The Mountains of Montenegro. Rudolf Abraham

National parks

       Safety in the mountains

       Using this guide

       ORJEN

       Route 1 Subra

       Stage 1 Kameno – Vratlo hut

       Stage 2 Vratlo hut – Subra (return)

       Stage 3 Vratlo hut – Kabao (return)

       Stage 4 Vratlo hut – Kameno

       Route 2 Zubački kabao

       Further Possibilities

       Lovćen

       Route 3 Jezerski vrh

       Route 4 Kotor fortress

       Lake Skadar

       Route 5 Rumija

       Further Possibilities

       Durmitor

       Route 6 Central Durmitor

       Stage 1 Žabljak – Lokvice

       Stage 2 Lokvice – Terzin bogaz (return)

       Stage 3 Lokvice – Bobotov kuk (return)

       Stage 4 Lokvice – Minin bogaz (return)

       Stage 5 Lokvice – Ledena pećina (return)

       Stage 6 Lokvice – Samar (return)

       Stage 7 Lokvice – Žabljak

       Route 7 Durmitor Circuit (via Škrčko jezero)

       Stage 1 Lokvice – Škrčko jezero

       Stage 2 Škrčko jezero – Jablan jezero

       Stage 3 Jablan jezero – Žabljak

       Route 8 Durmitor Circuit (via Velika Struga)

       Stage 1 Lokvice – Donja Ališnica

       Stage 2 Donja Ališnica Žabljak

       Day walks from Žabljak

       Bjelasica

       Route 9 Biogradsko jezero

       Route 10 Biogradska gora

       Stage 1 Biogradsko jezero – Pešića jezero

       Stage 2 Pešića jezero – Trešnjevik

       Further Possibilities

       Komovi

       Route 11 Komovi

       Stage 1 Trešnjevik – Štavna

       Stage 2 Štavna – Kom Vasojevićki (return)

       Stage 3 Štavna – Kom Ljevoriječki (return)

       Stage 4 Štavna – Trešnjevik

       Further Possibilities

       Kučka Krajina (Žijevo)

       Route 12 Kučka Krajina

       Stage 1 Veruša – Bukumirsko jezero

       Stage 2 Bukumirsko jezero – nameless pass (return)

       Stage 3 Bukumirsko jezero – Štitan (return)

       Stage 4 Bukumirsko jezero – Maglić (return)

       Stage 5 Bukumirsko jezero – Veruša

       Further Possibilities

       Visitor

       Route 13 Visitor from Plav

       Further Possibilities

       Prokletije

       Route 14 Volušnica

       Route 15 Krošnja and Karanfili

       Route 16 Kotao

       Route 17 Ropojana valley and jezero

       Further Possibilities

       Appendix A Mountain areas, major peaks and long-distance routes

       Appendix B Further reading

       Appendix C Useful contacts

       Appendix D Language notes and glossary

       Appendix E History of Montenegro

      Kučka krajina and Bukumirsko jezero (Route 12)

      ROUTE SUMMARY TABLE

      The ridge on Međed, Durmitor (Route 6)

INTRODUCTION

      The small town of Virpazar, gateway to Lake Skadar National Park (Route 5)

      Few parts of Europe are so little known as the countries lying between the Danube and the northern frontier of Greece.

      Sir J Gardner Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Montenegro (London, 1848)

      ‘Ljepši od Alpa’ – ‘more beautiful than the Alps’. This description of Montenegro’s mountains was given to me by a Croatian climber, in the most congenial setting of a wedding,