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Završnica-Stol. At "klopce" put on crampons and gaiters. To junction Prešeren hut-saddle path just trodden enough no orientation problems. From saddle to top not trodden yet, no major walking issues, just sinks in places. Snow mostly not frozen anywhere and doesn't hold human weight.

Yesterday the snow conditions were quite demanding. On the usual path there's no more than half a meter of snow, but it kept collapsing underfoot. The snow is wind-packed and smooth. Since I was first the path wasn't completely clear, so sometimes it collapsed to the knees, sometimes you were destroying crampons on rocks. Snow also regularly stuck to the crampons. For the path I took twice as much time as usual.