Details
Trip Duration
8 days
Mountain Range
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People per Guide
6 people
Trip Level
Intermediate
Offer Period
Feb
Type of Trip
Not specified
Join me for this special ski touring program in the beautiful mountains of Montenegro. For this program, we will be located in the wild areas of Kolasin and Durmitor, which usually have good snow conditions during this time of the year. Plus, this region also has great food and wine, an always welcome complement for a fine ski touring program.
To begin this program, I will meet you at the Podgorica airport, the capital city of Montenegro. We will then transfer to Kolasin in either a minibus or jeep for about 1:30 hours. After checking in at the hotel, we will get ready to start this adventure!
Some of the highlights of this program are:
- Tree and side country skiing in Kolasin
- Skiing up and ski couliours on the Bijelasica ridge
- Taking a cable car to the top of Mt. Bijelasica, and descend skiing to the south side of the Jelovica valley
- Skiing in the Sinjavina Mountain from the Gornje Lipovo valley
- Skiing up to the Lucka Gora saddle (1,800 m)
- The ascent on Sljeme (2,455 m), one of the highest summits of Durmitor
This program is available as a private tour during the month of February, for up to 6 skiers.
The basic equipment you will need for this program is ski touring equipment, warm clothes, crampons and ice axe.
All accommodations costs – at both hotels – are included, with half-board. Transfers are included too!
Get ready for this different and enriching program in the mountains of beautiful Montenegro. I hope I get to meet you soon, to guide you and show you around this great area.
Interested in this 8-Day Montenegro ski touring program? Request your booking! If you are interested in other winter programs guided by me, check out: Snowshoeing in the Julian Alps, this 10-day powder skiing program in Gulmarg, Kashmir, and this 8-Day ski touring program in the Julian Alps, Slovenia.
Price per person
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Half-board meals during trip
- Transport during the trip
- Mountain guide's expenses
What happens if I need to cancel the trip?
If you decide to cancel, you’ll get a 100% refund (minus fees) if the cancellation is notified up to 60 days before the start of the tour, a 75% refund (minus fees) if you cancel between 59 and 30 days before the start of the tour, and a 50% refund if you cancel between 29 and 21 days before the start of the tour. If you cancel less than 21 days before the first day of the tour, you won’t receive a refund.
Take into account, however, that if accommodation, flights or transfers were included in the trip you booked, then a different policy may apply as the guide will be bound by the provider’s cancellation policy.
What happens if the guide cancels the trip because of bad weather/unsuitable conditions?
If bad weather or unsuitable conditions force the guide to cancel the trip, he or she will: a) propose a similar activity at a different place where conditions are better, or b) propose to postpone the activity until a later date, or c) cancel. If you refuse option a), our cancellation policy will apply. Please note, however, that the call to cancel a trip due to bad weather can only be made by the guide (not the client).
What happens if the guide doesn’t show up or cancels for personal reasons?
If the guide cancels for reason of injury or other, you will get a 100% refund on your trip.
Itinerary
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Day 1:
Arrival: Podgorica
- Arrival at the Podgorica Airport, in Montenegro
- Meeting at the Arrivals hall
- Transfer to Kolasin (75 km – 1.30 hours – 960 m)
- Check in at the Brile boutique hotel in the center of Kolasin
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Day 2:
Mt Bjelasica meadows
- Drive from Kolasin to the ski resort (9 km – 15 min)
- Warm up on the pistes of Kolasin 1450 resort; good tree and side country skiing
- Short skiing up and ski couloirs from Bijelasica ridge
- Return to the Brile boutique hotel
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Day 3:
Mt. Bijelasica
- Drive from Kolasin to the ski resort (9 km – 15 min)
- Ascent to the top of Mt. Bijelasica with cables; short skinning and ski down south side to Jelovica valley 1200 m
- Skining up (400 m) and ski down on road back to Kolasin ski center
- Return to the Brile boutique hotel
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Day 4:
Mt Sinjavina - Vrtalo pass - Jablanov peak
- Transfer to the Gornje Lipovo valley (16 k – 30min – 1,350 m)
- 853 m ascent – 3 hours – on a switch back road up to the mountain pass Vratlo
- Ascent to the Jablanov peak
- Descent from the very top, offering wide open terrain all the way down to the parking spot
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Day 5:
Mt Sinjavina highlands
- Transfer up to the Gornje Lipovo valley (16 km – 30 min – 1,350 m)
- Skiing up to the Lucka Gora saddle 1,800 m following the ridge to 2,100 m for the best couloir to ski down
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Day 6:
Mt Durmitor - Lake plateau
- Transfer to the Zabljak village on the Durmitor plateau (90 km – 1:30 h
- Check in at the Zabljak hotel
- Ski tour on Savin Kuk
- 5 m drive to the Zabljak ski resort (1,450 m)
- Lift to 2,010 m
- Short ascent traverse to the Savin kuk (2,322 m)
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Day 7:
Sljeme ridge, the longest Montenegro descent
- Transfer from the hotel (5 min – 1,450 m)
- Ascent to Sljeme (2,455 m), one highest summits of Durmitor
- Descent on the south slope (several options, with vertical drops of over 1,000 m)
- Return to hotel
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Day 8:
Departure - End of program
- Meeting at the hotel
- Transfer to the Podgorica airport for your departure flight (118 km – 2:20 h)
- End of program!
Other details
Brile boutique hotel (Kolasin), and Zabljak hotel (Zabljak)
About the Guide
IFMGA Mountain Guide
I was born in Jesenice on 25.03.1967. I’m based in Gozd Martuljek in the Julian Alps, Slovenia. I qualified as an IFMGA Mountain Guide in 2003 and I was President of the Slovenian Mountain Guide Association from 2009-2013. I’ve loved the mountains for as long as I can remember. It started in primary school when I was in the local mountaineering club. In high school I started climbing. Later I joined the mountain rescue team in Kranjska Gora and I have been a member of the rescue team since 1994. I’ve been guiding for the past 11 years in the Alps and all around the world. Each year I usually guide for about 150 days.
Alongside my work, my family (wife, 2 children), travel and mountain photography are my passions.
- Guiding skills: rock climbing, climbing routes, touring ski, ice climbing, winter climbing.
Since 2005 I’m sponsored by Montura and last 6 years I’m skiing on Elan skies.