Julians Log Fourth Post

The Julian’s Log

Fourth Post

"WINTER HOLIDAYS"

A recent quote from a friend in England was, “You do know you could have stayed here if all you wanted was ski conditions, don't you?” I guess this winter England has had really good snow!! However, there is still the awesome view of the mountains from our living room window, which we never got in Suffolk.

FOCUS ON.....CARNIVALS AND SKI RACING

Half term brought with it sun, snow and costumes. Pust is celebrated (shrove weekend) with donuts and masks, and the streets are a colourful array of costumes and carnival floats. The snow conditions have been awesome for skiing, tobogganing and this weekend, the Vitranc Cup Men’s GS and Slalom were held from the Podkoren run in Kranjska Gora. Ted Ligety successfully defended his GS title from last year and Julian Lizeroux put down a great second run to take the Slalom. We managed to stand in the Reinfred Herbst fan club area and literally got wrapped up in Flags and deafened by horns and sirens! With temperatures rising to 12 degrees, the feeling of Spring is round the corner, the snow is becoming softer, the birds are singing and the Hellebores and primroses are flowering on the sunnier side of the valley.

REGULAR FEATURE:

Current Snow Conditions:
Resort Upper Slopes Lower Slopes Last snow and comments
Kranjska Gora 120cm 45cm 22.02.09 Machine groomed slopes
Vogel 320cm 120cm 22.02.09 Good skiing
Krvavec 310cm 75cm 22.02.09 Good skiing

The skiing conditions remain excellent across Slovenia.


Hope you’ve enjoyed this edition. Next weeks focus will be on Winter Fishing.

Ruth