Even when the terrain rises and the scenery becomes dramatic, the experience stays manageable. This isn’t because Slovenia lacks challenge. It’s because the country quietly limits the kinds of ...

On the evening of my eighth day hiking the Juliana Trail in northwestern Slovenia, I arrived in the mountain village of Log pod Mangartom, only to discover that the village’s sole restaurant had ...

Every true hiker will tell you that real life only begins when the boots are laced up, the backpack is on, the house door is locked and only mountains lie ahead. And mountains are everywhere – in ...