The Highest Part of the Long Mountain Yoke/Axis of the Kamnik and Savinja Alps in a Classic View from the Ravenska Kočna Glacial Valley/Cirque (960m a.s.l.); Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe, Jezersko, Gorenjska, Northern Slovenija
18-April-2022: as you can see, the inner slope of these mountains, little exposed to the sun and overlooking 2 glacial/U valleys (that are, in general, snow covered for several months a year), is still in winter garment with an extensive snow cover, although not very thick even at high altitudes.
The inner slope of the ENTIRE long chain/main yoke of the Kamnik and Savinja Alps (from Kokrška Kočna to Ojstrica, more or less), which, from here, continues for several kilometers to the East, has given rise to 4 main-valleys of glacial origin/cirque, one of which in Austria (Vellacher Kotschna/Steiner Alpen).
I believe that the former presence of several Wurmian era glaciers in a few kilometers and low altitude (in relation to the rest of the South-Eastern Alps), is due to the Eastern and rather isolated position of this articulated mountain range that makes it the most open and most frequently affected by cold currents from the North, North-East and East of the entire Southern sector of the Eastern Alps.
The Kamnik and Savinja alpine sub-section, which lies to the East and to the South of the lower Karavanke/Karawanken ranges (Carinthian Alps Section), extends beyond the main chain/axis aforementioned and the cirques connected to it, grouping other isolated reliefs, such as the Storžič (2132m a.s.l.) to the West and the Raduha (2062m a.s.l.) to the East.
The Highest Part of the Long Mountain Yoke/Axis of the Kamnik and Savinja Alps in a Classic View from the Ravenska Kočna Glacial Valley/Cirque (960m a.s.l.); Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe, Jezersko, Gorenjska, Northern Slovenija
18-April-2022: as you can see, the inner slope of these mountains, little exposed to the sun and overlooking 2 glacial/U valleys (that are, in general, snow covered for several months a year), is still in winter garment with an extensive snow cover, although not very thick even at high altitudes.
The inner slope of the ENTIRE long chain/main yoke of the Kamnik and Savinja Alps (from Kokrška Kočna to Ojstrica, more or less), which, from here, continues for several kilometers to the East, has given rise to 4 main-valleys of glacial origin/cirque, one of which in Austria (Vellacher Kotschna/Steiner Alpen).
I believe that the former presence of several Wurmian era glaciers in a few kilometers and low altitude (in relation to the rest of the South-Eastern Alps), is due to the Eastern and rather isolated position of this articulated mountain range that makes it the most open and most frequently affected by cold currents from the North, North-East and East of the entire Southern sector of the Eastern Alps.
The Kamnik and Savinja alpine sub-section, which lies to the East and to the South of the lower Karavanke/Karawanken ranges (Carinthian Alps Section), extends beyond the main chain/axis aforementioned and the cirques connected to it, grouping other isolated reliefs, such as the Storžič (2132m a.s.l.) to the West and the Raduha (2062m a.s.l.) to the East.