Yalovarnika, Mountain summit in Pirin National Park, Bulgaria

Yalovarnika is a massive granite peak reaching 2,763 m on the Kamenitsa secondary ridge in northern Pirin. From the Mozgovishka Gate its double-peak profile stands between Kamenitsa and Kuklite, connected to the former by steep rock gendarmes. A deep saddle separates it from Zabat to the south-west.

The sources record no historical events or human history for Yalovarnika itself. The peak lies on the Kamenitsa secondary ridge, a 22 km granite crest between Kamenitsa and Zabat. In 2000, Georgi Elenkov-Zhuzhu died on the summit, probably while traversing the rock gendarmes; a memorial plaque stands on the trail from Begovitsa hut to Tevno Lake shelter.

The name Yalovarnika is remembered on the mountain through a memorial plaque on the trail from Begovitsa hut to the Tevno Lake shelter, dedicated to Georgi Elenkov-Zhuzhu, who died on the peak in 2000, probably while crossing the rock gendarmes. Hikers still pass it on the way up.

Approaches start from Pirin and Begovitsa huts and the Tevno Lake shelter. The easiest line is the western edge from the saddle toward Zabat, or the grassy southern and south-eastern slopes without a trail. Two marked descents with cairns, one through the southernmost couloir of the eastern ridge and one about 80 m east of the summit, avoid the gendarmes and lose less height.

The peak's double summit is best seen from the Mozgovishka Gate, framed between Kamenitsa and Kuklite. A memorial plaque on the trail from Begovitsa Hut to Tevno Lake commemorates Georgi Elenkov-Zhuzhu, who died on the mountain in 2000, probably while traversing the rock gendarmes.