Parking at botanical garden - Rossijevo sklonište (bivak) (Premužičeva staza)

Access to starting point:
From the Zagreb - Split motorway, head to the Otočac exit. Continue following the road towards the village of Krasno and Northern Velebit. The quite winding road takes us through the village of Švica to Krasno, where the road from Senj joins (access possible also from this direction). In K...

Path description:
From the parking lot continue along the road closed to traffic initially almost flat. After a few minutes of walking we reach a junction where the path to Gromovača (Premužičeva staza) branches right. Head onto this path which first gently ascends across a meadow and brings us into the forest after a few minutes. The path continuing through the forest runs mostly flat to the rocky slopes. Here it begins to gently ascend the scenic slope. Further the path enters the forest again and after two hours from the parking lot brings us to a junction where the path to the summit of Gromovača branches right. Continue along Premužičeva staza which higher up brings us to the highest point of the mentioned path. A short descent follows to the next junction where we continue right. Crossing steep and slightly exposed slopes follows but the path is wide enough not to cause problems. Greater caution is needed when the path is snowy. Further on the slope steepness eases and right ahead we spot the bivouac just a few steps away.