With packed lunches and a handy map of the trail (2eur in Rilindja G.H.), we started walking towards the Mahe e Rozit trailhead.
We found out it was a long walk to the trailhead (maybe 4 miles uphill on the road) and would highly recommend joining a minibus that goes that way...
The trail itself goes from the collection of sparsely scattered houses called Valbone all the way to the Rozit pass ( Qafa e Rozit/1800 m) and then to the peak (Mahe e Rozit/2560 m).
Some of the ascents are very steep, especially the last part right before the pass and peak.
There is one shepherd's "summer" house in the middle of the ascent , where you can get Coke or refill your water.
The hike is very diverse in many aspects, walking in the woods and out of the woods, flowers change along the hike ( close to the top it looks like spring rather then summer), wild super sweet strawberrys, wild raspberrys and even some of last year's snow. And everywhere you look - superb views!!
The downside is that we had to come back on the same marked trail because the other options are either not marked or very difficult. (you would need a guide).
We stopped 200m short of the peak, mostly because I was exhausted and it was 3 pm.
It took us 7 hours to get there and 3.5 hours to get back "home".
The marks are very clear.
We could hardly climb the steps back to our room...
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