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Hello,

I am planning a trip to the Slovenia and the Julian Alps this summer to do at least a week of hiking/scrambling/via ferrata.

I have done a bit of walking there before but I am aiming to do several days going hut to hut.

Has anyone got any suggestions of guide books/maps to get beforehand to help me plan a good route?

Thanks!

In reply to heathergrace:

This one
http://www.cicerone.co.uk/product/detail.cfm/book/709/title/the-julian-alps...
It has some suggested hut-to-hut itineraries in the back. I've used it and it's good.
Or maybe this one
http://www.cicerone.co.uk/product/detail.cfm/book/566/title/trekking-in-slo...

The only problem with doing multiday stuff in the Julians is the lack of lifts and the deep valleys - to connect one set of mountains with another you end up going down a looong way and back up again.
One map does most of the area, I think I have it at home and will let you know which one it is.

In reply to heathergrace:

It's beautiful. Have a great time (and hopefully better weather than we "enjoyed")

In reply to Toerag:

This one also looks very nice (though I haven't used it): http://www.needlesports.com/2433/products/mountaineering-in-slovenia.aspx

In reply to Stephen Reid - Needle Sports:

It's a good book for inspiration with reasonably accurate route descriptions and excellent photos but is limited in some ways. The main issues are that it is a bit vague about route difficulty, and its structure means it takes a bit of cross referencing to figure out link ups.

Having said that, i would definitely recommend buying a copy. The Cicerone guide is good too.

The best book I have found specifically for via ferrata is published by Rother. As far as I know it is only available in German, but it is easy enough to follow. https://www.rother.de/rother%20klettersteigf%FChrer-klettersteige%20julisch...

Sidarta print a 1:25k map of the Triglav area that is by far the best map of the Julian Alps I have encountered. So far I have only spotted it for sale in the alpine museum in Mojstrana unfortunately.

In reply to heathergrace:

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. Does anyone have any particular peaks they recommend?

And also... Has anyone done anything further east in the Kamniks?

I will check out the suggested guide books!

In reply to heathergrace:
Prisank is probably a good starter. You can easily be up and down in a day from the vrsic pass, and there is a choice between a fairly easy ridge walk with short scrambly bits and some fairly interesting via ferrata.

Skrlatica is straightforward but holds snow into July, so whether it is a good option depends on your kit and timing.

The traverse from Vrsic to Triglav via Prisank, Razor and Bovski Gamsovec is something of a classic. I haven't done it in one go but can confirm that the hut, Pogachnikov Dom, is top quality.

Triglav is obviously a good option. The plemnice/bamburg isn't difficult but is quite long so start early. The easier routes and summit ridge tend to be quite busy.

I haven't been up Spik yet, but hope to remedy that later this year.

So some more questions if anyone has any answers!

I am keen to do some hut to hut walking, and am trying to find estimations of costs - does anywhere know where I can find up to date prices? I found here: https://www.pzs.si/vsebina.php?pid=17 prices, but when I stayed in one a couple of years ago (just for one night!). I remember there was a price for half board or just the bed, and it included linen but here it says that it doesn't.

Trying to estimate how much I can afford to do...

Also apparently if I join BMC and buy an Reciprocal Rights Card I can get 50% off accommodation... Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this is worth doing?

Thank you!

In reply to heathergrace:

I think the discount depends on the type of bed you go for. 50% for dorms, about 30% for rooms. Quite a lot of the Slovene huts have relatively small rooms as an option.

I went with AAC membership rather than the BMC reciprocal rights card when I went over there. The big advantage is that all the hut wardens e them all the time. BMC cards are a bit rarer so you sometimes have to do a bit of convincing. I worked out that AAC paid for itself after about 5 days last time I was there.

Drawing a blank finding the current pricing unfortunately, although the PZS website has lots of pages telling me how wonderful the huts are and how many they have.

In reply to heathergrace:
>Also apparently if I join BMC and buy an Reciprocal Rights Card I can get 50% off accommodation... Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this is worth doing?Thank you!

The RR card gives you discount on accommodation cost in huts owned by equivalents of the BMC (eg. CAI in Italy, DAV in Germany). It does not give you discounts on food and drink, and private huts aren't obliged to give you discount on anything. If you were to do a week in huts which give discount it's worth it, but for one or two nights it isn't.
If you want to know current hut prices and have good valley accommodation in the area ask the guys that run the River cottage - they wrote the guidebook .
http://en.rivercottageslovenia.com/home.php