Location – mountain:

  • Shar Mountain – (central segment)

 

Starting point:

  • Village of Vejce

 

Description of the trail:

From the village, the trail begins sharply to ascend on a wide dirt road up to the Jemaili’s sheep farm, taking a mountain path from there and continuing slightly southeast until it reaches Guri i Epr. From this point until reaching Guri i Gjat the trail stretches on a 1700m altitude and passes through the south slopes of the peaks Kobilica, Shiledje and Vrtop. Due to the trail’s location, between the forests and the pastures, wild strawberries are inevitably accompanying the trail. From the point above Guri i Gjat, meaning Long Rock, the trail descends along the unique rock and through the forest leads to the village of Veshala. Before entering the village, the trail continues on a wide dirt road and descends to the village of Veshala.

 

Technical and touristic information:

Altitude of the starting point: Village of Vejce – 1,065,m

Highest point: Guri i Epr – 1,935,m

Altitude of the ending point: Village of Veshala – 1,245,m

Altitude difference: 870m

Duration of the hiking tour: 6.00 – 8.00 hours

Length of the tour: 20 km

Difficulty of the tour:     

Required fitness level:      

 

Panoramas and landscapes:  

  • While hiking on this trail views southwards and eastwards are continuously opening before the hikers. The views are always in the direction of the Leshnica rocks and Leshnica. The most significant landscape opens from Guri i Gjat, from where the villages of Veshala and Bozovce can be seen, as well as the river Pena, Leshnichki rocks and the biggest peak of Shar Mountain, Titov Vrv, in the background.

 

Access to the starting point:

  • Highway Skopje – Tetovo, 40 km
  • Local road Tetovo – village of Vejce, 12 km

At the village entrance there is a parking spot for a limited number of vehicles.

 

Access to the ending point:

  • Highway Skopje – Tetovo, 40 km
  • Local road Tetovo – village of Veshala, 20 km

At the village entrance there is a parking spot for a limited number of vehicles.

 

Accommodation and food:

  • Accommodation facility near the sheep farm of the Jemaili family, village of Vejce.
    • (42° 5’24.40″N20°54’20.00″E / 42.09011111, 20.90555556)
  • Accommodation facility, The House of Veshala, village of Veshala.
    • (42° 3’44.13″N 20°50’46.03″E / 42.06225833, 20.84611111)