Yesterday (Thursday, February 20). From Planina Blato to Krstenica, then across Planina Jezerce to below Škednjovec and to Hribaric Peak. Over Koto 2362m (?) and Hribarice pass to Velska Valley and Velo Polje, then to Planina pod Mišelj vrhom and back over Jezerski Pass to Krstenica and to the valley.
The road to Blato is passable, the parking meter is off, no barrier. A centimeter of snow on the hunting path towards Krstenica covered occasional icy patches here and there, but it wasn't bad. From Krstenica onwards, in the upper part of Planina Jezerce it only broke through a little. Even better conditions were in the slopes of the valley below Škednjovec, which we chose for ascent among four different options of the Valley behind Debelem vrhom. With a bit of feel, we could avoid wind slabs, so we ascended quite comfortably on hard base. About half an hour below Hribaric Peak it got cloudy (as forecasted!). Maybe it was even better that way, since it wasn't hot.
Views from Hribaric Peak were beautiful despite cloudy weather. Similarly from Koto 2362m (?) over which we continued towards Hribarice pass. At times we just stopped and gawked around like first-graders to soak in as much beauty and solitude of this wilderness as possible.
In Velska Valley we were first accompanied by wind slab, lower down also quite large areas of dry unbonded snow, locally on icy base. In the whole valley there was only the track of one ski tourer (upwards, not down). The plain at Velo Polje, where it cleared again, was sunlit, untouched and pristine. Similarly no tracks towards Planina pod Mišelj vrhom. It was nice to walk, three or four centimeters of fresh snow on really hard and impenetrable base of course no obstacle.
It was quite different when we went further towards Jezerski Pass. The unmarked path we somehow found with navigation help, but it broke through unpredictably, even for the one walking behind. Already a bit worried because of the ending day, we stubbornly reached about 100m below the pass. There, in the steepest part, the conditions had greatly improved, which was very welcome. In suitably soft snow we could tread footsteps deep to the end of the toes; we reached the pass in a flash. The east slopes scorched during the day had already frozen, but with crampons we descended without problems to Planina Jezerce and in the dark to Krstenica. Descent on the hunting path was then just a necessary formality.