Cmiljača
State ski centre under construction on Bjelasica, about 14 km from Bijelo Polje; no opening date published.
Under construction · Bijelo Polje
Photo: Emil Joanović · CC BY-SA 3.0
Under constructionNo opening date published.
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Lifts
| Lift | Status |
|---|---|
| Z7Chairlift · 6 seats · LeitnerTop 1,907 m | Under construction |
Cmiljača is a state ski centre under construction on Bjelasica above Bijelo Polje, with its base area at 1,570 m and a six-seat Leitner chairlift already standing. No lift runs and no ski pass is sold, and no opening date has been published. The operating centres on the same massif are Kolašin 1600 and Kolašin 1450, on the Kolašin side.
What is being built
The centre is named after a katun, a summer pasture settlement, on Bjelasica about 14 km from Bijelo Polje (21.2 km by road to the mountain hut, about 45 minutes' drive). It is one of the new state ski centres on Bjelasica and Komovi, built by the state company Skijališta Crne Gore, and is to be linked with Žarski in Mojkovac and with the Kolašin centres: Žarski and Cmiljača together are to have 14 lifts and 60 km of pistes.
The lift in place is the Z7, a six-seat detachable chairlift by Leitner with its top station at 1,907 m. Planned at the base are a base station with a restaurant, café, ski rental, first aid and toilets, four hotels and 22 bungalows. Piste length has not been published. The mountain hut at Cmiljača is already in use: it is open to hikers, school groups and sports clubs, including for altitude training.
Why it is not open
Construction has dragged on for years. In December 2022 the chairlift had stood for about three years without running: the site had no electricity, no water supply and no finished access road, and parts of the lifts and other equipment had been stolen. The centre was then valued at €23 million and had originally been due to open in 2022. State spending on it from the capital budget stood at over €17 million in 2026, about €700,000 of that in the two preceding years. An opening year has not been published.
Getting there
By car to the Cmiljača mountain hut; the times are driving times without traffic or snow.
| From | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Bijelo Polje | 21.2 km | about 45 min |
| Mojkovac | 21.4 km | about 52 min |
| Kolašin | 42.3 km | about 1 h 20 min |
| Podgorica | 99.6 km | about 2 h 20 min |
Bjelasica and the other centres
Bjelasica rises to 2,137 m at Crna glava, and Biogradska Gora National Park covers part of the massif. The operating ski centres are on the Kolašin side: Kolašin 1600, 12 km from Kolašin, and Kolašin 1450, 9 km from the town. The ski resorts hub lists every centre in the country with its status, and the skiing hub the ones that operate.
Questions
Is Cmiljača ski centre open?
No. It is under construction: the chairlift is built but does not run, and no opening date has been published.
Where is the nearest skiing?
Kolašin 1600 and Kolašin 1450. Kolašin is 42.3 km by road from the Cmiljača hut; the centres are 12 and 9 km from the town.
Can you visit Cmiljača in summer?
Yes. The mountain hut is open to hikers, school groups and sports clubs, and the Bjelasica page has the marked trails.
Sources
Skijališta Crne Gore, Cmiljača · Ministry of Tourism, answer to an MP question on state ski areas (2026) · Skijališta Crne Gore, About us · skiresort.info, Cmiljača Z7 lift · Monitor, "Čekajući skijališta Žarski i Cmiljača: nerealni optimizam" (16 December 2022) · Routes computed with OSRM on OpenStreetMap data (ODbL), car, to the site · MONSTAT, Statistical Yearbook 2025, table 1-8 Peaks over 1,800 m (Crna glava) · National Tourism Organisation, Skiing (Kolašin 1600 and 1450 distances) · National Tourism Organisation, Biogradska Gora National Park (on Bjelasica)
