SUVA PLANINA (Trem 1810 m)

Suva planina (Dry mountain) can be reached by the Belgrade-Nis highway. You must exit the highway at Nis and continue toward Niska Banja. From Niska Banja, road leads through villages Jelasnica, Cukljenik, Donja Studena and Gornja Studena. Final destination is a mountain lodge, at a place called Bojanine vode. Distance between Gornja Studena and Bojanine vode is 5 km. Distance between Belgrade and mountain lodge is 260 km.

Marked path leads uphill, from the lodge, and, after 45 minutes, enters into the forest. At the beginning of the forest trail, there is a spring.  

From the forest, you will exit onto a saddle called Devojacki grob (Girl’s tomb at 1311 m). Continue your hike, along the ridge. Trem (1810 m) is on the left and Sokolov kamen (1523 m) is on the right.

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Climb to Trem is steep and demanding. From the trail is a great view at Sokolov kamen (Falcon’s stone).

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Finally, after almost 3 hours of walk, Trem! What can I say about the view? You can see Svrljiske mountains and the highest peak of Stara planina, Midzor (2169 m).

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September 2011.