Macedonia: Valia Kalda

Trail Salatoura Stavrou-Baltses

Though less impressive in morphology, Baltses summit offers a very pleasant hiking and definitely equally interesting view with the other summits of Valia Kalda.

Ascent to the top starts from Salatoura Stavrou. We gain height via the dirt road serving the pens of the mountain at first and faint trails afterwards and - after walking a bit on the dirt road again - finally reach the edge of the ridge of the mountain. Here we leave the dirt road to walk on the rocky slopes, very mild in general, which lead us to the NW top of the ridge. Th path is locally evident and rather clear, while we follow the obvious direction towards the highest peak.

After crossing immense stony meadows, studded by dead Bosnian pines, we smoothly ascend to the highest peak. Return from the same route. There is no marking at all.

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The trails of Valia Kalda

A detailed description of Salatoura Stavrou-Baltses is included in the most complete hiking guide for Valia Kalda, Valia Kalda topoguide.

The digital field guide Valia Kalda topoguide is available for Android devices as an in-app purchase within the application topoguide Greece. Valia Kalda is a member of the North Greece group.

Valia Kalda topoguide is also available as an in-app-purchase for iOS & iPad devices via the global hiking app Topoguide Greece app. There again, Valia Kalda topoguide is a member of the North Greece group.

Valia Kalda topoguide includes an extended introduction on the geography, the nature and the history of the area.
The app includes also data, photos, POIs and descriptions for these hiking routes. Once in the field, the application identifies the nearest routes and offers the user active navigation.