Claire Leenen became the first women to complete Via Dinarica White Trail. Apart from being adventurous hiker, she is also an outdoor blogger. Here, you can read her personal stories. If you want to know more about her experience, write her at
Trail from Theth to Valbona
The trail between Valbone and Theth is well known and today I am not the only hiker out here....
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Just before Vermosh I leave the Via Dinarica and hike a marked trail to Lepushë. This is an easy...
Read more:From Komovi to Vermosh
After a zero waiting for my border crossing permit in Adrijevica I hit the trail again. The hike...
Read more:Morning mist at Biogradska Gora
This stage starts with morning mists leading through katuns and along grazing livestock. Up until...
Read more:Zabljak via Sinjajevina to Biogradska Gora
I’m happy leaving crazy, busy Žabljak, there’s too much going on here and too many people to make...
Read more:Durmitor National Park Hike
Walking past her house, an old lady asks if I’d like kafu? Yes, please! She doesn’t speak any...
Read more:Trnovačko Lake, Maglić peak and Piva Canyon
It’s a fast hike down from Donje Bare to the road. It seems like a lot of maintenance work has...
Read more:Lelija and Zelengora Mountains to Sutjeska National Park
My phone drowned in the Treskavica showers and I had to take a zero to buy a new one (no phone, no...
Read more:From Sarajevo via Treskavica to Kalinovik
After buying a new trekking pole and eating lots of calories in busy and warm Sarajevo it’s time...
Read more:Ruište via Lukomir and Umoljani villages to Sarajevo
After buying a new phone and rewriting lost blog posts the cab driver drove me back up the...
Read more:Prenj, one and only
After a resupply and a zero I left the town of Jablanica for Prenj mountains. Usually the hike out of...
Read more:Vran Mountain and Blidinje Lake to Cvrsnica Mountain
The cab driver drops me off at the start of stage 27. Here it is the first time I’m welcomed by...
Read more:Dinara Mountain
Traveling from Starigrad to Knin took me a day, but I got to see the beautiful old town of...
Read more:Velebit and Paklenica
Leaving town is always hard. Especially when the forecast is rain.And rain there was. I hiked the...
Read more:Vratnik via Velebit to Karlobag
After a relaxing day, a stay in a room with a view, some good seafood and buying resupplies in a...
Read more:From Miroslav Hirtz Shelter to Senj
A few km’s after leaving Skloniste Miroslav Hirtz (stage 7) the fun started again. Fallen trees,...
Read more:Fužine via Bitorajska to Miroslav Hirtz Shelter
Rain. Two full days of rain after leaving Fuzine. Including thunder and lightning. Oh and hail...
Read more:Kupa River via Crni Lug to Fužine
The first few km’s hiking from Izvor Kupe are nice, then I hit another paved forest road. The...
Read more:Prezid and Kupa Springs
These parts of the Via Dinarica are not yet ready for hikers – in my opinion…Leaving Prezid was a...
Read more:Postojna to Prezid
The trail from Postojna to Mašun is like a forest highway, but with little cars. It’s a fast and...
Read more:Nova Gorica to Predjama
The last 1.5 days I hiked from the Italian/Slovenian border to Predjama Castle – where the White...
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