Majestic Hikes

  Last weekend, we had a wonderful adventure to the villages of Brekije, Tershene and Mustafaj. We had an amazing weather and some amazing views. Brekije is a village located deep in the mountains of the national park Korab - Koretnik in Kukes, Albania. This village has some amazing views and you can reach this village with 4x4 vehicles or with Furgona as the locals describe them. From the village to the pass the hike is around 500m elevation gain and is very suitable even for the biginners, and the descend to other two villages is around 1250m, the trail leads you to some hidden villages that lie in the foot of the mountain of Gjallica. Albania has so many mountains worth visiting, furthermore the passes that Albania posseses are one of the most beautiful passes of this region. I would encourage everyone to visit the pass of Brekije to Mustafe village because it has some of the most amazing views, it is surrounded by beautiful mountains like the Sharr Mountains, you can see Gjallica a

 Magnificent mountains always make sure to give us something special that no one understands, the power of the mountains that exeeds our human expectations and desires. And, such a place exists in Albania too, Lepusha.   Lepusha is a hidden village deep in the accursed mountains and has outstanding views. Lepusha is surrounded by many stunning mountains that are over 2000 meters high, the village itself has an altitude of 1300m. With the 29th and 30th Kosovo Mountain Club organized a wonderful adventure in Lepusha and the peak called Vajusha which has the most spectacular views in the accursed mountains.  During our way we saw some amazing places like this one that resembles the winding roads of Norway. This road is on the way to Selce and are called "Leqet e Hotit" and you can visit this road either by driving from Shkodra or Plav. From the village you can see a panoramic view that will let you out of breath. These peaks are called Karanfila and these mountains stand in Mont

  Jezerca is the highest mountain in Valbona Valley and it belongs to the Accursed Mountains and is the second highest peak in Albania after Korab 2764m. I am sure that I have written about this mountain but I wanted to share my experience climbing this mountain in winter conditions. First of all if you want to climb a really challenging mountain in winter conditions, you have to consider that you need to have some equipment and gear with you. You need to have Crampons and Ice Axes in case of the trail is covered huge snow and ice, also you need to have a rope just in case if anything happens, hope not, and you should always find a prefarable weather since it makes the climb much easier. In order to reach this mountain in winter you need to wake up early in the morning before the sunrise, and head towards the top. This climb was oganised by Kosovo Mountain Club and they did it superbly with no casualties at all, they even had spare crampons and ice axes for everyone and they did a wond

 When you find out that you will spent 3 days in the mountains, you just can't resist it. Even more when you discover that the trail that you are going to hike it is part of the Peaks of the Balkans trail. Together with Kosovo Mountain Club we visited some wonderful hidden places deep in the Accursed Mountains and celebrated a surprise birthday party. During the past week, I was training CrossFit with my friends in CrossFit Prishtina, Hana, Vegim and Aulona were eager to go to that particular amazing hiking adventure organized by Kosovo Mountain Club. Also the positive thing about the mountains is that you always turn back wiser and gain new friends and build stronger bonds. My friends told me about their last adventure which left them speechless and felt in love with mother nature.  It was a 3 day adventure that I was very excited for and decided to join them. I really needed to go outdoors and away from the Internet, away from the everyday life and wanted to spent the time with m