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Krš Bogićevica, viewed from the pass above Dobërdol, on the border between Albania and Montenegro (Stage 4)

The mountains through which the Peaks of the Balkans route passes form the border between Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. They occupy an area south of the River Lim and north of the Black Drin, bordered to the west and east by Lake Skadar and the headwaters of the White Drin respectively.

Collectively, these mountains are known by several names – Prokletije or Bjeshkët e Namuna, meaning the ‘accursed mountains’, in Montenegrin and Albanian respectively, or (the part lying in Albania) the Albanian Alps. In some places, you may see signs referring to them as the ‘blessed mountains’ – a nice attempt to challenge the negative connotations of the ‘accursed’ part of their name (and frankly, when you’re hiking through this astonishingly beautiful part of Europe, this does seem more appropriate). In any case, for convenience, we’ll refer to them as Prokletije here. Prokletije forms the south part of the Dinaric Alps, a chain of mountains stretching some 700km and running in a northwest to southeast direction from the Slovenian border through Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo.