Plöckenpass - Cresta Verde / Grüne Schneid

Access to the starting point:
From Trbiž / Tarvisio, take the motorway to Udine. Leave the motorway at the exit for Tolmezzo. Follow the signs for Austria and the Passo di Croce Carnico / Plockenpass. On the Italian side of the pass, park in a large parking lot.

Path description:
At the parking lot, take the narrow road marked Rifuggio Marinelli (route 146). After a few dozen metres, you will reach a crossroads where you turn right onto a military mulatier, which you then follow up through sparse woodland and meadows below the steep slopes of mountain Creta di Collinetta (2238m). The military mulatier becomes a track and soon you will reach a marked crossroads, where a path branches off to the right to Creta di Collinetta and Cresta Verde.

You can either turn right here towards Cresta Verde or continue left towards the Marinelli hut. If you continue to the left, the path initially crosses grassy slopes in a slight ascent and leads to a small plain. An unmarked path from mountain pasture Collinetta di Sotto joins from the left, and just after this we reach a marked crossroads.

To the left is route 146 towards the Marinelli hut, and this time we turn right on route 147 towards the Cresta Verde ridge. The gentle path first takes us over mountain pasture and then leads us under a steep rocky slope where we will also see some military ruins. The path here starts to climb steeply up the grassy slope and we also start to get better views of the surrounding peaks. The path climbs mostly in switchbacks and a little higher up, the aforementioned path joins from the right, branching off from the path to Creta di Collinetta.

The ascent continues along a mostly grassy slope until the Cresta Verde ridge, where you will again see a number of military ruins from the First World War along the way. The path from the top of Creta di Collinetta joins here on the right. On the ridge you can then continue left to the saddle where you will also join the unmarked path from the Austrian side. There are also a number of military tunnels from the First World War along the saddle.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Creta di Collina / Kollinkofel (1 h 50 min), Creta della Chianevate / Kellerspitzen (2 h 50 min)

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