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Maja e Rosit
- Easiest route
- 6.9 km+1,413 m · about 4 h · T2
- Prominence
- 480 m1,575 ft
- Isolation
- 3.7 km
- Tonight
- -4°CFog · Wind 4 km/h S
Maja e Rosit is a 2,523 m (8,278 ft) summit in the Kollata, Kukës County, Albania.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,523 m · 8,278 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Zla Kolata (2,534 m)
- Range
- Kollata
- Region
- Kukës County, Albania
- Coordinates
- 42.4793° N, 19.8507° E
How to get to the top of Maja e Rosit
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Kukaj (Valbonë)
- Distance
- 6.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,413 m−28 m (4,636 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Maja e Rosit 3D map
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Maja e Rosit terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Kukaj (Valbonë). Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Maja e Rosit weather
Tonight · Fog · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 4 km/h S
Maja e Rosit forecast for the summit, about 2,523 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,014 m.
- Tonight-4°–4 km/h SBase 4°
- Today-4°6°5.8 mm9 km/h SWBase 4 / 15°
- Sun-4°5°–8 km/h SBase 5 / 15°
- Mon-8°2°–11 km/h NBase 1 / 10°
- Tue-10°1°–12 km/h NBase -1 / 9°
- Wed-8°-3°0.1 mm12 km/h NBase 0 / 6°
- Thu-6°1°–9 km/h NBase 2 / 9°
- Fri-5°-1°0.2 mm5 km/h NBase 3 / 8°
- Sat-5°0°9.2 mm4 km/h EBase 3 / 8°
- Sun-10°-2°0.2 mm4 km/h NBase -1 / 7°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Maja e Rosit
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Maja e Rosit, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
1.3 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Wild Camping Spot
Nearest parking
3.8 km NNW
Nearest trailhead
5.2 km N
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Hut | 1.3 km SSW |
| Campsite | 3.2 km WSW |
| Wild Camping SpotCampsite | 3.4 km NW |
| Campsite | 3.5 km ESE |
| Parking | 3.8 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.9 km N |
| Trailhead | 5.2 km N |
| Parking | 5.4 km ESE |
| Trailhead | 7.0 km NW |
| Planinarski dom "Branko Kotlajić"Hut | 7.5 km NW |
How steep is the route to Maja e Rosit?
The easiest mapped route, 6.9 km from 1,091 m to 2,523 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°4.7 km
- 15–30°2.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Maja e Rosit summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Maja Shpina e Rosit2,415 m 0.6 km NNE
- 2Maja Podi e Rosit2,444 m 0.8 km NE
- 3Maja Čaf Cezles 2446m2,446 m 1.5 km ENE
- 4Maja Shpine Bukur 2464m2,464 m 1.9 km ENE
- 5Maja Poshter 2442 m2,442 m 1.9 km ENE
- 6Maja e Thatë2,406 m 2.0 km SE
- 7Maja Eles2,326 m 2.4 km SW
- 8Maja Preslopit 2390m2,390 m 2.5 km ENE
- 9Maja ete2,393 m 2.8 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 241 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Clouded Apollo10
- Silvery Yarrow9
- Eight-petal Mountain-Avens9
- Bladder Gentian9
- Bloody Crane's-bill8
- Slender Broomrape7
Where Maja e Rosit sits
- Range
- Dinaric Alps20Accursed Mountains4
- Region
- Kukës County3Albania19Europe2,143
Nearby places
Maja e Rosit downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
37 m low This 3D map reads 2,486 m at the summit; the official height is 2,523 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 52 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,523 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,486 m | -37 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,471 m | -52 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-21)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)