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Crossing Rab island from Mišnjak to Lopar

We used the weekend variant for spring crossing of Rab island from ferry port Mišnjak, where
the first marker starts for direction Barbat, Banjol, Sv.Damjan, Srednjak and Kamenjak to Lopar.

We chose a really hot weekend for April, so it was quite strenuous tour, as we missed the wind that would cool us at least a bit.

We started from Mišnjak port, continued on markers to first Mag bay, and on the stony path which is very little trodden went up and down along the northern coast of the island with wonderful views of mainland and Velebit.
The path is sunny, you have to cross numerous stone dry walls, even though Kamenjak is 400m high, you accumulate over 700m elevation to the top.
Follows steep ascent to Srednjak 331m, from there still 2h walk to Kamenjak top, which is always well visible ahead due to transmitters.
Due to two-day crossing we overnighted in stone enclosure under Kamenjak top and already at 7am next morning headed to Lopar.
Awaiting us were another 4h over scree, very rocky terrain, above northern island coast with wonderful views of Goli otok and Grgur. Crossing dry walls is not easy, as you have to descend and ascend again to junction halfway, where we continue along ridge to Lopar or towards Fruga to Premužić trail. We chose easier path, as there was plenty of difficult rocky terrain already and on Premužić trail we really enjoyed another 1.5h to Lopar.
Total first day 33000 steps, second day 22000. Quite some walking, km add up first day good 12, second good 10 and 100m elevation. From Kamenjak to Lopar exactly 4h walk, so signposts are realistically placed. Warning at Kamenjak top is real, as terrain is very difficult mainly due to untrodden path and need to watch every step and stay focused, as path runs above steep coast. Tour really not for inexperienced, needs large water supply.
Wonderful island, beautiful nature, whole 22km without civilization and really strenuous tour mainly due to too little water, though we had 9l with us (3x adults and 2x kids), luckily we found builders at island top who had water cistern and we literally stole some to refill missing supply.

On Thursday in gorgeous weather the bus driver over Vršič dropped me at 29th bend. Trail nicely traceable to trough at Kranjska planina. At trough keep immediately left uphill, a bit further faint marker on stone visible. Didn't miss red dots on tree. Further trail poorly traceable due to grass, but two white-red ribbons on branches and a few cairns on scree helped orientation and I was on Vršič-Razor trail. Found only 5 faint markers whole way. Spooked just one chamois on Kranjska planina, met hikers only at junction for Prisojnik. Continued tour to Vršič and to Soča Spring turnoff. On shady partly very wide forest trail full of water streams descended in one hour to gravel road before hut at Soča Spring. Finished tour on Soča trail to Triglav camp in Trenta, waited for bus.

You are a real artist in photography and documenting, beautiful, congrats.

Bravo Dejan, in the evening all of us present in the finish arena in Podbrdu impatiently waited for you and cheered, it was very touching. You're incredible, congratulations to all ultras.

Beautiful, a couple years ago for May 1st we wandered these described paths around Baška, real spring idyll also spiced with sea bathing. Thanks for the memories.

I was yesterday on Črni vrh above Vrsnik. The trail to Črč, the abandoned hamlet, is quite overgrown but followable, further on you have to keep more to the right along the stone wall (miru), (nearby there's a hunting stand), further through the forest quite a bit of fallen trees, but the little path nicely followable to the Predel pass. From here on there's no trail anymore and you have to bushwhack through the forest on your own, follow the ridge, the summit is indistinct, covered with spruces and not very pleasant. The hike seemed rather gloomy to me,
not scenic at all, probably that's why the peak has that name.

Excellent trip report, briefly and concisely summarized with nice photos.