Via ferrata · Mokro
Via Ferrata Mrki Medvjed
Also known as Brown Bear, Crne Stijene.
Photo source: MIKANA89 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Route overview
- Grade
- C
- Cable length
- 300 m
- Vertical gain
- 100 m
- Approach
- 1 h
- Crossing
- 1 h
- Descent
- 1 h 40 min
Season: April-October
Total on the hill: 3 h 40 min
Mrki Medvjed opened in 2024 on Crne Stijene, a more remote wall on Romanija than nearby Sokolov Put. The grade C line has 300 metres of cable and gains about 100 metres. It is more vertical than its neighbour, with lightly overhanging sections protected by steel steps.
Lower-angled parts deliberately leave out artificial footholds, so climbers use the rock itself. Near the finish, the route crosses two wire bridges before ending at the Crne Stijene viewpoint at about 1,421 metres.
On foot from the Crvene Stijene mountain lodge, the approach follows roughly five kilometres of gravel road and just under a kilometre of forest trail. The route takes about an hour, while the full walk from the lodge and back is usually planned as a five-hour outing.
Igor Milošev, who also worked on Sokolov Put, built the route with local collaborators. Planinsko Društvo Glasinac in Sokolac looks after the area and can provide current access, equipment and guide information.
How we know this
BOA has not inspected Mrki Medvjed. The figures on this page come from published sources, not from our own survey. Cable and anchor condition changes. Nothing here is a substitute for checking the route yourself before you climb.
Condition reports
Written by visitors who have climbed Mrki Medvjed, not by BOA, and not checked by us before they appear. Treat them as one climber's account on one day: useful, but never clearance to climb.
- Cable and anchors intactclimbed
Sve je OK, s tim da sam išao novom stazom koja je dosta kraća, a ne od doma Crvenih stijena. U naselju Mokro ima putokaz prema ferati do parkinga gdje se ostavlja vozilo, i onda sat vremena hoda do ferate. Negdje prilikom pristupa ferati treba tražit markacije, pa je potreban oprez. Ferata je u super stanju i jako interesantna.
— Najdan
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