Our main day out from Kamnik was a visit to the high plateau of Velika Planina, an ancient summer pastureland still in use today. It was great to be up in the relative cool of the mountains and enjoy some elevation and views of the enticing-looking surrounding ridges, even if it was mostly achieved via cable car and chairlift! We meandered around the informative (if not always easy to follow) “in the footsteps of the herdsmen” trail, buying some mountain cheese for our picnic on the way. Even managed to get away from most of the crowds at the furthest reaches of the trail.

First experience of a chairlift

Lovely alpine meadow where Jess ate my half of boiled egg

Mountains! Good to be up high.

More mountains and the first of many herdsmens’ huts

High plateau

“In the footsteps of the herdsmen”

Velika Planina

Church of St Mary of the Snows

I’m so happy to have taken my hat off

Velika Planina and mountain backdrop

“Highland” cows (~1400m)

Very well educated too

Way back to the chairlift

Waiting for sweet cheese dumplings (a local delicacy)

We also explored the old town of Kamnik before leaving. A place of churches, castles and whitewashed shop fronts, which, with the blue skies, made it feel very Mediterranean (with an alpine skyline). On our way out we drove up to the head of the valley to have lunch by a pretty glacial pool.

Kamnik town, with the kamnik alps behind

Ruined castle and not ruined chapel

Kamnik main street

Kamnik church

Unexpectedly happy to be back in the car seat