Logar Valley

About this place

The Logar Valley is a U-shaped glacial valley in the Kamnik Alps of northern Slovenia, ringed by peaks above 2,000 m. With its open meadows and scattered farmsteads, it ranks among the country's most admired valleys, and only about 35 people live here. The name is fairly recent, taken from the Logar Farm and derived from log, a swampy meadow. The valley divides into three parts: lower Log, wooded Plest in the middle and upper Kot, with its woods and scree slopes. In 1987 it became a protected landscape park covering 24.75 square kilometres. A quiet road runs through meadows and wooden fences, with peaks such as Ojstrica (2,350 m), Planjava (2,394 m) and Brana (2,252 m) all around. The valley ends at a head wall beneath the Okrešelj Cirque, where the Savinja River rises at an ice-cold spring and flows to Rinka Falls. At its narrowest the floor is still about 500 m wide, and temperature inversions are common. The valley lies about 37.3 km from Ljubljana in a straight line, though the road there is much longer, and about 6.9 km from the village of Solčava. Bring a jacket even in summer, since mornings and evenings run cool. Respect farm fences and animals, and keep to the paths in the park.