Jezersko - Virnikov Grintovec
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.97 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,779 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,779 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,433 ft
- TrailRank
- 29
- Min elevation
- 2,825 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 7 hours 34 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1479
- Uploaded
- August 19, 2023
- Recorded
- August 2023
near Zgornje Jezersko, Jezersko (Slovenija)
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Slovenia is the third most forested country in Europe, behind Finland and Sweden, with amazing lakes and landscapes that will delight any hiker. This summer we have done several excursions in the modality known as self-guided hiking that can be hired from different agencies. This means that the walks are done independently, but that the agency provides you with transfers, maps, tracks and accommodation.
In Slovenia there are two sections of the Alps: the so-called Julian Alps and the Carinthian and Slovenian Alps; within the latter there is the ridge named Kamnik-Savinja where we find the idyllic village of Jezersko, from where we make the first three departures. The other three take us to different valleys and mountains of the Julian Alps, named after Julius Caesar who established Roman rule a few years ago.
In Slovenia we walked through mountain ranges, meadows and valleys, with impressive views at every step. Numerous excursions of many levels and degrees of difficulty can be done there. The ones we have presented in this review could be described as hiking, since there are no technical steps in any of them and if there are, they are well equipped. I'm sure if you go there you won't be disappointed.
This walk takes us to the mountain of Virnikov Grintovec, one of the best viewpoints in the Kamnik and Savinja Alps. We leave Jezersko and pass by the hermitage of San Osvald, open today because there is a wedding. We climb through forests of large trees where forestry work is being done, before reaching the Zingerc pass (1351 m) where we climb a long, stony trail that follows the border ridge between Slovenia and Austria. Finally we reach the summit which is 1654m and offers us a wonderful perspective of the region, where the Karavanke mountain range stands out.
In Slovenia there are two sections of the Alps: the so-called Julian Alps and the Carinthian and Slovenian Alps; within the latter there is the ridge named Kamnik-Savinja where we find the idyllic village of Jezersko, from where we make the first three departures. The other three take us to different valleys and mountains of the Julian Alps, named after Julius Caesar who established Roman rule a few years ago.
In Slovenia we walked through mountain ranges, meadows and valleys, with impressive views at every step. Numerous excursions of many levels and degrees of difficulty can be done there. The ones we have presented in this review could be described as hiking, since there are no technical steps in any of them and if there are, they are well equipped. I'm sure if you go there you won't be disappointed.
This walk takes us to the mountain of Virnikov Grintovec, one of the best viewpoints in the Kamnik and Savinja Alps. We leave Jezersko and pass by the hermitage of San Osvald, open today because there is a wedding. We climb through forests of large trees where forestry work is being done, before reaching the Zingerc pass (1351 m) where we climb a long, stony trail that follows the border ridge between Slovenia and Austria. Finally we reach the summit which is 1654m and offers us a wonderful perspective of the region, where the Karavanke mountain range stands out.
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