The town of Zabljak is situated in the north-west of Montenegro, in the heart of the Durmitor region, 1450 meters above sea level, making it thus the highest urban conglomerate in the Balkans. Right in the middle of the Durmitor region, Zabljak is surrounded by 23 mountain peaks over 2200 meter high, with 18 mountain lakes, and with the canyon of Tara river, the deepest in Europe, nearby. In Zabljak and in nearby villages some 4500 inhabitants live.

The better part of Durmitor has a mean annual temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. In the mean year for more than 120 days there is a snow layer more than 15 centimeters thick.. Skiing tracks, a little higher in the mountain have a snow cover for more than 150 days in the year.

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