Bachun and Lanina Mogila 2025

On our Independence Day Gaby, husband and I went for a hike in the nearby village of Lozen, to peak Bachun. 

The weather was absolutely brilliant, sunny and very warm for the second half of September.

The trail to Bachun from Lozen passes through thick beech forests along steep tracks, covered with dead leaves.

Engulfed in chatting with our daughter, we soon climbed to Bachun just in time for lunch.

Me-made items, worn on this hike:

 

Husband: men's boxers, Burda cargo pants

I: lingerie, Burda jeans pants

Gaby: lingerie 

For our picnic in the open we continued to the nearby Middle Bachun, where we enjoyed our tortillas with a view to the chains of peaks of Lozen, Plana and Rila in the distance.

As it was still quite early, we decided to continue our hike along the ridge to the next two peaks - Small lanina Mogila and Lanina Mogila.

Hike info:

Date: 21 September 2025 

Destination: peak Bachun (1150 m) and Lanina Mogila (1188 m)

Mountain: Lozen

Total length: 12.5 km

Elevation gain: 460 m

Total duration (plus picnic): 4 hours

Average difficulty: 4 / 10 

On Small Lanina Mogila

The ridge between the two peaks

On Lanina Mogila (1188 m)

The gorgeous view from the top towards Iskar reservoir to the east

and Vitosha and Sofia to the west

And back to the village of Lozen. It was a great and amusing hike, we like hiking with Gaby

First Hike in 2023 - In the Lozen Mountain

Saturday was another brilliant, sunny and comfortably warm for January day and we decided to revisit peak Bachun in the Lozen mountain, starting from the village of Gorni Lozen.

The village is only some 15-20 min drive by car from home, located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Lozen mountain.

Unlike during our hike in March last year, this time there was no snow and the climb up the trails was fairly easy, despite the decent elevation gain.

Gradishte - this small hill is supposed to be the place of a demolished medieval fortress, but we saw no traces of it.

Hike info:

Destination: peak Bachun (1150 m) and Lanina Mogila (1188 m)

Mountain: Lozen

Total length: 12 km

Elevation gain: 460 m

Total duration (plus picnic): 4 hours

Average difficulty: 5 / 10 

Me-made items, worn on this hike:

 

Husband: men's boxers, hat

I: socks, lingerie, Grasser black blouse, Sinclair Lotte hoodie, on and off: CC copycat hat, Borika gloves

 

:On peak Bachun (1150 m)

We reached the peak fairly quickly and as the day was glorious and we felt in excellent form, we decided to continue along the trail. This part along the ridge of the mountain between Bachun and Rakovichka Mogila was probably the most beautiful part of the trail.

We had our picnic here, on a sunny patch of grass, overlooking the distant snowy peaks of Rila - absolutely delightful!

Once we came down to the main crossing of trails, we decided to continue and climb up to the next peaks - Small Lanina Mogila and Lanina Mogila.

A view to smog covered Sofia

Vitosha to the west

Rila and Iskar reservoir to the south-east

The saddle between Small Lanina Mogila and Lanina Mogila

On Lanina Mogila (1188 m)

Once we climbed Lanina Mogila, we decided to try a new for us trail, which goes down the peak from the opposite side and then takes a turn back to Gorni Lozen.

Back to the village of Lozen. What a gorgeous day we had!

In the Lozen Mountain

On a Saturday in early September we hiked in the nearby Lozen mountain, around the village of Lozen. Lozen is a very big and lively village, given its vicinity to the capital, on the one hand, and its lovely surroundings and clean mountain air, on the other hand. It is actually so big, that it consists of two quasi separate villages - Dolni Lozen (Lower Lozen) and Gorni Lozen (Upper Lozen). We have hiked, starting from one or the other parts of the village, many times; however, this time we decided to try something new - we began our climb from Gorni Lozen, went up to peak Small Lanina Mogila and then to Lanina Mogila, climbed down from the peak along a new to us trail, continued to Mt. Polovrak and from there climbed down to Dolni Lozen, where from we took the bus back to the other part of the village, where we had parked the car. 

:A view to Gorni Lozen on our way to Lanina Mogila

:Early September is the season of blackberries

:On peak Small Lanina Mogila (1177 m)

:Along the ridge between the two Lanina Mogila peaks

Hike info:

Destination: Mt. Polovrak (1182 m)

Mountain: Lozen

Total length: 13 km

Elevation gain: 480 m

Total duration (plus picnic and rests): 5 hours

Average difficulty: 4 / 10

:On peak Lanina Mogila (1188 m). Here we had a small power snack and continued down and then uphill towards Mt. Polovrak

 

:On Mt. Polovrak (1182 m). Peak Lanina Mogila is behind me

Me-made items, worn on this hike:

Husband: boxers, Knipmode cargo pants, Shkatulka T-shirt

I: lingerie, Sabrina Slims, Burda T-shirt, hoodie