The Mountains of Montenegro - A Walker’s and Trekker’s Guide
New guide to this fast-developing region with high mountain walking up to 2500m, great ridges, well-maintained trails, spectacular scenery and friendly people. Includes easier and harder routes throughout the country, and moderate to extensive treks.
The Mountains of Montenegro
A Walker’s and Trekker’s Guide
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Paperback - Laminated
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9781852845063
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£12.95
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Seasons
June to September (mountains have moderate summer temperatures and abundant snowfall in winter).
Centres
Herceg Novi, Kotor, Zabljak, Mojkovac, Kolasin, Gusinje
Difficulty
Reasonable level of fitness required. All routes rated according to difficulty. Some light scrambling and exposed sections.
Must See
Durmitor, Komovi, Prokletije, Kucka krajina, Biogradska gora National Park, Bay of Kotor, Skadarsko jezero (birdwatching)
Specialist map and travel shops in the UK such as Stanfords (www.stanfords.co.uk) stock general maps of Montenegro. Alternatively, Magic Map’s Crna Gora Autokarta, covering the country at a scale of 1:370,000, is widely available in Serbia and Montenegro and is reasonably priced. The Slovenian-produced Črnogorsko primorje (Geodetski Zavod Slovenije) gives more detailed coverage of the Montenegrin coast at a scale of 1:100,000, but is not suitable for hiking. If you are travelling via a neighbouring country, a more general regional map may be useful. In any case, one such general map will be useful for planning, but will be of no use whatsoever for route-finding in the mountains.
Detailed walking maps of Durmitor, the Tara Canyon, Komovi and Bjelasica (at scales of between 1:25,000 and 1:60,000) are available in Montenegro from National Park Offices and Tourist Information Offices in the relevant area for about €7. You may be able to find one of the recommended maps of Durmitor (1:50,000) second hand on the internet (try www.abe.com) in the book Durmitor and Tara Canyon Guide by Branislav Cerović (Belgrade, 1986) – check with the seller that it still has the map attached, though.
The whole of Montenegro is also covered by various series of detailed military maps (generally not available for sale, or prohibitively expensive), including those produced by the JNA (Yugoslav People’s Army – 1:25,000, produced 1975; 1:50,000, produced 1981; and 1:100,000), by the former Soviet Union (1:50,000, produced 1974–77; and 1:100,000, produced 1975–87), and in the US NIMA Series M709 (1:50,000, produced 1992–95). The JNA series are by far the best – US NIMA M709 sheets have very few local place names. Note that the text of the Soviet sheets is in Cyrillic.
Detailed walking maps of Durmitor, the Tara Canyon, Komovi and Bjelasica (at scales of between 1:25,000 and 1:60,000) are available in Montenegro from National Park Offices and Tourist Information Offices in the relevant area for about €7. You may be able to find one of the recommended maps of Durmitor (1:50,000) second hand on the internet (try www.abe.com) in the book Durmitor and Tara Canyon Guide by Branislav Cerović (Belgrade, 1986) – check with the seller that it still has the map attached, though.
The whole of Montenegro is also covered by various series of detailed military maps (generally not available for sale, or prohibitively expensive), including those produced by the JNA (Yugoslav People’s Army – 1:25,000, produced 1975; 1:50,000, produced 1981; and 1:100,000), by the former Soviet Union (1:50,000, produced 1974–77; and 1:100,000, produced 1975–87), and in the US NIMA Series M709 (1:50,000, produced 1992–95). The JNA series are by far the best – US NIMA M709 sheets have very few local place names. Note that the text of the Soviet sheets is in Cyrillic.
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