Travel Reference
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Visiting the Summit:
After you arrive at the top, linger at the metal platform where you
exit the cable car. These are the best views, so savor them before continuing on. (But be
careful looking down.) Walking up through the cable-car station (past the Viharnik snack
bar,withbasicfoodandfar-from-basicviews),you'llpopoutatthesummit,aski-in-winter,
hike-in-summer area with a pasture filled with grazing cows (summer only) and smaller
chairlifts to various recreation areas.
The first, short chairlift is designed for skiers and doesn't run in summer, but if you hike
down into the little valley, you can take the second chairlift up the adjacent summit (Or-
love Glave) for views into another valley on the other side. Then, from Orlove Glave, you
can hike or ride the chairlift back to where you started. With plenty of time and very strong
knees, you could even hike from Orlove Glave all the way back down to Lake Bohinj.
If you need a break near the cable-car station, the alpine hut Merjasec (“Wild Boar”)
offers tasty strudel and a wide variety of local brandies (including the notorious “Boar's
Blood”—a concoction of several different flavors guaranteed to get you snorting).
World War I Cemetery
Back down below the cable car, on the main road just beyond the cable-car station and Bo-
hinjVogelbusstop,lookforthemetalgateontheleftmarkingaWorldWarIcemetery—the
occurred here (it was mostly on the other side of these mountains), injured soldiers were
brought to a nearby hospital, and those who didn't recover ended up here. Notice that many
of the names are not Slovenian, but Hungarian, Polish, Czech, and so on—a reminder that
the entire multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire was involved in the fighting. If you're
walking down from the cable-car station, the cemetery makes for a poignant detour on your
way to the main road (look for it through the trees).
Savica Waterfall (Slap Savica)
UpthevalleybeyondtheendofthelakeisBohinj'sfinaltreat,awaterfallcalledSlapSavica
(sah-VEET-seh). Hardy hikers enjoy following the moderate-to-strenuous uphill trail (in-
cluding 553 stairs) to see the cascade, which dumps into a remarkably pure pool of aqua-
marine snowmelt.
