Sarajevo's Ozren

Sarajevo's Ozren is complex of mountains and hilly plateaus located northeast of Sarajevo. This entire area is covered by a number of different paths and hiking trails, and it has popular picnic areas (Barice, Čavljak, Pjeskovita Ravan), popular for people from Sarajevo.

Geography

Sarajevo's Ozren consists of several main parts:

• Ozren-mountain (Ozren in the narrow sense), includes Motka, Visojevica, area Ozren-Bandijera
• Plateau Crepoljsko, includes area of Crepoljsko, area Crni Vrh (near Vučija Luka) and southeast ridges over Miljacka
• Mountain ridge Bukovik, includes main ridge Bukovik and Nahorevo hills - Bijelosava
• Hill Hum (in Sarajevo)

Highest peak of Sarajevo's Ozren is Bukovik (1,534 m), and second highest is Crepoljsko (1,524 m).

Skakavac waterfall, a declared natural monument is also located in Sarajevo's Ozren.

Mountain huts

In the 1935–1936 season, the mountain hut on Bukovik, at in elevation, saw about 600 visitors. In the 1936–1937 season, it saw 1036 visitors, including 2 Austrian citizens. In the 1937–1938 season it saw 796 visitors, including 2 German citizens.

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