, then up again to visit Jalovec.) Hats off, lads!
I saw no other people except some tourists on the return before the hut. Walking in the couloir was pleasant, not much sinking, lots of snow, wide as a highway. At the exit, straight to the winter chimney, which seemed wobbly and dangerous due to snow narrowness, so I switch to the classic path to the top. But darn it. If I had all snow types under my feet today, here it was real concrete; I had to hit twice with my foot at each step so the front two teeth gripped securely. Very, very slowly I reach the ridge; fog reveals part of the wire rope and the wind strengthened there, so I decide to return. With already sore toes and calves, and palm from the ice axe, later no regret, as the descent was more demanding than the ascent. At the saddle stop, the sun appeared occasionally. I watched - if the sun hit the wall for even a minute, ice candles flew down the rocks, crumbled and disappeared in the couloir. I add clothes, put on thick gloves, tighten the helmet, and as fast as possible down the couloir. Not frozen, projectiles dangerous only in the upper quarter, lower down the snow stopped them. Finally, I relax behind the rock under the couloir and plan the next hill...
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