WATCH THIS before Hiking the Slovenian Mountain Trail!

[@TaHa-wy9uv]

Thank you!🎉

[@TalesFromAbroad-SJ]

Really enjoyed this video! The tips were super practical, especially the reminder to bring a via ferrata kit. The stunning views and useful advice make it feel like a must-do adventure. Thanks for sharing such a well-rounded guide.. makes me want to hit the trail soon! 🌄

[@helena_hikes]

@@TalesFromAbroad-SJI’m so glad it was helpful!! 😊

[@stirfrywok2927]

This is fantastic, thank you very much. I have been meaning to do this trail for a couple of years and it looks like this might be the year. Cheers!

[@helena_hikes]

Amazing, have fun!!!

[@aleskosir2727]

Thanks for your beautiful videos about our moutains. SGT/SMT rocks.

[@helena_hikes]

Glad you like them!

[@speakyrtruth]

Thank you for this! Found this channel researching for the Slovenian Mountain Trail, and I really liked your content. Very inspired to do the SMT now :)

[@helena_hikes]

I love to hear that!! Happy you like my videos ;-) the trail is amazing!

[@disartster]

I'm heavily traumatized by amount of people on Zakopane trails in Poland last August - which also happened to be my first mountain hiking experience. So Triglav national park sounds less appealing now. Would you happen to have any suggestions for hiking in Austria for a first-timer there? Wanted to visit Stausee Margaritze, but either than that can't decide where else exactly to go

[@helena_hikes]

Unfortunately, the most beautiful places are mostly the most crowded or if they’re not crowded, they’re hard to access (mountaineering, exposure, etc). In Austria I really like everything in Hohe Tauern national park, it’s super beautiful. I did the first 4 days of the Tauern high route (Höhenweg) last year and it was one of the most beautiful hikes in Austria. If you want more information, just ask :-) but this hike is also a bit more technical, so not as many people do it. I also really like the Dachstein area (there’s a loop hike around the main massive), not crowded but definitely some people in a few places. I honestly also didn’t meet many people in the kamnik savinja alps in Slovenia. Both times I was there it was not crowded. I think in general July is better than august!

[@helena_hikes]

Stausee Margaritze is very beautiful but also one of the main tourist spots, so I’d personally avoid everything in direct vicinity of Großglockner

[@randyholloway920]

If I want to skip the Via Ferrara sections, can I still do the trail? How are the water sources? Thanks.

[@helena_hikes]

Hi, you can! If you want to avoid via ferrata you should definitely skip the Kamnik savinja section or skip Koroska rinka, skuta and grintovec meaning you would hike straight to ceska koča after kranjska koča. That would still include a very steep and exposed ascent to korošici. This climb is not classified as via ferrata but it is very steep and there are some steel cables. If you want to see what it looks like, it’s the first climb (after minute 2:00 in chapter 2 of my SMT series). If you want to avoid that completely I’d recommend skipping ahead from solcava to Zgornje jezersko. Later along the trail Jalovec is a very steep climb that could be seen as a via ferrata, you can skip the peak here. Same with prisojnik. That way you can still hike and see the Slovenian alps but skip the hardest parts. I would recommend getting a guide book, it’s written where you encounter via ferratas so you can plan accordingly. Hope that helps!

[@helena_hikes]

Water sources are rare after the first section (pohorje) due to the karst limestone mountains there’s very little surface water. I always bought it or filtered from the huts.

[@maxgrymonprez77]

Hi Great video! If I start In Mojstrana Dovje and potentially don't summit the Triglav do I still need a via ferrata kit? The Mojstrana to Vrsic bit is what I wanna walk, is the special gear needs for this part or can I just walk/climb?

[@helena_hikes]

Hey, no via ferrata kit needed then. There’s short sections of steel cables but not true via ferrata. Be prepared for exposure and bring a helmet! Very beautiful section!!

[@maxgrymonprez77]

@@helena_hikes Thanks for the quick response where did you sleep along this part? It's the first time for me planning a hiking trip alone and I find it difficult to plan my days. I always had a buddy planning my trips trough the pyrenees.

[@helena_hikes]

@@maxgrymonprez77 in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2rdpnSfjax4nrssi=4Guks7puqLyI95Qj In the description are my exact stages and in which huts I stayed. Maybe that helps!

[@Dampflanze]

hi i wanna do the trail in october when most of the huts are closed i guess. wild camping is prohibited in slovenia. do you think i will run into problems pitching up a tent next to a hut?

[@zdravkohorvat8522]

Yes, you will ... it's prohibited!

[@Dampflanze]

@@zdravkohorvat8522 what about a bivy? Any suggestions what to do if you can´t find a camping site or you are forced to spend the night in the mountains ?

[@helena_hikes]

@@Dampflanze that’s hard to say, I guess if you biwak directly in front of the hut that’s better than in the wild but I think for a lot of huts that’s impossible because it’s so rocky and hard ground. I did sleep in front of some huts and they always said it’s fine (I asked).

[@helena_hikes]

@@Dampflanze I think you are always allowed to emergency bivouac

[@Dampflanze]

@@helena_hikes thanks for sharing your experience. If you slept outside they were fully booked then?!

[@tifacoba]

Thanks for the Information. But it schould be posible with out a climbibng gear? Is it posible to hire the stuf,

[@helena_hikes]

You can rent climbing gear at Triglav national park, I think in Mojstrana or maybe even at the hut kredarica. I wouldn’t recommend to do the whole trail without it but if you’re very experienced in the mountains of course it’s up to you! There’s some serious exposure.

[@tifacoba]

@helena_hikes I did get a kit. Please everyone leave your egos at home don't do triglav without kit. It's only 100-200 euro from decathlon life is more worth then that. Thanks for convincing me!!!

[@helena_hikes]

@@tifacoba glad you got it :-) the first time I hiked someone died on Triglav. Many deaths in the mountains are preventable by taking care of

[@lenisteingen3036]

Thank you for sharing this! I live in Germany and I love that this trail is accessible and possibly just short enough to do without quitting my job. How did you navigate the trail? With maps or is it on an app?

[@helena_hikes]

Hey! I used Komoot and mapy.cz for navigating. There is a website for the trail itself but unfortunately no app! You can download the gpx track and just upload into any app you like. :-)

[@adammaysz165]

nice!