{"id":5454,"date":"2025-07-12T18:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelwithtime.pl\/%f0%9f%8f%94%ef%b8%8f-ushba-the-trail-to-the-glacier\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:33:03","slug":"%f0%9f%8f%94%ef%b8%8f-ushba-the-trail-to-the-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelwithtime.pl\/en\/%f0%9f%8f%94%ef%b8%8f-ushba-the-trail-to-the-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f Ushba \u2014 the trail to the glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea Mazeri \u2014 the trail to Ushba \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f<\/h2>\n\n
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It was one of those days when the mountains were calling louder than common sense.
Thirty-two degrees in the shade, zero shade on the trail, and us \u2014 with more enthusiasm than reason \u2014 heading toward Ushba <\/strong>\ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n\n

At first it felt almost pastoral: wooden fences, meadows scented with herbs, and the sound of cowbells \u2014 the cows already heading \u201cto work\u201d early in the morning.
With every step we moved farther from the village and closer to the mountains.
Below us flowed the Dolra River,<\/strong> which has its source in the Ushba Glacier. In summer its water is icy cold and has a distinctive milky-turquoise color \u2014 the result of melting ice mixed with fine rock dust.
The Dolra accompanied us for most of the trail, almost all the way to the glacier itself, and its sound followed us like the best guide you could ask for. \ud83c\udf3f\ud83d\udca7 <\/p>\n\n

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\u2013 This is the moment when I start wondering why we\u2019re not lying somewhere with a beer
\u2013 Because we\u2019re the kind of people who, instead of chilling, go climb 924 meters of elevation gain in 32 degrees \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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