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Sutorman

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 7 April 2010
Sutorman

Sutorman is a mountain in the municipality of Bar. It is situated 10 km from Bar . It is continued by Rumija range. The highest pearks are Široka Strana (1185 m) and Vrsuta (1183 m). This mountain is home to several villages including  Zupci and Tuđemili. The mountain is in some parts covered with coniferous forests. From its peaks stretches beautiful view of the Bar and Sutomore.

Maganik

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 17 March 2010

Maganik Maganik is 20 km long and 10 km wide mountain range placed in the middle part of Montenegro, precissely between the rivers of Zeta, Moraca and Mrtvica. The massif of Maganik stretches in east-west/northwest direction. That beautiful and impressive range with its unique outlook is separated from Moracke Planine on the north and from Prekornica mountain on the south. Maganik is known as a little beat unapproachable mountain range. Its rocks are on some places very dangerous and sharp like a knife. Maganik is surrounded by many katuns (lodges) where people living on the mountain only during summer. Known katuns are Rekocica, Maganik, Poljana, Vragodo, Ogradjenik, Zabrdje, Razbijena Jela, Magline, Stanjevica Rupa, Besovica Katun and others.

Maganik is an aloof group of impressive limestone formations. The geological composition of Maganik is made of cretaceous bank limestone. The base of this mountain range from the Niksic side and the Moraca River valley is made up of Tiassic limestone. The canyon slopes of the river Mrtvica are formed by Triassic, Jurassic and cretaceous limestone, which created a rich vertical jaggedness to the Maganik mass that appears frightening to the mountaineer. Its relief is enriched with deep karst hollows, valleys and funnel-shaped depressions.

The highest peaks of Maganik range are:

Medjedji Vrh (2139 m)

Petrov Vrh (2124 m)

Babin Zub (2119 m)

Zuta Greda (2104 m)

Rogodjed (2037 m)

Kokotov Vrh (2001 m)

Cakmakov Vrh (1974 m)

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Rumija

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 3 March 2010

Rumija Stretching in NW-SE direction, Mt Rumija with its highest peak Rumija (1594 m) is the southest mountain of Montenegro. As a Dinaric natural barrier, Rumija separate Adriatic Sea from the Skadarsko Jezero lake. With the height of 1594 m, it drops steep towards the Adriatic coastline and somewhat less steeply towards the southern part of the lake. Rumija is very special and unique mountain with one leg in the Adriatic Sea and the other leg in Skadar Lake.

The elevation difference with more than 1500 m is one of the largest elevation difference in Montenegro, while the path from the Bar town to the summit is one of the most attractive mountain path in that contry. The ridge of the Rumija mountain is more than 10 km long and include Sutorman with its highest peak Široka Strana (1185 m) and Vrsuta (1183 m). Between the Bijela Skala pass and Rumija main summit is placed rocky ridge of Čagoglina (1297 m), while on SE are connected by ridge the peaks of Brisan (1435 m), Kozjak (1427 m) and Debelin (1205 m). On the south from the main summit and Veliki Mikulići is wide and roundly mountain Lisinja with its highest peak Loška (1353 m) which is nicely visible from the Bar town as a first visible peak. On the southern side of the mountain are placed few water springs and that are the three small rivers Železnica, Bunar and Međurječ.

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Sinjajevina

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 9 February 2010

Sinjajevina On the Tara – Piva (rivers) vast plateau Durmitor (2523 m) is placed on the northwest, while it’s closest neighbour is placed on the southeast. That’s the beautiful Sinjajevina mountain, one of most specific mountains of Montenegro. The older name for this mountain is also Sinjavina.
Geographically, this mountain belongs to the High Mountains & Plateaus Region of Montenegro. Some geographers classify Mt Sinjajevina a mountain plateau, but it also holds the largest pasture range in Montenegro. The direction of Sinjajevina follows the rest of the Dinaric ranges, from east to west.Geologicaly, it’s composition is cretaceous limestone. From a morphological standpoint, this high mountain plain avarages 1600 m in height, with only these peaks of higher elevation: Babji Zub (2277 m), Jablanov Vrh (2203 m), Gradiste (2174 m), Savina greda (2101 m), Veliki Pecarac (2042 m), Starac (2022 m) and Babin Vrh (2013 m).Mt Sinjajevina’s relief is rolling due to glacial activity. The complexity of this mountain is due to it’s bordering rivers of Tara, Moraca, Tusinja & Bukovica. It stretches from SE to NW, from the towns of Kolasin to Njegovudje (near the Durmitor National Park). The Sinjajevina massif is 40 km long & 15 km wide, and is specific about it’s carstic fields and beautiful grassy slopes. The soil composition is arid terrain due to the lack of forest covering and exposure, which has caused it’s rather unique foliage.Mt Sinjajevina is also the home of 2 lakes: Zabojsko Jezero (1486 m, 19 m deep) ,Zminicko Jezero (1295 m, 4 m deep).

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Vučje

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 5 February 2010

Vučje
Vučje is situated on the mountain with the same name, 21 km from Nikšić, on the old road from Nikšić to Šavnik, over Lukovo.

Altitude difference of “recreational” ski – path is 110 m, the highest point is at 1.200 m and length is around 350 m. Paths are marked with red color.
Infrastructure includes three ski – lifts (“the plate”): one for recreational, one between two ski – path for competitive skiing and one “ciciban” for the youngest.

Advantages: Closeness to road to Podgorica and Trebinje, and thus to coastal towns and Dubrovnik, from where (before the collapse of former Yugoslavia) had been coming several hundreds of skiers for recreation. Extremely low service prices.
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Veruša

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 28 January 2010

Veruša Veruša is a known resort of Podgorica. It is just beautiful in the summer as in winter and attractive  for vacation.
At an altitude of 1010m, is located about 50km from Podgorica, was a real hit for the holiday, especially if you have children, because Veruša primarily known as a resort for children. The resort has two baby ski lifts and the building  for organized groups of children school age.

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