Dajti Crest Revisited

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Dajti Crest Revisted

Summary: See also Dajti Crest Trail and Dajti. In May 2014, we went again on the Dajti Crest Trail. The trail markings were slowly fading away, the trail was more overgrown, and the areas destroyed by fire in late 2012 were slowly recovering. Regardless, it remains a prime hike in Tirana. This time we concluded the hike with a direct trail to the (real) summit.

And we had good luck with the views!

Maximum altitude:	1599 meter
Minimum altitude:	936 meter
Cumulative height:	800 meter
Cumulative length:	9.25 kilometer
Difficulty	moderate
Time:	6.5 hours
Date of this record	April 2014
Download GPS info:	Dajti Crest Revisited

Other Information: See also Dajti Crest Trail and Dajti.

The summit in sight, though still a while to go

Mali i Sukes (left) and Mali i Pappatit (right, with the long straight ridge). Trail to their summits are also described here.

Tirana from one of the restaurants on the Dajti balcony.

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