Vall Voje

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(Slovenia) Route August 2013; 13 km; +160 -700; 5 hours.
Excursion organized by Bonviure with the following itinerary: Lom (1150m), Stara Fuzina, Srednja, Voje and Bohinj lake. Output type: linear crossing; Difficulty: easy.

YEARS OLD: On March 27, 1713 a multitude of Slovenian peasants revolted against the government and a few were captured and sentenced to prison in 1714. In another context, that same year of 1713, the Treaty was signed by part of the Crown of Castile, by which the War of Spanish Succession was finished. It is known as the Treaty of Utrecht and one of the clauses was the cession of Gibraltar and Menorca to the English and in exchange it was signed that the Crown of Aragon and Catalonia lost its sovereignty, which was going to depend on Castile.

With taxis, we leave the hotel, next to Lake Bohinj and we start to get by Lom (at 1150m). Bohinj Lake is one of the most representative in the country. Being of glacial origin has a length of more than 4 km, by one of maximum width. The lake reservoir is enclosed by the glacial moraine that formed at the front of the glacier while it was melting. The contribution of water comes from rains and snow, but the river that supposes the largest annual contribution is Savica ("small Sava") that, in its time, receives the waters of the superior Crno Jezero ("Black Lake ").

We climb gently and pass along the houses and fields of cultivation. Far away you see the mountain range where there is the Tosc (of 2275m), behind which there is the one that is formed by the top of Triglav.

Today we have a softer path than the other days. It suits us, so we rest a bit. The beech forest is magnificent and refreshing, although we are in hot days. In winter, when the cold glides on Lake Bohinj, it is used to carry out activities such as cross-country skiing and in summer, such as, it is used with aquatic activities. The lake is drained by the Jezernica, which, much further down, will be transformed into the Sava, which, on its own, and after many more kilometers, merges with the Danube in Belgrade ... ...

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