Donny's Guestbook

Thanks. The hangover was certainly momentous!

I've climbed it in July when it was boiling hot and the end of August when there was a dusting of snow on the top. In mid-July it'll likely be very hot at the bottom but watch out for thunderstorms - you don't want to be up there when the lightning starts. Check this website for the weather: meteo.si/met/en. Another useful feature of this webste is the webcam views and I just checked Kredarica, which is the highest mountain hut on Triglav and there is currently a lot of snow. It'll melt fast when summer kicks in. I've never used a harness or helmet on Slovenian via ferrata. The route above Kredarica is probably a bit trickier but I'd say it was still only 50/50 people with/without safety gear. The Seven Lakes Valley route from the end of Lake Bohinj is known for being the prettiest, but also the longest. Our mountain hut was booked in the tourist information office in Bled - where we also picked up the map. They called the hut for us. You could either call the hut directly (everyone in Slovenia speaks excellent English) or just book through a tourist info office when you are there. I suspect it is ony busy during the summer at weekends as most people in the Slovene mountains are Slovene so midweek they are at work. Kredarica hut is huge so there would probably always be space but I'd go for the smaller and stunningly situated Prehodavcih Hut instead - especially if you do the Seven Lakes route.