If you Have been to Croatia you most likely have dipped into the the Adriatic from the night club lined beaches in the city of Split. To get relatively easy access to the Dinaric’s you can catch a bus from central Split to a tiny little town called Sitnoe Gornje. It doesn’t seem like much goes on in Sitnoe except a small bar run by a really friendly old Croatian man (and his cat) and a stream of busses back to Split. Definitely remember the bar is there for a post hike Karlovačko (beer).
The only information I found on the internet about hiking up Mt Mosor (other than organised tour groups) was to follow the red and white hand painted markers (hence no map). To begin, you walk up a pebbled road at the top of a hill that is still used as a donkey cart route up the mountain. It’s relatively easy going just mind the occasional pile of donkey crap and some oversized sharp pebbles. The donkey path takes you pretty high so you get an impressive view of all the farms and towns below.
After a while you will follow the markers off the donkey route and start scrambling up a less cart friendly track. Sometimes the markers get kinda hard to see but you will find them eventually. The path opens up as you reach the first hill top, you’ll see a donkey shed and a beautiful chalet looking house used by the local mountaineering club (who are responsible for the markers). It is a bit eerie in the winter with nobody around but on a crisp clear blue sky day you can see for miles.
There are multiple routes you can take up the different summits around Mosor, one route (i forget the name) has an ominous Catholic cross at the very top that seems to follow you everywhere.
(apologies but we could not find a workable map)
by Max Blackmore
2015
