Vitunj - Klek

Access to the starting point:
Leave the Zagreb-Split motorway at the Ogulin exit. Drive through the town of Ogulin and at the end of the town you will turn into the village of Puškarići (at the crossroads there is a football field of NK Dobra). Drive through Puškarići until you see a sign for the village of Vitunj. In Vitunj, park in a suitable place.

Path description:
The route officially starts at the railway station in the village of Hreljin Ogulinski, but from there to "our" starting point is about an hour's walk on asphalt.
In Vitunje we continue through the village to the last houses, where there are still a few parking spaces. The path continues into the initially dense forest and leads us along a partly stony surface. After a few minutes of walking we come to a small clearing, where the path takes a sharp left turn and returns to the forest. Walk through sparse forest and climb moderately to steeply on an occasionally rockier path.
Higher up, there will be a marked turn-off along the path where you can go to the nearby Vitunj Castle. After the turn-off, the path, which has been heading west, turns almost imperceptibly to the north, but only as far as the fork in the forest tracks, where it turns sharp left and leads us to the Kosa Preval (this part of the path is slightly overgrown).
From the prevala onwards the path descends to reach a well-maintained forest road, which is followed to the left.
Walk along the road for a few minutes and then the path from the top of Kamačnik joins us from the right.
Leave the road here and continue left along cart track. Cart track descends slightly, then leave it and climb through the forest. There is some rocky ground in this part, but the bigger problem is the young spruce trees that are slowly overgrowing the path. A little higher, you reach the Klek ridge, along which the path continues.
The path along the ridge is mostly gentle, but leads in a few short ascents and descents. A little further on, you will reach the steep grassy plateau of Sladivojko, where you will have an exceptional view to the south and west.
After a short descent, we reach a more challenging part where the ridge becomes narrower and exposed in places. There is a short rocky jump, which can be avoided on the right. After the jump, the path returns to the ridge and then switches to the western grassy slope, where it is slightly exposed.
The path ahead returns to the forest and leads to a crossroads where the path to the left branches off to the Klečice cliffs (the climbs to Klečice are difficult and not marked, but they are easy to follow).
After the crossroads, you will come to another very exposed meadow, over which you will descend slightly. A little further on, the path from the mountain hut joins us from the right, where the most difficult part of the route begins. The path continues up the steps, and the view above is spectacular. Continue left to the east and you will reach the most challenging part of the trail.
This part is also not protected by a rope, but by a cable. Even when the fixed safety gear ends, we continue to climb up the steep exposed slope for some time, but then the path does give way.
The path ahead takes us past a helipad, and we continue straight east along a narrow ridge, which is protected in places by rocks. A little further on, we arrive below the summit itself, where we climb to the top of Klek in a partly challenging ascent.

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