Via Ferrata Mrki Medvjed

Also known as Brown Bear, Crne Stijene.

Photo source: MIKANA89 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Romanija escarpment from below. The route climbs Crne Stijene, along this band of cliffs.

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.

No condition reports yet. If you have climbed this route, yours would be the first.