: Early in the morning the trail was covered with frost, but the day promised to be sunny and warm. We were so, so lucky on our October hikes this year, enjoying the absolutely perfect hiking weather!
: The trail leads straight up the ridge
: The view from the ridge was breathtaking! The lower part of the mountain looked like a sea of peaks under the morning haze
: Mt. Polezhan from the ridge
: The frost melted into dew under the warm sun
: The trail runs right along the ridge
: A herd of wild goats ran down the peak! It was amazing to see them so up close!
: A view from the peak to Popovo lake and other smaller lakes
: With its 2851 m Polezhan is the 5th highest peak in Pirin. I was amazed to learn that the first 80 highest peaks in Bulgaria are in Rila and Pirin only, the other mountains like the Balkans and Vitosha being much lower than these two.
: A view to the three highest peaks of Pirin - the marble giants Vihren, Kutelo and Banski Suhodol.
: Our next goal - Mt. Bezbog, which is connected to Polezhan through a big ridge.
: On Mt. Bezbog (2645 m)
: We had our lunch on these (stone age ;)) pieces of furniture
: Bezbog hut and the lake from the peak
: We decided to take an alternative trail back - a very steep shortcut along the slope of Mt. Bezbog. Weary to the knees, but always exciting to try something new.
: Lake Bezbog looked so beautifully blue under the bright midday sun
This looks like a good cardio hike.
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