Every year the process of ensuring protection against falling rocks and inspecting the route through Vintgar Gorge involves more than 10,000 hours of work by a team of over 20 specialists in outdoor high-altitude work. To ensure visitors’ safety they examine every rock on the sheer walls of the Vintgar Gorge, install new protective netting and reinforce trails.
Point 1: The journey is the destination
The Tourist Association Gorje and a team of collaborators looks after Vintgar Gorge and ensures the safety of visitors. Every season they reinspect every rock and all the nets, paths and bridges.
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Protection after the ravages of winter
The 55 hectares of Vintgar Gorge are maintained and prepared for visitors by the Tourist Association Gorje. While Vintgar sleeps and nature is leaving the ravages of winter behind, we inspect and repair all the bridges, wooden platforms, concrete surfaces, retaining walls and 1,469 metres of protective wooden railings.
A squad of 20 mountain specialists and 3 caretakers
In order to protect visitors from the dangerous and unpredictable conditions in Vintgar Gorge, a squad of 20 specialists carry out more than 10,000 hours of work every year from November to March, checking the protective netting, examining every rock on the walls of the gorge and removing those that could break off and fall on to the path. The three caretakers, who know Vintgar Gorge like the back of their hand, are constantly organising works and carrying out essential repairs.
Children of Vintgar
Every year more than 50 students from the local community in Gorje help out with maintenance work and guiding visitors through Vintgar Gorge. We locals sometimes call ourselves the children of Vintgar, since we have all grown up with our gorge. Many of us remember setting off with our grandfathers on secret expeditions through Vintgar back in the days when it was a lot more dangerous and less well protected.
