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A high pasture of wooden herdsmen's huts with pointed shingle roofs, reached by cable car, where shepherds still summer their cattle.
- Open
- The cable car runs most of the year; the herdsmen are there in summer
- Price
- Paid for the cable car and chairlift
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Kamniška Bistrica, 1242 StahovicaDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour by car or bus via Kamnik to the cable car's valley station.
Why Go
From June to September, herdsmen bring their cattle up to the plateau, about 1,500 meters high, and sell fresh cheese and sour milk from their huts. Walking paths cross the meadows, which are covered in crocuses in spring.
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