Slovenia Snow Adventure

8 days, Guided Groups, Fixed Departures

A winter paradise, Slovenia offers every kind of activity without the crowds of other alpine resorts. High adrenalin sports mix comfortably with peaceful snowshoeing through silent forests to alpine plateaux in the throne of dazzling white peaks and jagged ridges. Cross country skiing is a popular pastime here and offers the perfect way to appreciate what has to be the country's foremost attraction: The sheer solitude to be found amongst the snowy hills, the forests, the mountains and valleys of this delightful country.

You will be based in Kranjska gora, the perfect place for northern approaches into the Julian Alps with its dramatic backdrop of mountains, canyons, lakes and waterfalls. Mix action-packed days of skiing, snowshoeing, night-sledding, ice-climbing and huskysledding in the snowy mountains with some chill out time soaking up the sun at the bottom of the ski slopes gorging on crepes, good local wine, hearty game dishes and tasty fresh fish. The scenery, if not the action, will take your breath away.

Day 1. Ljubljana

Make your own way to Ljubljana, Slovenia's charming capital city.

Day 2. Cross Country Skiing and Night Snowshoeing

Transfer to Kranjska gora, close to the Austrian border and an excellent base for a variety of multi activities amongst stunning scenes. Head out on your first cross country skiing trip 'schussing' through the peaceful forests, avoiding the crowds on the busier pistes. For complete novices you will have fun and games rather than the fear of sliding down a precipitously steep downhill slope, stopping to rest tired limbs at the many friendly refreshment cabins serving warm blueberry schnapps. After supper head back out to the winter wonderland to try night snowshoeing with torches.

Day 3. Snowshoeing

Transfer into the heart of the Julian Alps to the vast, treecovered Pokljuka plateau, the traditional starting point of Triglav treks. It is an easy, low impact sport to learn - fifteen minutes and a few inches of snow is all you need to get started. No more wallowing in powder snow! Leaving behind the calm and serene forests, you will quickly enter a true Alpine terrain surrounded by many prominent peaks of Julian Alps - the sheer vertical slopes of Mount Triglav seem almost close enough to touch.....

Day 4. Husky-sledding

Transfer across the border to Italy. You will learn how to mush these adorable creatures and whizz along behind them at surprising speed as they howl their way through the snow.

Day 5. Ice-climbing!

Join the Land of the Vertical! This is an exciting yet actually very safe sport and one that will introduce you to a whole new side of the mountains which before you may have merely looked on in awe to watch. Tuition will be given and all appropriate safety measures taken. Attached securely to a rope you will edge your way using ice axes and crampons up a sheer wall of ice - it is extremely satisfying to 'top out' after putting in so much effort and you may become addicted...

Days 6 and 7. Skiing and Night-sledding

After a much needed free day in which to go downhill skiing, hire some cross country skis or just relax and enjoy the buzzing atmosphere of this lively alpine resort, you embark on your final snowshoeing expedition, probably through the beautiful Tamar Valley near the famous world ski-jumps at Planica. Spend your final evening on a fun-filled trip night sledding with torches. Who says you can't be a kid again?!!!

Day 8. Homeward

Transfer back to Ljubljana airport (time permitting via Lake Bled) and return home.