The network brings together locations which are developing tourism on the basis of mountaineering tradition, without large tourist infrastructures and with a permanent approach.

Mountaineering Villages – as the name suggests, these locations are nestled in the heart of mountains; small, tranquil villages that have retained intimacy, a living mountaineering activity and their cultural tradition. At a celebration, Irena Majcen, Minister of the environment and spatial planning, said that Mountaineering Villages are examples of a successful transfer of good practices. At a celebration marking the joining of the municipality in the Mountaineering Village network, Majcen stressed that the first Slovene municipality to join the family of mountaineering villages was encouraged by experiences of soft, hiking-oriented tourism, as well as by experiences of nature and landscape, which were initiated in Austria – experiences which do not change the environment through large infrastructures, yet offer opportunities to local communities for income and survival in the mountainous region.
Jezersko offers a wide range of mountaineering experiences: it is full of hiking and mountaineering trails. It not only offers hiking trails covering all degrees of difficulty, but also a rich selection of climbing routes for both winter and summer, as well as magical ski tours, serious alpine ski tours and kilometres of cross-country skiing trails. Jezersko also provides a large variety of activities for mountain biking, ice-skating and snowshoeing. It boasts 60km of hiking trails, the oldest originally preserved mountain hut, 16 summits, more than 300 alpine routes and an active mountaineering sector, which gives many people their living.