Masna Luka - Planinski dom Vilinac (mimo Pločnega)

Access to starting point:
a) Drive to Posušje (from Imotski via the border crossing Vinjani Gornji - Osoje), then continue the drive towards Jablanica. The road climbs transversely onto the plateau. Drive through Vrpolje, after it the road climbs to a larger valley with the larger Blidinje lake. Drive along the mentioned lake and soon after it notice the signs for Masna Luka, where you turn right. Follow the signs for Masna Luka and drive past the larger mountain hut Masna Luka, a little after it arrive at the larger parking lot in front of the Franciscan hut and the church Sveti Ilija.
b) Drive to Tomislavgrad and continue the drive towards Blidinje. The road leads through the valley and then climbs and descends all the way to Blidinje lake. Drive along the mentioned lake for a short time and soon after it notice the signs for Masna Luka, where you turn right. Follow the signs for Masna Luka and drive past the larger mountain hut Masna Luka, a little after it arrive at the larger parking lot in front of the Franciscan hut and the church Sveti Ilija.
c) From Sarajevo drive via Konjic along the Neretva to Jablanica, where in the town center turn left towards Posušje. The road climbs to a larger valley. When you reach the junction for the tourist settlement Risovac, pay attention, as you will soon turn left towards Masna Luka. Follow the signs for Masna Luka and drive past the larger mountain hut Masna Luka, a little after it arrive at the larger parking lot in front of the Franciscan hut and the church Sveti Ilija.

Path description:
At the parking lot, head towards the larger building, where a path branches right leading to Pločno. A little further left is the direct path to Veliki Vilinac. Initially there are some steps, followed by a short ascent to a ledge that turns left. Walk above the mentioned Franciscan hut and enter the forest. The ledge turns into a path that begins to ascend. After about 20 minutes of ascent, the path levels out and starts to descend gently onto a poorer cart track. Continue left. The cart track leads from the Planinski dom Masna Luka towards Blidinje lake. The road descends quite steeply in places, when it levels out, signs direct us slightly left onto the path. The sign "Pločno 4h" additionally directs us onto the path, which initially passes larger scree slopes. The path leads through the forest and ascends, sometimes more gently and sometimes more steeply. After about 45 minutes of ascent, the forest begins to thin gradually and is replaced by lower shrubbery and dwarf pines. The serpentine path leads under the walls of Čužićev Kuk. The path then turns left and there is a memorial plaque along the path. Here beautiful views open up to the neighboring Vran planina. The path still ascends through the dwarf pines. When we reach a small edge, the path begins to descend into a small cirque, after which the path becomes somewhat more rocky. After a short ascent, the path descends again and the direct path from the starting point joins us almost imperceptibly from the left. Continuing, we walk along the right side of a small valley. On the left we see Juneći Kuk. The path brings us to a larger pass between Juneći Kuk and an unnamed peak located below the cliffs of Pločno. Then about half an hour of up and down walking through the valley follows, then we reach a junction where the path to Pločno branches right, straight ahead to Veliki Vilinac.
Continue in this direction. The path leads across a small plain, then begins to descend gently. The path here is still rocky, then grass replaces it. The path descends and ascends, crossing a larger number of small cirques. We constantly see Veliki Vilinac ahead. The path mostly runs through dwarf pines. After about 1.5 hours of such path, we reach a marked junction where the path to Peštibrdo branches right, we continue slightly left towards Vilinac. The path is grassy and crosses above a cirque, then at the signpost turns steeply down to the bottom of the grassy cirque, from where the path begins to ascend steeply and returns among the dwarf pines. Then the path becomes level and crosses the southern slopes of the nearby peak Gargaš and the slopes of Veliki Vilinac. In between, the path to Veliki Kuk branches right, which is located above the famous vertical wall. After the junction, we cross for some time, then begin to ascend towards the hut. The path enters a narrower valley, where the path to a nearby spring with drinking water branches right. 5 minutes of ascent separate us from the hut, and we are at the Planinski dom Vilinac, from where a beautiful view opens to the south.
Description and photos refer to the state in August 2025.