Blaz Stres

Blaz Stres is a mountain guide based in Ljubljana, holding Mountain Guide, IFMGA certifications. Blaz Stres offers mountaineering, backcountry touring, rock climbing. Blaz Stres has a 4.9-star rating based on 32 reviews.

Guide Specifications

What Blaz Stres Offers

• Mountaineering
• Backcountry Touring
• Rock Climbing

About Blaz Stres

I’m an IFMGA Mountain Guide and an Alpine Instructor from Slovenia. At the back of the house where I grew up, past a slope, a higher hill and some rocks, you could see Mount Triglav rising towards the blue sky. Mountains were a part of my backyard and I started practicing alpinism when I was a schoolboy. At that time, I enrolled for a sport climbing school and I became an alpine instructor in 1995. Between 1995 and 1997, I’ve been a member of the Sub-commission on Extreme Alpinism for the Slovene Alpine Society. Some years later, I was Chief of the Commission for Alpinism. As a member of the alpine team, I went on several expeditions in North and South America, the Himalaya, the Tian Shan and the Kookshall-Too mountain range. I climbed more than 700 routes in Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and France. Long winter climbs and ridges are always among my favorites. I made some first winter ascents: on two routes on the north wall of Ribezni, Možnica (700m, V+, 5, UIAA VI/A1) and in Jof di Montasio / Poliški Špik, Grapa (700m, UIAA 4, ascent and complete ridge traverse). Other memorable climbs were a winter traverse of 4000 m peaks in Mont Blanc (4807 m) and the Slovenian Peuterey ridge traverse, among many others. After 6 years of training, I obtained my IFMGA certification in 2010. I organize many guided ski touring, rock climbing and ice climbing trips in Slovenia, especially in the surroundings of Mt. Triglav and the whole Soča valley.

Ljubljana