Trail Updates
The information whether a High Scardus Trail stage is closed or open due to snow conditions can be found at the individual stages.
If during the trekking season (e.g. due to heavy weather events) individual stages are not accessible or only accessible with major detours, this will also be published here.
A quiet start to a long trail: the hut approach to the magnificently situated Mountain Hut Ljuboten as a short starting stage. >>>> ATTENTION: ...
Border walk: along the Kosovar/North Macedonian border over the ridge of the Sharr Mountains to the ski resort of Brezovica, an interesting witness ...
Wild Western Balkans: on small trails and also pathless through the moors and mats along the northern flanks of the Sharr Mountains.
The mild side of the wild side: Enjoyable hiking on the more gentle counterpart to the previous stage 03 along the northern flanks of the somewhat ...
Welcome to the other side: From the Kosovar mountain village Gornje Ljubinje in a beautiful heath landscape over the Sharr Mountains to the Vejce Hut.
High above the North Macedonian mountain villages of Vejce, Veshala and Bozovce through the Sharr Mountains - a wonderfully scenic stage!
Through the famous Leshnica valley with its rugged rock towers back across the North Macedonian-Kosovar border to the mountain village of Brod.
The path to nowhere: very long but scenically one of the most magnificent stages on the High Scardus Trail through the Mongolian-like highlands of ...
A short regeneration stage "in the middle nowhere" between the Sharr Mountains in the northeast and the Korab Mountains in the southwest - just ...
To the king of the Western Balkans: the crossing of Mount Korab, with 2,764 m above sea level the highest peak of the Western Balkans, as a ...
Tibet Feeling at the High Scardus Trail: From Radomire at the foot of the Korab massif over a magnificent mountain pass (2.090m) to the wide high ...
One of the "king's stages" on the High Scardus Trail: a nimble routing guides you amidst breathtaking mountain scenery to the stone mountain ...
A scenic border hike between Albania and North Macedonia: once the gentle crests of the Deshat Mountains are climbed again, a boundless panorama ...
From bright heights into dark forests: This varied daily stage leads past the mighty peak of Velivar and then down into the mystical forests of ...
Transfer by shuttle from the end of stage 14 in Bitushe to the start of stage 15 in Modrič.
Stage 16 on the High Scardus Trail marks the entrance to the mystical Jablanica Mountains: on an ancient pilgrimage trail across the scenic ...
A truly green stage: through the mystical forests of the Jablanica Mountains over the "Green Pass" from North Macedonia to Albania, to the mountain ...
Enjoy the dense forest of Shebenik-Jablanica National Park (partly a UNESCO World Heritage) and the small glacial lakes seen from both sides of the ...
Very close to life in two ways: from the loneliness and naturalness of the Albanian mountain pastures to the lively town of Vevcani, which is well ...
Transfer with shuttle from the end of stage 19 in Vevcani to the start of stage 21 in Velestovo
On the last two stages, the High Scardus Trail unfolds its full splendor once again! The dream hike on the Galichica summit ridge high above Lake ...
The crowning finale: first steeply uphill to the mighty Magaro peak and then steeply downhill to the Orthodox place of pilgrimage Sveti Naum on the ...