Musala Peak Shelter
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- Coordinates
- 42.179250, 23.585056
- Elevation
- 2,923 metres
- Location
- Rila, on Musala Peak, at the meteorological station
- Access
- Reached on foot from Borovets (Yastrebets chairlift plus about 4 h walk) and from Granchar hut (about 4 h).
- Information updated
Musala Peak Shelter is located at the meteorological station on the summit, which is 2,925.4 m high and is the highest peak in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula. On the summit operate a meteorological station of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Musala Base Ecological Observatory of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The shortest route from Borovets uses the Yastrebets chairlift, passing Musala hut and Everest shelter, and takes about 4 hours. From the south the summit is reached in about 4 hours from Granchar hut.
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