Hiking trails from Lupoglav

Located below the slopes of Ćićarija, Lupoglav is an ideal starting point for numerous marked hiking trails. The area of ​​the municipality also includes part of the Učka Nature Park, which enchants with its natural diversity and wealth of living creatures at any time of the year. If you start from Lupoglav, Semić, Brest pod Učkom or Mariškići, the road will take you to the most beautiful peaks of our mountains, from which there is a wonderful view of the Istrian peninsula, the Kvarner Bay, Velebit, the mountains of Gorski Kotar, and on a clear day the view reaches the Julian Alps and the Dolomites.

 

You can find an overview of hiking trails (HGSS Tourist hiking map of Ćićarija) here.

Information on where to buy a topographic-tourist map of PP Učka can be found on the pages of the Učka Nature Park.

The trails are well marked and maintained thanks to the mountaineering societies from Istria and Kvarner.

 

Some of the peaks of Učka and Ćićarija (accessible by hiking trails from Lupoglav):

• Vojak 1401 m - the highest peak of the Istrian peninsula
• Veliki Planik 1271 m - the highest peak of Istrian County
• Mali Planik 1259 m
• Županj peak 1138 m
• Brajkov vrh 1091 m
• Orljak 1106 m

You can also take the trails to the mountain lodges on Korita and Poklon.

 

We bring several recommendations of marked hiking trails from Lupoglava, and you can find a complete overview of hiking trails on the pages of the Croatian Mountaineering Association - Interactive Mountaineering Map of Croatia

 

Lupoglav – Planik

From Lupoglav we take the local road to Brest pod Učkon, pass through the hamlet of Mariškići and we came to the local cemetery. From the western entrance to the cemetery, an old wagon road leads up the hill, and after 500 m we reach the remains of the Mahrenfels fort, formerly Lupoglav. We will notice how in some places the road is literally carved into the living rock, and in some places we also recognize properly spaced depressions, created by the wheels of carts. The path continues uphill and emerges on the plateau. We are located within the Učka Nature Park, where the network of hiking trails can take us to many different places: to Semić, to Veliki and Mali Planik, to Korita, to Brest pod Učkon, to Vojak - the highest peak in Učka, etc.

 

Lupoglav - Semic – Brgudac

Length of the trail: 6 km

Walking time: 2:00 hours

Altitude difference: 400 m

Mark: 315

Data source: Croatian Mountaineering Association