Lost hills of Bosnia
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 94.63 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,148 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 5,909 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,018 ft
- TrailRank
- 53
- Min elevation
- 420 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- one day 22 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3385
- Uploaded
- August 12, 2018
- Recorded
- August 2013
near Saničani, Republika Srpska (Босния һәм Герцеговина)
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Itinerary description
This is a totally unconventional itinerary.
I wanted to traverse from Prijedor to the Vrbas valley, possibly staying on the hills rather than following the busy roads down in the valleys.
The only constraint that I set to myself was to visit the monastery of Gomionica, which I believed to be interesting.
Without a detailed map, the search for Gomionica became an intensive route-finding work on hills where more often than not the roads (often in gravel) come to a dead end, or at least to some fork where, lacking the information where to go, I just turned back.
The whole, however, lead to a couple of wonderful days featuring the discovery of remote villages in a truly pristine condition. That sort of things that the conscious and informed tourist will never happen to meet.
Most of the backtracking involved has been retained in the track, since I found it essential to understand its nature.
The absolute highlights were the remote village of Milosavici and a forgotten cemetery on a hill, with precious stone crosses, which led me to figure out the title "Lost hills of Bosnia".
As you will see, many of the places lack a name, and I am not able to retrieve it, neither on online sources nor in the otherwise good Freytag and Berndt map Bosnia-Hercegovina 1:200.000. Any help in this sense, especially if some local spots the track, will be welcome.
I wanted to traverse from Prijedor to the Vrbas valley, possibly staying on the hills rather than following the busy roads down in the valleys.
The only constraint that I set to myself was to visit the monastery of Gomionica, which I believed to be interesting.
Without a detailed map, the search for Gomionica became an intensive route-finding work on hills where more often than not the roads (often in gravel) come to a dead end, or at least to some fork where, lacking the information where to go, I just turned back.
The whole, however, lead to a couple of wonderful days featuring the discovery of remote villages in a truly pristine condition. That sort of things that the conscious and informed tourist will never happen to meet.
Most of the backtracking involved has been retained in the track, since I found it essential to understand its nature.
The absolute highlights were the remote village of Milosavici and a forgotten cemetery on a hill, with precious stone crosses, which led me to figure out the title "Lost hills of Bosnia".
As you will see, many of the places lack a name, and I am not able to retrieve it, neither on online sources nor in the otherwise good Freytag and Berndt map Bosnia-Hercegovina 1:200.000. Any help in this sense, especially if some local spots the track, will be welcome.
Waypoints
Lake
Intersection
Waypoint
1,493 ft
Melina: first attempt
First attempt to leave Melina and to find a road heading in direction Gomionica.
Religious site
1,062 ft
Gomionica
At the end I was able to reach the long sought-for monastery. Just to discover that it is nothing exceptional.
Ruins
Waypoint
2,014 ft
Pass
Waterfall
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