Via Dinarica HR-W-04 Gornje Jelenje - Fužine

We took the oroginal trail not going to Gornje Jelenje to refill water. But this was not a good idea, cause the trail down to the street is overgrown and takes more time and patience then the roadwalk.The trail up to Tuhobic was in pretty good condition (compared to other sections). It seems that several climbs have been made in August 2020. The Tubohic is a must, great view to the Kvarner bay. We placed our tent at the top and had a beautiful night up there (1000 stars). The next day we followed the trail to the Jelencic, approx. 1km through nessles, no view at the top:-( So this section can be skipped using the direct trail to Lic after Tuhobic descent. We we‘re pretty anoyed about this trail section and shortened down to Fuzine and had a wonderful day down there with a walk around the lake:-)

I took a slightly different route as did BJ Romines after short descent from Risnjak take a right on gravel road to Jelenje (not very nice and there can be cars)— did this on purpose to get water there since I didn’t see another place to get it on a long day. If you go down the busy road from Jelenje to the trail to Tuhobic there’s a station of road maintenance on the left where someone should be 24h a day (local tip). If you ask nicely they should give you water but it’s not a perfect solution. The trail to Tuhobic was newly marked in the bottom part and then I felt like it was unused but easy to follow, there was like 50m with nettles but only knee high, the view was super dope, mixing the mountains with the sea is truly spectacular:). Camped just before descending to Lič. Lič has a water spring at the church, market (open even Sunday until noon) and a bar.

The beautiful meadow mountaintop view from Tuhobic is questionably worth the misery of the climb up and down on unmaintained trail covered in neck deep stinging nettles. It is such a shame that this part is in such a poor state, it could be so lovely. I would recommend finding a route around, as we did before reaching Jelencic. There is a side trail going down a little between the two that leads to an overgrown road.