Hiking in Shkoder

Great stage! The Komovi Mountains are really impressive, the hike to the beautiful summit of the Kom Kucki is a bit challenging, but doable. For the descent to Vermosh, I found a more logical approach than the original route - it follows a cow path between the ruins of Katun Orahovska and the ruins of Katun Redzica, instead of going around. You can download a gpx-track with extra explanation in some waypoints @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q-18OBlTrwnKOiU3pqP_cd3zW_qZKFfk. I also made a detailed description of the descent - download it @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/18U6wM5thb73lTcji2BVRHLFtKcpr7gp4.

I can say the warnings given on the official gps route are valid! The ascent going south bound is hairy enough but doable if you are comfortable with climbing and scrambling at height. Wouldn’t do it in bad weather or alone. The descent southbound gives every impression of a death trap. We turned around after 1 hour to go back to the top and take man longer route to thethe back towards the lakes. Making it a very long day! I’d suggest the via Dinarica team need to change the route of the descent going southbound

Beautiful hike. But it’s pretty hard to get down from path to Valbone, small rocks are very slippery.We went from Theth to Valbone.

We did the hike on the beginning of June 2025 from Albania to Montenegro. The hike is easy to find until the border, we followed a track. After we tried to follow the advice of Jean-Marc from the previous comment with GPS, there was no way anymore. It was quite hard because it was quite steep and with brushes, but ok. We found the path back at Katun Dediča. Then it was a really beautiful hike and easy. The last go down to Stanva is a little bit long and physical (going up and down above the forest) but not major difficulties.

This hike was beautiful. We did it at the end of may 2025 from Theth to Nikč. The climb was hard because it was steep but not technical. We had snow on the top, but on flat parts so it was not a problem. Then for the going down to Theth it was ok until the split of the way around 1350m. We tried to follow the path on the right (which joins the road Nikč to Lepushe) but after 15 minutes, we lost the trail (around 1250m). So we came back and we took the other path on the left (which is well market at the split) but shortly after 10 minutes, there is no trail anymore. You have to follow a direction with your GPS during 1h/1h30 and walk in the brush and over dead trees.

Absolutely sensational! https://youtu.be/m8RkQGx9Jng?si=ybQ8sHIBfyjsylJh

Stage done in mid-August 2024: The trail between Theth and Valbona is very popular and there were plenty of opportunities to buy cold drinks along the way. I refilled my water at the spring near the Simoni Café. In general, the path was straightforward. The only challenge was the heat.