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Vidova gora

780m

Summit weather

Kelovy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
780m
Prominence
778m
Relief
780mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
37°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
OccasionalSee month by month ↓
Summit
43.2794°N, 16.6200°E

Highest peak on Brač, Croatia

Vidova gora is a mountain in Croatia. Its summit stands 780 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 778 m.

From the lowest point within 5 km (0 m), it rises 780 m. The steepest side is the south-east face: 26° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 37° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Bol, 4 km away at 9 m: 771 m below the summit.

Read more on Wikipedia

Scores

Vidova gora for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

4.7/10

Difficulty to the top

Hike

Most path sections around the top are T1 on the SAC hiking scale.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 0.9/2.52 waymarked routes and 5 path sections nearby
  • 0.2/1.51 huts and shelters
  • 0.8/2771 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.2/1.5778 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

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No ski runs within 12 km in OpenStreetMap.

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Vidova gora

At the summit, occasional snow from January to February. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Summit780 moccasional snow from January to February
Snow some of the timeSnow some of the timeNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snow
Bol9 mno snow
No snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snow
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Vidova gora, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average August afternoon the summit reaches about 28 °C; on January nights it falls to about -2 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In August the 0 °C line climbs to about 5,080 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (28 mm) and November the wettest (123 mm).

0 m1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 m5,000 mSUMMIT · 780 mBOL · 9 mJanuary: 1,430 mFebruary: 1,620 mMarch: 2,170 mApril: 2,880 mMay: 3,600 mJune: 4,420 mJuly: 5,050 mAugust: 5,080 mSeptember: 4,110 mOctober: 3,290 mNovember: 2,430 mDecember: 1,630 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CBol high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January4-291,43093103.7
February5-2101,6208894.4
March91142,17080106.0
April145192,88068107.3
May189233,6005798.9
June2414294,42050710.5
July2816335,05028511.5
August2816335,08038510.4
September2211274,1108087.8
October167213,29087105.9
November114162,430123133.7
December6-1101,630117123.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 539 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 3× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
780 m152 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
780 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 4°NNE: 2°NEE: 16°ESE: 26°SES: 24°SSW: 16°SWW: 6°WNW: 5°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Vidova gora

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Vidova gora seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • 1mountain huts and shelters

    Planinarska kuća Gažul (574 m)

  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • 2waymarked hiking routes

    Poučna staza, Camino Brac

  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • 12viewpoints

    Osmatračnica, Kučac and 10 more

  • 5campsites

    Kanun, Mario, Meteor, Aloa and 1 more

  • 37hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Njiva, Hotel SOL, Apartments Ivka, Hostel Kiki and 33 more

  • 74restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

5 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2
  • T1 hiking
  • T2 mountain hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Bol4 km · 9 m
  • Nerežišće7 km · 391 m
  • Postira11 km · 15 m
  • Stari Grad11 km · 1 m
  • Pučišća12 km · 8 m
  • Supetar13 km · 5 m
  • Jelsa14 km · 2 m
  • Milna15 km · 12 m

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Aleppo trees (Pinus halepensis) at the Vidova Gora viewpoint, Croatia (PPL1-Corrected) julesvernex2
Jules Verne Times Two · CC BY-SA 4.0
Höhenvegation rund um den Vidova Gora
Bahnhofsralf at de.wikipedia · Public domain

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average45914182428282216116
2020+0.9+2.5+0.8+1.2+0.1−1.1+0.6+0.8+2.2−0.9+0.8+2.4
2021−0.6+2.0−1.0−2.1−0.7+2.7+2.2+0.8+1.7−0.9+1.0−0.2
2022±0.0+1.5−0.9−0.9+3.2+4.3+3.2+0.4−0.4+4.1+1.5+3.6
2023+2.0+0.5+1.3−1.6−0.1−1.1+1.2±0.0+3.3+4.0+0.6+2.4
2024+2.0+4.4+2.5+2.3+0.4+2.8+3.3+3.3+0.1+2.1+0.6+0.9
2025+2.6+2.0+2.0+0.7−0.4+4.7+1.3−0.1+2.0−1.3+0.1+2.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q1748837) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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