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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mountain biking around Bjelašnica

PD Tržič (Alpine Association Tržič) organized mountain bike expedition around Bjelašnica and today was our first cycling day. We explored the area around Bjelašnica, where 1984 Winter Olympics took place. We rode on the downhill track, visited the Igman Olympic Jumps in Malo polje and in the end we went to the highest altitude and most remote village in the BiH, Lukomir.

Last details were set late at night, or better said, early in the morning

Breakfast time

Riding towards our highest point, Bjelašnica, 2067 m

A little bit of snow didn't stop us

Start of the Men's downhill in 1984, where Bill Johnson won. See video on youtube.

Our group. Standing: Uroš, Tuši, Nada, Janez, Janez, Slavc. First row: Tona, Uroš, Daša, Mateja, Marinka and Daša.

Destroyed military radar site next to the peak.

Top of Bjelašnica.

Downhill track.  Quite steep, so only some of us rode down.

Summer time

 

Hotel Igman was destroyed during Bosnian War

Igman Olympic Jumps

Our group without Janez, who had a flat tyre, while he was sleeping on the grass in the sun.

Jump without skis

Tank

Regrouping, fixing the flat tyre, making further plans.

Towards Lukomir.

Lukomir sits at an altitude of 1,495 m on the Bjelašnica mountain. Stećci originating from the 14th and 15th century exist at the village and suggest that it was inhabited for hundreds of years.

Locals

Back to our starting point in Umoljani

Whole day of riding: Umoljani - Bjelašnica - Malo Polje - Lukomir - Umoljani

Lukomir Six Months Off

GeoCaches found:
- Memories, GC5HKCP, where I retrieved trackable item "Teddy #250", TB2RTEH and visited the next cache with it
- Malo Polje Igman Olympic Jumps, GC4K5A8