Winter hiking

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Winters in the high mountains and highlands in Slovenia are usually abundant in snow. In the highlands, walking in the snow is safer than in the high mountains, where you have to be extra careful due to the possibility of avalanches. The snow cover can be up to five metres thick in January, February and March in the high mountains, and up to one metre in the highlands. You have to be constantly updated on the thickness of the snow cover, the types of snow in cross-section, winds and, of course, the temperatures. It is recommended that you go into the high mountains in the company of mountain guides, who provide for additional safety and any missing equipment and teach you how to move safely in winter conditions.

Winter activities

Walking as well as snowshoeing is possible in all mountain resorts and in almost the entire territory of Slovenia. Snowshoes can be rented.

Cross-country skiing – there are 21 resorts in Slovenia that are distributed from the high mountains all the way to the lowlands of Central Slovenia. Available are well-maintained tracks for classic style and skate skiing. Artificial snow on the tracks is available in ten such resorts. The most wellknown cross-country skiing resorts are: Pokljuka, Planica and Kranjska Gora, Rogla, Bloke, Bohinj, the Logar Valley.

Ski touring is popular in the high-altitude Julian Alps, Karavanke and the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. Tour skiing is also wonderful in the forests of the lower, medium-altitude areas of the Pohorje plateau. The most popular is the three-day crossing of the Julian Alps from Vogel via Komna, Kredarica and the valley under Cmir to Vrata.

Slovenia is also known as a land of waterfalls. When these freeze, they become a true paradise for ice climbers, offering countless options, from easy to extreme ice climbing, including numerous combined routes for drytooling. Every year, a system of artificially frozen waterfalls is prepared near Mojstrana, enabling safe climbing with protective equipment installed above the waterfalls.