Friday, March 21, 2014

Ladder Of Kotor - Best Hike Ever

Sun-Ling declared that today's hike up the mountain behind Kotor was our "best hike ever". We went from sea level to 950 meters (about 3100 feet) and back down in 8 hours mostly along the old road, with a castle, goats, rock scrambles, unexpected bridges, switchbacks, WWI trenches, great views of  Kotor Old Town, the Bay of Kotor, and the Adriatic. And more. The view from our turnaround point - the top is another 800 meters - cannot be adequately captured in words or photos.


In chronological order:

View from Castle to Old Town.

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

The Portal.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Switchbacks.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Gazing at the Bay of Kotor.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Scramble.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

At 950 meters and still looking up.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

View from our turn-around point.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Descending through a pine forest.
Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro

Hiking - Kotor, Montenegro



5 comments:

  1. No church artwork, just plain hike. Beautiful. Was this touted in your tour guides or did you stumble, no pun intended, upon it?

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  2. I failed to mention, GM shows the switch backed trail very clearly.

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  3. Ed, This hike is mentioned in most, but not all of the guides.

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  4. these are gorgeous views and you look so happy!

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  5. WQ, so good to hear from you finally! Every time there is a night shot we'd say to each other -- maybe WQ would like it. You must have been too busy.

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