Benjamin van der Spek Photography
Mangart
Someone told us we should drive up the Mangart mountain. "It's a beautiful drive".
That's where the miscommunication started...
We woke up around 5am, packed our things, payed the parking (which was much cheaper than anticipated) and before dawn we were on our way. As we drove up the narrow road (no wider than our Tesla), we hoped no one would be driving down. The sky turned pink and the stunning view of the mountains at sunrise guided us up.
The gate at the gate house was open, so we were somewhat guaranteed there would be a parking place left for us at the top.
But after parking the car and a light breakfast I got confused. There was another gate. And the mountain rose high above us. Why did they close the road? Would we have to walk the last mile or so to the top?
I couldn't have been more naive. Of course there was no road to the top of the fourth highest mountain of Slovenia. There was a hiking and climbing trail. We had not counted on actually climbing a mountain! We had brought some bread, some peanuts, a bottle of water and a heavy camera. What could possibly go wrong?!
Mangart
Someone told us we should drive up the Mangart mountain. "It's a beautiful drive".
That's where the miscommunication started...
We woke up around 5am, packed our things, payed the parking (which was much cheaper than anticipated) and before dawn we were on our way. As we drove up the narrow road (no wider than our Tesla), we hoped no one would be driving down. The sky turned pink and the stunning view of the mountains at sunrise guided us up.
The gate at the gate house was open, so we were somewhat guaranteed there would be a parking place left for us at the top.
But after parking the car and a light breakfast I got confused. There was another gate. And the mountain rose high above us. Why did they close the road? Would we have to walk the last mile or so to the top?
I couldn't have been more naive. Of course there was no road to the top of the fourth highest mountain of Slovenia. There was a hiking and climbing trail. We had not counted on actually climbing a mountain! We had brought some bread, some peanuts, a bottle of water and a heavy camera. What could possibly go wrong?!