What a glorious day was today, after months of grey skies, rain, snow and cold. Finally some real sunny day, real comfortable temperatures and almost no cold wind, even on the mountain ridge - pure bliss!
A day like that deserved a hike along a favourite trail in the open - so it was Manastirishte again.
The latest snow in the city is almost gone, on Plana it was still present in scattered patches, but most of it had melted and the ground was very wet and muddy.
Hike info:Date: 27 February 2026
Destination: peak Manastirishte (1338 m)
Mountain: Plana
Total length: 9 km
Elevation gain: 160 m
Total duration (plus picnic): 3 hours 20 minutes
Average difficulty: 2 / 10
Me-made items, worn on this hike:
Husband: boxers, knitted socks, Burda Cargo pants, Burda blouse, Burda hoodie
I: lingerie, knitted hat, knitted socks, Monte Rosa cardigan
The small lake - I'm almost certain, that this lake was just a puddle when we started hiking here ten years ago.
A lonely early crocus - in two-three weeks the fields under the peak will be covered in purple crocuses, spring is on the way!
Another puddle, which the spring melting has promoted into a lake
This time we opted to try a new approach to the peak - a took a roundabout trail, which lead us to a steep path, leading to the ridge of the hill at a ridiculously abrupt angle. The slope must have been near 40 degrees, it was a short, but vigorous exercise.
The snow covered ridge of the mountain
There were almost no tourists today, for the entire duration of the hike we met only two other hikers.
My whole essence in a photo - the sun is shining, the gorgeous peaks of Rila are staying tall behind me and my soul is singing :)
We had our delicious lunch on the southern slopes of the peak, with a view to the village of Plana and the chain of snow covered peaks of Rila.
And back along the alternative trail, to close the circle. Very, very pleasant hike! I'm so happy the cold and dark winter is at its end and the sunny hiking days are awaiting us.
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