Access Issues
To find it, head right at the hydro plant and follow a trail cut into the rock. The refuge, also named Matka, offers food, lodging and camping in the vicinity. Another lodging place for sleeping is refuge "Konak” place in monastery St. Nikola Shishevski, high above the refuge on the other side of the lake. The refuge is a couple hundred meters beyond the hydroelectric plant at the dam, along a trail cut into the rock. St. Nikola. Most of the routes are accessible by the trail that begins over the large dam outlet near the hydroelectric plant or by taking a small boat from the refuge to the opposite shore and scrambling up the slope. There are two springs along the trail.
Approach
Location: From St. Nikola, take the first trail on the right which generally follows a ridge system toward Mt. Vodno. There are small blue sings painted on rocks to help find the way.
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From village St.Petka, behind Vodno mountain is approximately 45 minutes.
