Ljubotić (Sv. Ante) - Planinsko zavetišče Tatekova koliba (čez Bristovac)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Adriatic Highway in the village of Tribanj, where shortly before the church we continue left towards Ljubotić; if coming from the direction of Zadar, we turn right after the church. The sign is not immediately visible. The steep, narrow and winding ascending road leads us through a barren slope. Soon the bends end and we ascend past several insignificant turn-offs to a marked junction, where we continue left, straight ahead to Mirile and the start of the path to Stap via Zagon. We park at the larger gravel parking lot by the church of Sv. Ante.

Route description:
From the parking lot we return to the road, which we immediately leave and go right onto the gravel road. The road ascends steeply and descends in places. The road crosses the valley between Obljak (449 m) on the left and Strmoglavica (435 m) on the right. In between, a somewhat closer but very overgrown western path towards Stap branches off almost imperceptibly. At the junction we can cut the bend in the road and arrive in the abandoned village of Livardica and after a few steps on the gravel road we also arrive in the likewise abandoned village of Bristovac. From the starting point to here is 3 km of walking. It is also possible to get here by car. At the abandoned stone house the markings lead us slightly right into the forest. The first 15 minutes the path is very overgrown with thorns and we step from rock to rock. Extra caution is needed not to step into some hole between the rocks. Then we emerge from the forest onto a kind of mule track that ascends in curves to the edge, east of Velika glavica (664 m). The path levels out and ascends gently to a small saddle between Splovak (705 m) and Ploča (769 m). From the saddle we descend slightly and then cross the eastern slope of the mentioned peak Ploča. Then we ascend again on a rocky path and then descend to a marked junction where the previously mentioned overgrown path and the path past Zagona join from the right. We continue left and soon arrive in dense forest. The path is laid between rocks and over smooth slabs. Later we walk through less rocky terrain through the forest, with numerous short descents into dolines and some easy rocky sections. After 45 minutes of such path through the area called Sjauševac, we arrive at a marked junction where the path to Kamene galerije and Stapino via Vratarica branches off to the right. The path becomes rocky again, we soon cross the edge and arrive at a large grassy field called Stap. After 15 minutes we arrive in a belt of low shrubs and after a few steps to a junction next to which the bivouac Tatekova koliba is located.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in June 2026.

Along the route: Livardica (330m), Bristovac (330m), Sjauševac (750m)

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