Pecol - Jôf di Montasio/Montaž (via Findenegg couloir)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Kranjska Gora, drive through the Rateče border crossing to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiz, turn left towards Bovec and follow the road to the crossroads near Lake Rabeljsko. Here, turn right towards the Neveje Pass (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea. As the road starts to descend towards the Reclan valley, a sharp left turn to the right leads to a narrow and steep road towards the Jôf di Montasio high plateau / Altopiano del Jôf di Montasio (there are signs in Italian at the crossroads). Follow this road to a large marked parking area located a few 100 m in front of the Pecol cheese cottage (no further driving).
b) From Bovec, drive to the Predel border crossing, from which you descend to the Italian side. Just after Lake Rabelj, you will reach a crossroads where you turn left towards Neveje Preval (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea. As the road starts to descend towards the Reclana valley, a sharp left-hand bend turns off to the right onto a narrow and steep road towards the Jôf di Montasio high plateau / Altopiano del Jôf di Montasio (there are signs in Italian at the crossroads). Follow this road to a large marked parking lot located a few 100 m before the Pecol cheese cottage (no further driving).

Path description:
From the parking lot at mountain pasture Pecol, take the narrow road on the right towards the Rifugio di Brazza. Soon, signs direct you left onto a footpath which takes you across meadows to reach the hut in just over 15 minutes. At the crossroads, which is only a few tens of metres above the hut, take the left path which leads to the saddle Forca dei Disteis (2201m), and the right path leads to Cima di Terrarossa (2420m). From the crossroads, descend first a few metres, then cross the meadows below the walls of Jôf di Montasio in a gentle ascent, and if you are lucky you may also spot the Alpine marmots, which are abundant around here. Soon, a direct trail with mountain pasture Pecol joins from our left, which is a few minutes shorter than the one past the hut. Here the path climbs a little steeper and soon leads us to the aforementioned saddle where there are usually many ibex. It takes about two hours from the starting point to reach the saddle. At the saddle, the path turns to the right across the scree and we soon come to the crossroads again. Turn left onto the less-visited path leading to the Suringar bivouac, and right onto the usual easier path to Montaž.

The path then leads over a scree slope to a rocky part of the trail. Here the path marked with red dots becomes slightly exposed and leads us through natural passages to the precipitous western slopes. The path then crosses a precipitous shelf to the north. As the fixed safety gear are destroyed and there is also a lot of rubble on part of the path, there is also a high risk of slipping on a short section of the path. The slope you cross then becomes less steep and leads to a crossroads where the path branches off to the right over Findenegg's fence to Montaž. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead and there are only a few minutes of easy walking to the Suringar bivouac.

From the bivouac we return to the crossroads and the signs direct us up to the left. The path, which is marked with red dots, starts to climb quite steeply and leads us to Findenegg's Ozebnik. The ascent through the frost is relatively steep and is also exposed to falling rocks. The route is not protected and most of the route is first level climbing, with a short section of second level climbing.
The path becomes a bit crumbly as you leave the fence, so you have to be careful not to break rocks. The path then leads us to an exposed ridge, along which we soon reach a scenic peak.

Descend along the usual southern route via Pipan's Ladder. When descending over the ladder, it is recommended to use self-belaying equipment.

On the way: Rifugio di Brazza mountain hut (1660m), Forca dei Disteis (2201m), Bivacco Suringar (2430m)

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