TEN PEAKS (VIEWS) WORTH SEEING:

1. Bjelolasica, the highest peak of the Primorje and Gorski kotar area	1.534 m			To get guidebooks and maps, kindly contact the tourist information centres («INFOPUNKT»).
2. Risnjak	1.528 m
3. Snježnik	1.506 m			MOUNTAIN PATHS’ MARKING - standardized: red circle with a white dot in the centre - on thin trees, the marks consist of two parallel red lines with a white line in the middle
4. Obruč	1.377 m
5. Viševica	1.428 m
6. Sis (Cres)	639 m
7. Osoršćica (Lošinj)	589 m
8. Obzova (Krk)	569 m
9. Kamenjak (Rab)	403 m
10. Plase	515 m

 

Menci Clement Crnčić: Plase (1910.), the paint is part of the Croatian art antological works

MOUNTAIN BELTWAYS (control points, KT):

Rijeka mountain transversal, RT	(21 KT, walking time 6 to 7 days)
Mountain path Osorščica	(6 KT, walking time 5 hours), island of Lošinj
Mountain path «through Pakleno to the sky» («Kroz Pakleno do nebesa»)	(18 KT, walking time 2 to 3 days), Grobnik area
Goski kotar mountain path, GPP	(three path sections, first 13 KT, walk time 3 days, second 15 KT, walk time 3 days, third 12 KT, walking time 4 to 5 days)
Mountain path Kapela, KPP	(10 KT, walking time 4 days)
Ravna gora mountain path, RGPP	(12 KT, walking time 3 to 4 days)
Mrkopalj mountain path, MPP	(8 KT, walking time 2 days)
Mountain path «around the Rijeka torches» («Oko riječkih baklji»)	(10 KT, walking time 3 days)

IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN:

- to disturb and upset protected animals in their natural habitat and free development (picking-up and damaging plants, putting to flight, catching, holding, killing animals, etc.)
- to light fires outside the fenced hearths,
- smoking in mountain lodgings and in the mountains.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

- take a map and a compass along
- do not walk alone and never during the night
- before departing, gather information at the information points «info puntk» in each locality to learn about the path’s length and level of difficulty
- take water along and – especially when using longer paths - high - energy foodstuffs, too
- do not deviate from the marked tracks
- never go to the mountain without UV rays protection sunglasses

Groups of excursionists can contact the Mountain Rescue Service (Gorska služba spašavanja) and arrange the services of a professional guide in the mountains, duty hours and safety protection on montain and other gatherings.

Croatian Mountaineering Association, Zagreb
phone 01/4824 142
hps@zg.t-com.hr
http://hps.inet.hr

Kvarner County Mountaineering Association and guides’ service (Planinarski savez
Primorsko-goranske Županije i vodička služba), Rijeka
phone 051/331 212 (on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6.00p.m. to 8.00 p.m.)

Nature protection inspector, Rijeka
phone 051/325 770

Mountain Rescue Service (Gorska služba spašavanja (GSS)
Rijeka, phone 091/721 0000
Delnice, phone 091/721 0004

Natural Science Museum Rijeka
phone 051/334 988
www.prirodoslovni.com
primuzri@ri.t-com.hr