Croatian Mountaineering Association

The operations of the Croatian Mountaineering Association are managed by its executive committee and its professional work is carried out through the commissions for: Members of the Association and members of the UIAA have a 50% discount on the cost of a night's accommodation in all huts in Croatia.

Each of the 153 peaks have a checkpoint and metal stamp which the hiker can record their visit in a log book or passport (as the Croatians call it).

[1] The predecessor organization Croatian Climbing Society (Croatian: Hrvatsko planinarsko društvo, HPD) was founded in 1874, which puts the Croats among the first seven nations in the world with a climbing organization.

Organised climbing activity in Croatia was directed in its early days towards scientific research into the natural features of the mountains, rather than towards the conquest of peaks as an end in itself.

This focus was one reason for the extent to which leading university professors and scientists were represented in the membership of the society in the 20th century.