Starting point: Makarska (2 m)
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1420 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1420 m
Map: Biokovo (32), VI izdaja 2012, M 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
From the highway Split - Ploče at the exit Zagvozd we go towards toll tunnel Sveti Ilija, which through the mountain broad ridge Biokovo brings us on Makarska riviera. At the roundabout, soon after the exit from the tunnel we go towards the town Makarska, where we park near the promenade. If we want to shorten the path a little and save on parking costs, we can leave the car in the village Makar, where below the village cemetery there is a larger parking lot.
Path description:
From promenade in Makarska between the municipal building and pier for larger ships we go through a wider passage towards the church of St. Mark. Higher above the road there is a town library, where at the right corner of a rocky fence we get to the first blazes which mark our path. We follow them on a steep narrow streets of Makarska, where over a bridge we cross Adriatic main road. We follow the marked path in the direction of village Makar. We are ascending on a steep asphalted hairpin turns, which bring us in the village Makar. Here is a larger parking lot. We look for the first signpost and we follow the sign for Vošac. The path leads us past a newly built water storage, where the path on a quite wide with stone paved zig-zag path starts ascending towards our destination. After a good hour of walking, the path brings us into a pine forest, where in an emergency we can get water. The pine forest is becoming thinner. We continue to a crossing, where we can go back towards the coastal tourist village Tučepi or towards Veliko Brdo. We continue in the direction of Vošac, to where we have a good hour of walking. Higher at the outstanding vantage point, the path turns below the south walls of Vošac and with the smell of Mediterranean herbs brings us on a saddle Štrbina. Here is a nice viewpoint with information board about flora and fauna in those places. We continue on a gentle path, where in few minutes we reach the last crossing. We branch off to the left upwards and we soon reach a very panoramic peak, on which there is a mountain hut on Vošac.
The mountain hut is managed by SAK Extrem from Makarska and in the summer months it is mostly open, but before we go, we should check that.
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