Guest asking me about orientation in post 5. Winter ascents are something completely different than in summer pleasant conditions. Classic marked trails are out, instead ascend where it's safest. That means good knowledge of winter mountaineering. I won't go into details now because it requires mastering quite a few skills. There's plenty of literature on the topic, best is to join an alpinist section. I'm currently a junior trainee and don't know much yet.
I hadn't been to Veliki vrh before. We were first that day so no gaz yet. Low cloudiness visibility about 15 meters, drifting snow with moderate wind. Slopes had about 30 cm fresh powder. We assessed no major avalanche risk so we climbed up the trail as far as it was visible. Otherwise we'd have gone along the ridge. But the trail 200 m below summit vanished under windpacked snow and we seriously considered turning back. After thinking and with ice axes ready we continued along the ridge to the top. On descent late we met 4 enthusiasts pushing up our gaz to the summit, hope they had lamps with them
