How to get there:
This mountain is just north of the town Travnik. Drive the paved road
from Travnik to the start of the mountain dirt road at location N44.27849, E17.60636,
elevation about 1465 meter.
Route description:
In summer, this is a drive up, most cars with reasonable clearance can
negotiate this (slightly rough) road. The road is about 8 kilometer long. If you
must hike it, then one may make some substantial short-cuts.
Here is a quick summary of peaks climbed on this trip to Balkan.
A track of the mountain road is
posted on Peakbagger.
Comments:
I left our hotel in Visoko shortly after breakfast. I had seen quite a lot
of snow from the airplane and looked forward to see how low this snow extended.
The mountain road looked good in the beginning and turned out to be quite fine
almost to the summit.
A snowbank blocked the road near elevation 1880 meter.
It took me about 10 minutes to walk the short distance that remained. I circled around the
main communication mast
and visited a few local bumps. I returned along the road and noticed
2 additional and more substantial snow banks beyond the first one. This final stretch of the
road is most likely back in business in early June.
I was back in Visoko by 12 - Noon.
