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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
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Published
Cover
Paperback - PVC
Published
14 May 2009
Edition
First
ISBN
9781852845667
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185284566X
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.9cm
Weight
340g
Pages
256
Originally Published
14 May 2009

Trekking in Slovenia

The Slovene High Level Route by Justi Carey, Roy Clark

The first English-language guidebook to trekking the Slovene High Level Route across Slovenia. From Maribor to Ankaran the route covers 500km through the forested plateau of Pohorje, the Julian and Kamnik-Savinja Alps, the alpine pastures of the Karavanke, and the limestone karst country. A series of 3 to 6 day treks of all levels of difficulty. More...

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Activities

walking, backpacking, trekking, via ferrata

Seasons

routes clear of snow and weather stable from mid-June to the end of September; high mountain huts Read More... only open from July to September; many facilities closed from October to May and snow possible

Centres

stage starts and finishes: Maribor, Slovenj Gradec, Solcava, Zgornje Jezersko, Tržic, Mojstrana, Read More... Vršic, Trenta, Petrovo brdo, Idrija, Col, Matavun, Ankaran

Difficulty

series of 3 to 6 day treks of all levels of difficulty; each day graded from 1 (mostly on tracks Read More... or lanes, not steep or technical) to 3 (long and strenuous, often with fixed protection, self-belaying equipment and helmet recommended)

Must See

highest peak Triglav (2864m); vast forested plateau of Pohorje; sheer limestone peaks of the Read More... Julian and Kamnik-Savinja Alps; traditional alpine pastures and flower-strewn ridges of the Karavanke; forested hills and olive groves of the limestone karst country
 
 

The entire route is covered by seven 1:50 000 scale maps, listed below. Most are produced by the Slovene Alpine Club, Planinska Zveza Slovenije (PZS), and have a blue cover. Generally, but not always, they are accurate. The ones you need for each individual stage are listed in the introduction to that section of the route.

  • Pohorje (PZS)
  • Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe (PZS)
  • Karavanke (PZS)
  • Triglavski Narodni Park (PZS)
  • Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje (Kod and Kam Lesiure Map – green and yellow cover)
  • Nanos (PZS)
  • Slovenska Istra (PZS)

The sketch maps that accompany the descriptions are not intended to be used alone, but to provide orientation to a sheet map. Note that as forests are ubiquitous below about 1800m, they are not marked on the sketch maps.
 

 
 
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