Planina Pecol - Strma peč / Monte Cimone (path 640 via notch Vandul)

Access to the starting point:
Mountain pasture Pecol is accessible by a steep asphalted road from the V Žlebeh / Sella Nevea Pass, which can be reached from Slovenia via Predel, or from Rateč via Trbiz, or from the Littoral from the Videm - Trbiz road, where in Kluže / Chiusaforte you turn into the Reklanica / Raccolana valley, and follow it to the pass.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head west past the last dairy. Follow the well-marked cart track, which soon turns into an almost horizontal track marked with the number 621. The path passes through the wods below the slopes of Zabuša, and in between you can admire Sart and Kanin on the other side of the valley. After a good hour, we reach a crossroads, where we go up the 640 trail. (In July 2010, there was still a sign saying that the trail was impassable, but the previously destroyed fixed safety gear had already been repaired and probably they just forgot to remove the sign). The gently sloping track winds in many switchbacks across grassy slopes, passes interesting eroded boulders and reaches the Vandul notch in a constant zigzag. The view of the vertical and overhanging precipices on the north side is quite terrifying. The restored cableway points to the left almost vertically over a short wall. There are plenty of footholds and steps. The track continues to the lowest point of the ridge above the Vienne slope, which is perpendicular to the main ridge of the Polesie Spires. It follows the ridge to the highest point (2124 m) and descends gently to the Viene saddle. Nearby is a new bivouac, replacing one that was moved once before, and was last erected on the Strma peč summit. The path from the Dunje valley joins from the right, passing the Cividale bivouac and following the protected Norina route over the north face. The upper slopes of Strma peč are ahead, the marked path along the grassy slope, interspersed with short rock steps, is easy, given the name of the mountain, only on the edge of the cliff above the precipices we have to be careful. At the top, the foundations of the bivouac and two statues of Mary remain - one in a plastic/glass birdhouse.
There is no sign-in book. The view on all four sides is phenomenal in the right weather. The nearby Zabuš, Jôf di Montasio, Naborjetske Gory over Dunja, Kanin group over Reklanica and the champions Carnic Alps stand out, as do Dolomites and the Austrian two and three-thousanders in the distance.

On the way: škrbina Vandul (1986m), greben Viene (2124m), bivak (2120m)

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