Snowy Vitosha

We had our traditional snowy Christmas hike today, a couple of days after Christmas. Unlike other years, this year Christmas was pretty cold and snowy and we had to wait for the weather to clear a bit and for the mountain roads to be accessible, to go on a hike.

The snow on Vitosha was at least a meter high - which husband found the wrong way, by stepping outside the trodden track and getting stuck in the fresh snow almost up to his waist!

We climbed the trail from Zlatnite mostove to hut Zvezditza. Our initial plan was to go to hut Edelweiss, then cross the panoramic track to hut Kumata, have our lunch there and from there return to Zlatnite - a pretty common and beloved route. Unfortunately, the trail between Kumata and Edelweiss - the cherry of the cake for this hike, was freshly snowed and not trodden. We tried a few meters, but the snow was too deep and it was impossible without snowshoes, so with some regret we had to abandon the idea and instead continued to hut Zvezditza.

Hike info:

Destination: Zvezditza hut

Mountain: Vitosha

Total length: 10 km

Elevation gain: 330 m

Total duration (plus rest): 3 hours

Average difficulty: 5 / 10

We had our lunch in one of the snow covered gazebos on the meadow in front of Zvezditza hut. Hot herbal tea with sugar and a splash of dark rum has never tasted so delicious!

Me-made items, worn on this hike:

Husband: men's boxers, Burda green longsleeve, Burda grey hoodie, Burda Cargo Pants, orange hat

I:  lingerie, Grasser black top, "Page" hoodie, blue C.C. Copycat hat

Gaby: white C.C. Copycat hat

The pine forest was really beautiful in its winter outfit