Mt. Peca

The path our guides had chosen for descent got after a few minutes of walking deadly steep. It led almost verticaly directly to the Topla Valley.

Descent.

View from the path.

From here on I didn't bother about taking photos any more.

The Peca Mountain range. View from the bus.

Mt. Peca

Descent to the Topla Valley.

Descent.

View from the path.

Descent to the Topla Valley.

Mt. Peca

Descent to the Topla Valley.

At first the path was fine.

Mountain cowslip. Primula auricula.

Image of Mt. Peca.

Mt. Peca

On the slopes of Mt. Peca where we were descending we could see holes in the ground - in the past lead ore and minerals had been dug there.

Descending.

On the saddle before starting descent to the Topla Valley.

Image of Mt. Peca.

View toward the Topla Valley.

Mt. Peca

From the summit of Kordezeva glava we descended to the Topla Valley. We took a hunter's path.

View from Peca.

View of Mt. Peca.

Yellow Whitlowgrass. Draba aizoides.

Descending.

Mt. Peca

Also the 11-year old boy joined the old, hardened mountaineers.

Wait! Not so vigorously!

One more fresh mountaineer. Congratulation.

The job done.

Mt. Peca

Four people stood for the first time on top of a mountain over 2000 m above sea level. So according to tradition the ceremony of accepting them into the mountaineering community was held.

Mountaineering has a long tradition in Slovenia.

Now she is a real mountaineer.

Another one.

Hurts?

Mt. Peca

Peca/Petzel is a mountain that connects people from the Slovenian and the Austrian side of the border.

On the summit of Kordezeva glava, 2126 m.

The peaks in the background are in the Austian side.

On the summit of the Kordezeva glava.

On the summit of the Kordezeva glava.

Mt. Peca

Snow and clouds.

On the summit of Kordezeva glava (Kordez Head).

On the summit, 2126 m.

Mt. Peca, on the summit.

Mt. Peca

Does Mt. Peca belong among weird mountains like the Untersberg Mystery Mountain?

The Kordez Head - our goal - from the saddle.

Image of Mt. Peca.

On the way to the summit.

View from the path to the summit of Mt. Peca.