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8-Day Montenegro ski touring program
Take this 8-day ski touring program in the beautiful mountains of Montenegro! Join expert guide IFMGA Klemen on this great tour across Kolasin and Durmitor.
Description
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.
Details
Accommodation Brile boutique hotel (Kolasin), and Zabljak hotel (Zabljak) |
Meeting point Arrival hall of the Podgorica airport, Montenegro |
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Itinerary
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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!
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.
What people are saying about Klemen Gricar
Koen Willemse
5.00
August 2020
roberto vitorino
5.00
May 2019
We would like to thank you very much, for the patience and great efforts of Mr. Klemen with our kid. It was a great experience.
Prices per person
Group of 1 | EUR 2011 each |
Group of 2 | EUR 1856 each |
Group of 3 | EUR 1753 each |
Group of 4 | EUR 1650 each |
Group of 5 | EUR 1547 each |
Group of 6 | EUR 1444 each |
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Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Transport during the trip
- Mountain guide's expenses (lifts, meals, accommodation, etc)
- Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Price details
Not included: lift passes (single day ski pass costs 14 EUR), lunch and gear rental
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I really want to thank Klemen Gricar to take a lot of time for our two children of 8 years and 10 years. He had all the appropiate gear with him, provided a lot of safety measurements and took his time to explain and help them for their first \'climbing and via Ferrata experience\'. They liked it so much that they wanted to do it immediately again.