Trite Chuki

Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke
Трите чуки / Три Чуке
View from the trail coming from Kopilovtsi, Bulgaria
Highest point
Elevation	1,935 m (6,348 ft)
Coordinates	43°19′57″N 22°39′24″E
Geography
Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke Location in Bulgaria
Countries	Bulgaria, Serbia
Parent range	Balkan Mountains

Trite Chuki (Bulgarian: Трите чуки, "the three outcrops") or Tri Čuke (Serbian: Три Чуке) is a rocky summit in the western Balkan Mountains, on the border ridge between Bulgaria and Serbia. Trite Chuki is 1,935 m (6,348 ft) high and belongs to the Chiprovtsi Mountain, one of the highest parts of the Balkan Mountains.[1]

The summit's name references its three-headed shape composed by rocky outcrops. Trite Chuki's northeast slopes are very steep and almost vertical. The valleys of the Androvitsa and Grafska rivers originate east of Trite Chuki; the latter feeds the Lanzhin Skok, Voden Skok and Durshin Skok waterfalls. The large Chiprovtsi Waterfall originates to the north of the peak.[2]

The middle outcrop hosts the remains of a basic fortification, reportedly built by Angel Voyvoda and Panayot Hitov in August 1863.[3]

The most common trailheads for ascending Trite Chuki are Kopilovtsi and Chiprovtsi in Bulgaria[2] and Topli Do and Dojkinci in Serbia.

References

1. Цветанов, Момчил (2014). Българските планини (in Bulgarian). Домино. p. 262. ISBN 9789546512499.
2. Цветанов, p. 275
3. Момчев, Живко (2017). Връшка чука – Ком – пътеводител (in Bulgarian). Ойларипи. p. 45. ISBN 9786199041581.