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Arapi

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    Distance 19.2 km
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    1,805 m
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    2,000 m
    766 m
    Steep and strikingly, Arapi rises above Theth. A breathtaking path leads through its southern escarpment to the Qafa e Pejes saddle. Afterwards, the path runs over a karst plateau to the summit.
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    Highest point
    Arapi, 2,000 m
    Lowest point
    Theth, 766 m
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    Safety information

    The path from the Qafa e Pejes saddle to the summit requires surefootedness and a head for heights and includes some scrambling sections

    Roadbook

    From Theth partly along the stream, partly on the access road to Theti Okol and further in the wide stream bed towards Arapi. At a drinking water source the path splits; if you do the Arapi circuit (route no. 6 in the hiking guide Northern Albania Thethi and Kelmend), you come back here. We keep right (contrary to the described circuit). First, it goes moderately uphill to the valley end, then steeply uphill through the rock face to the pass Qafa e Pejes (1,705 m, well marked up to here). There, turn left onto a faintly marked path onto the plateau of Arapi and with some scrambling and exposed sections to the summit (2,217 m). Return via the ascent route.
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    Directions

    a) From Shkodra via the Buni i Thores pass. Paved up to the pass, then gravel road. 70 km from Shkodra

    b) from Shkodra through the Kiri valley. Gravel road, 130 km from Shkodra

    Parking

    at the accommodations in Theth

    Coordinates

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    42.397141, 19.774407
    DMS
    42°23'49.7"N 19°46'27.9"E
    UTM
    34T 399132 4694599
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    Book recommendation by the author

    Hiking guide Northern Albania - Thethi and Kelmend (Huber Verlag)

    Author’s map recommendations

    Hiking Map Northern Albanian Thethi - Kelmendi 1:50,000 (Huber Cartography)

    Alpet e Shqiperise - Theti 1:30,000 (Vektor)

    Equipment

    Normal hiking equipment, trekking poles recommended

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Distance
    19.2 km
    Duration
    8:00 h
    Ascent
    1,805 m
    Descent
    1,801 m
    Highest point
    2,000 m
    Lowest point
    766 m
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