Pokljuka, the spruce plateau above Bled

Pokljuka in winter, biathlon and skiing

In winter Pokljuka is one of the country’s best-known plateaus thanks to the Biathlon World Cup, held every year. In the 2026-2027 season it runs from 1 to 3 January 2027, and the Bled Tourist Board weaves it into its Christmas programme. You can ski and ski-tour on the Viševnik slopes, go sledging, snowshoe and ski cross-country at the World Cup venue, and even try biathlon shooting. For the country’s other resorts, see skiing in Slovenia. The Slovenian Tourist Board’s events calendar also lists the IBU Cup and the Open European Championships in biathlon at Pokljuka in 2027, still without dates.

What to see on Pokljuka in summer

Wooden huts roofed with shingles are typical of Pokljuka’s pastures. The herdsmen who once lived in them made sour milk and other dairy products, and the tradition carries on. In summer you can still see cattle grazing on some meadows, and you can buy home-made sour milk, cottage cheese and cheese. It’s a good excuse to pair the plateau with Bohinj, which has its own cheesemaking tradition.

On foot, by bike and towards Triglav

From spring to autumn, Pokljuka is an excellent destination for cycling, hiking and Nordic walking. For mountaineers, one of the routes towards Triglav leaves the plateau in the south-east, and the Kranjska Gora Tourist Board notes that the mountain’s eastern and southern slopes are less steep and give easier access to the summit. On the edge of the plateau, in Gorje municipality, lies the fossil Pokljuka gorge. As everywhere in the national park, the rules apply here too, so stay on marked paths, keep dogs on a lead, don’t light fires and leave the car in designated car parks rather than in the forest. In summer, special park buses make it easier to reach the trailheads without driving.

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A forest with a past

Beech forests once dominated the plateau, but they were almost entirely cut down, because beech wood was burnt into the charcoal that fuelled the area’s iron-smelting furnaces. Today it’s covered in spruce forest and pastures. The Pokljuka glacier left a strong mark on its karst surface and created many peat bogs, which the Bled Tourist Board presents as the southernmost high peat bogs in Europe and which matter greatly for the ecosystem, sheltering many plants and animals. Sinkholes, hidden hollows and small valleys are scattered all over the plateau. The Goreljek peat bog educational trail explains their special features.

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