Late summer on Velika Planina – what to know before your visit
The final days of August and the beginning of September are a wonderful time to visit Velika Planina. Summer is slowly giving way to autumn, the colours of the mountain…
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The company Velika planina d.o.o. is engaged in the activity of transport by cable cars and catering and tourist activities in the valley of Kamniška Bistrica and Velika Planina. The company is engaged in the promotion and development of tourism in this part of the Kamnik municipality. Employees manage security and control on the mountain 365 days a year, maintenance work on facilities and take care of order and cleanliness and orderliness of paths and roads.
Unspoiled nature, pasture tradition, vast pastures and endless walking paths attract visitors to rest and recreation. Hiking, cycling, paragliding and other activities are popular activities on Velika planina. To get to know the tradition of grazing and the life of shepherds, we must visit the shepherd’s cottage, which is today a museum – Preskar’s cottage. The only byte that has been preserved on Velika planina in the original way, without a chimney and windows, offers a number of items used by shepherds to produce home-made products, shepherd’s clothes and other shepherd’s aids to facilitate their daily work. mountains. Along with the stories you can hear in the museum, you will get to know the life of shepherds then and now.
A novelty in recent years is also regular guided tours with a local tourist guide, every Saturday in the summer season. The guide will take you through the shepherd’s settlement, to the highest point of Velika planina, Gradišče, to the Veternica cave, to the Marija Snežna chapel and also to the shepherds, where you can indulge in home-made products such as sour milk, žganci or cheese. September on Velika planina is prepared by shepherds. Delicacies, beautiful views, unspoiled nature and fresh, mountain air are the reasons that attract to Velika planina in summer.
You can also indulge in culinary delights at the Zeleni rob inn, which is known far and wide for its sweetest cottage cheese štruklji with fruit topping. They will serve you homemade stews, sausages, porridge, sauerkraut and other dishes. In both summer and winter, the guest house has a terrace with sun loungers, which offers a beautiful view of the Kamnik Savinja Alps and the Ljubljana Basin.
The cable car to Velika planina has been taking passengers since 1964. The cable car takes you to the mountain in just five minutes, and you can continue on foot (30 minutes to the Zeleni rob inn, 45 minutes to the shepherd’s settlement) or take the chairlift to the top.
What about when the shepherds leave the mountain?
Velika planina is always a great choice to visit. In the autumn months, it is great for hiking and biking, as there are not too many visitors. When it is foggy in the valley, the sun and pleasant temperatures abound on Velika planina.
In winter, the white slopes are great for skiing and sledding, and the idyll of the shepherd’s village invites you to take a walk among the snowy roofs. In the winter season, night sledding is popular, taking place between Thursday and Sunday, along a 2.4-kilometer-long, lighted trail. The ski resort is popular among families, as the pistes are not demanding. The Jurček children’s ski lift, the Zeleni rob ski lift and the Šimnovec chairlift are in operation.
Spring, of course, is a time when nature comes to life again. The snow is falling, and the harbingers of spring are peeping on the day. Among them is also saffron, and the mountain is thus transformed into a beautiful purple color. Velika planina becomes a paradise for photographers and lovers of the first spring temperatures in the early spring days. With a sufficient amount of snow, cross-country ski trails are also arranged along Velika planina.
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