Tevno Ezero Shelter
Google 306 ratingsMountain or regionPirin
- Coordinates
- 41.698889, 23.482778
- Elevation
- 2,515 metres
- Location
- Pirin, on the eastern shore of Tevno Lake, in the Belemeto cirque
- Access
- Reached on foot only, for example from Bansko via Demyanitsa Hut.
- Information updated
Tevno Ezero Shelter is located in Pirin, on the eastern shore of Tevno Lake in the Belemeto cirque, at about 2,512 m above sea level. It was built in 1972 by the Central Council of the Bulgarian Tourist Union to a design by the mountaineer Petar Patskov. The building has two floors, with a dining room on the first floor and a shared dormitory on the second floor.
The shelter serves hot meals and drinks. Drinking water is taken from a spring above the building. It is a convenient overnight stop in northern Pirin and a starting point for Valyavishki Chukar and Momin Dvor, the Kraledvor cirque and the Samodivski lakes, and the Demirkapiyski and Valyavishki cirques.
Amenities
- ElectricityAvailable
- Cooking facilitiesAvailable
Hiking routes
- from Bansko via Demyanitsa Hut and Mozgovishka Gate – 7 h
- from Demyanitsa Hut via Mozgovishka Gate – 3 h
- from Bezbog Hut via the Popovo Lake and Kraledvor cirques and the Left Kraledvor Gate – 3 h
- from Begovitsa Hut via the Begovishki cirque and Begovishki Pass – 3 h
- from Pirin Hut via the Demirkapiyski cirque and the Right Kraledvor Gate – 4 h
- from Vihren Hut via the Bunderishki cirque, Bashliyska Gate, Tipitsite and Mozgovishka Gate – 7 h
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