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Hiking in Kosovo is a fairly new outdoor activity, which gained popularity after the Kosovo War. The success of hiking in Kosovo is mostly attributed to the support from hiking societies such as: HikingNjeri〔http://www.hikingnjeri.com/english/Welcome.html〕 which have worked hard to not only organize activities, but also to expose hiking to the general public via social media. Hiking as an activity started in its true sense circa 1930, the year in which a group of friends climbed the Gjeravica mountain in Peć. This was the first time that a peak in Kosovo was climbed. Even though people started to show interest shortly after, many mountains were near border areas and people needed special permission to visit them due to the political issue at the time. That is the reason why people were able to actually become active hikers only after the war, especially in 2003-2005. The vast majority of the terrain of Kosovo is mountainous.〔http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/kosovo-facts/〕 Central mountains are not sufficiently hard to climb, yet they make a good hiking trail, their height goes from 800–1200 meters. The Mirusha river splits these mountains in two groups. The first one is located in the south-west of central mountains and includes the following: Millanoviq mountains, Gajrak, Zatriq, Bajrak and Gremnik.〔http://www.kosovotourismcenter.com/kiking.html〕 The second group consists of Crnoljeva, Goleshi, Berisha, Kosmaqi, Drenica, Qyqavica mountains. Surrounding mountains are located near border areas. They are harder for hiking because of their steep trails and require a lot of experience and agility. Mountains that are in this group are: east ridge mountains of Albanian alps, Hasi mountains, Pashtriku peak, Sharr mountain, Kortnik, east mountains of Gallak, Kopaoniku and Rogozna.〔Islami, Arben (2013). ''Pure Kosovo'', INIT productions, Prishtinë〕 ==Hiking zones== The preferred hiking zones are those providing at least a somewhat challenging set of trails, but also proximity to cities such as Prizren and Peć.〔http://endritstrail.blog.com/2012/06/16/hiking-around-peja-kosovo/〕 Even though Kosovo has many mountains that offer great trails for hiking, there are some that any hiker must visit because of their beauty and paths like: Sharr Gorge, mountains in Rugova Canyon and also Istog Gorge.〔 In many of these places it is possible to go by car but in some mountains like :"Đeravica", Mariashi, Roshkodoli, Žuti kamen, Milishefci and mountains in Belegu Gorge the only way to go is by off-road vehicle. "Sharr mountain" is known for its good region and good roads (passable by any vehicle) but that is not the case for Rugova and Deçan Gorge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hiking in Kosovo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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