Hikes and Treks

Mount Klikach (1,383 m) is an exceptionally panoramic peak located in the Vlakhina Mountains above the village of Gorno Leshko.

For a long time, we had been thinking about doing a winter ascent of Mount Botev—the highest peak of the Balkan Mountains, rising to 2376 meters.

The time had come to do a winter ascent of Mount Spanopolski Chukar (2576 m). Last winter we only reached the Spano Pole shelter—we were a bit too lazy to continue upward, and not everyone in the group had snowshoes.

Golyama Straza Peak is 2799 m high and is the eighth highest peak in Pirin. It is part of the Ushitsite (Straza) ridge, located between the peaks of Polezhan and Kaymakchal.

In mid-November, we were wondering what an easy hike to do, and in the end, we chose to tackle the side peaks south of Solishte – Kelio, Kotsov Grob, and Stefanov Peak.

This year, we climbed Sinanitsa Peak again on August 28—Michaela's birthday. It has become a tradition for her to climb the peak on her birthday.

Orlovets Peak is 2,686 meters high and is located in the Malyovitsa section of the Rila Mountains.

In the summer of 2020, we took this route, then our hike was from the Macedonia hut to Semkovo along the ridge.

I have climbed Yavorovnik and Zab Peak before, but this time the idea was to climb Yavorovnik along the ridge between it and Kamenitsa Peak. Our starting point was the Begovitsa hut (Kamenitsa).

It was August 28—Michaela's birthday, who for several years on this date has been climbing Sinanitsa Peak, followed by a party at the Spano Pole shelter.