Baška - Diviška (via Sveti Ivan)

Access to starting point:
From the Rupa - Rijeka motorway or Zagreb - Rijeka, drive towards Rijeka, from there follow the signs for Krk Island. When the motorway or the last section of the expressway ends, descend to the Krk Bridge (toll 35 kuna - March 2014), then continue driving towards the towns of Omišalj, Njivice, Malinska, Krk, Punat and Baška. After the town of Punat, which we bypass on the left side, the road begins to climb steeply towards the Treskavac Pass (Treskavac is a suitable starting point for some hiking tours, including the ascent to the highest peak of Krk - Obzova (569 m)). After the pass, the road begins to descend and is quite winding further on, leveling somewhat only when we reach the valley. Continue driving through Drago Bašćansko and Jurandvor, then arrive at Baška. When you see signs for the bus parking lot, turn right and park in the large parking lot (the parking lot is intended for both buses and passenger vehicles). During the summer season, the parking lot is paid.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return to the main road, cross it carefully, then continue towards the church of St. Ivan along a somewhat narrower asphalt road that gradually begins to ascend. After a few minutes of ascent, arrive at a marked junction from which continue further along the asphalt road (left to Mesečev plato / Mjesec pasture via Zakam junction). A traverse ascent and 2 hairpins follow, and with fine views of Baška, Prvić Island and Krk hills, reach the parking lot below the church of St. Ivan.
At the end of the parking lot, the road turns sharply left (straight across the fence reach the cemetery and church of St. Ivan, from where there is a nice view towards Baška and the sea) and after some 10 meters brings us to the place where we cross the pasture fence.
Behind the fence, a poorer road continues right towards the upper part of the cemetery, but we go straight on the mule track that moderately ascends through a pleasant pine forest providing shade on hot days. Along the path, which ascends gently to moderately, several benches are placed where we can rest, and during the ascent beautiful views repeatedly open towards Baška, Senjska vrata, Prvić Island, the mountain ridge west of Baška ending at Cape Škuljica, Velebit and more. Several marked hairpins follow, then gradually transition from the slope to a more plateau-like terrain where the path to Stražica branches right (about 500 m walk), but we continue on the wider and well-maintained path. The fairly level path then takes us in a few minutes of further walking to the shelter and information boards on Mesečev plato / Mjesec pasture.
From Mesečev plato continue towards Kalić - Lokva, Hlam and Lokva Diviška, on the path that immediately crosses a stone fence and takes us from the forest to rocky expanses. Continue straight briefly, then the path splits in two, choose the right one (left Hlam).
From the junction first descend slightly, then follow the path to the nearby cart track or stone road, which follow left. Along this road bypass Hlam peak on the right side, at junctions or crossroads follow the marked path. Continue quite some time along the gentle road with some gentle ascents and descents, beside it some watering holes for animals, mainly sheep grazing here, and quite a few stone fences mostly marking property boundaries. When the road becomes somewhat worse, pay attention to the marked path branching slightly left from the road. Leaving the road, the path enters fairly monotonous terrain where careful following is needed, in places even rare markings. The orientationally demanding path slowly begins moderate ascent turning somewhat left. Later the path flattens completely and leads to a larger watering hole, behind it ascends more steeply along the stone fence which we cross higher up, then in a few steps ascend to the panoramic summit of Diviška.
Due to terrain monotony, orientation is demanding, in fog practically impossible without compass or navigation device.

On the way: Sveti Ivan (Baška) (134m), Planina Mjesec (380m)