Ohrid Lake - the Balaton of North Macedonia
The highest mountain in the Pelister National Park, you can never guess, is Pelister Mountain, 2601m. The so-called "Rocky Trail" starts off through lush forest, steadily gaining elevation up a number of switchbacks. Then you get to the rocky part. Climbing over and through large granite boulders, all rather rough and exposed, over the peaks of Stiv and Ilinden, you eventually reach the summit of Pelister. In theory, you have great views all around as soon as you leave the forest. It should only be theory once more. We are not sure what it is thatˋs in the air, but it has been very hazy for days now, and the views have therefore been less than spectacular. Nevertheless, the climbing over the boulders is good fun, if you are into that kind of stuff. Not the prettiest decoration for a summit On the summit, you find a memorial plate for Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, first North Macedonian to climb Mt. Everest in 1989. Unfortunately, he disappeared on the way down. Looking back up t...