Plöckenpass - Creta della Chianevate / Kellerspitzen (path 171)

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 crossroads where the path to the top of the mountain branches off to the right.

We continue on the left path, which crosses the grassy slopes in a slight ascent and leads us to a small plain. An unmarked trail from mountain pasture Collinetta di Sotto joins us from the left, and just after this we reach a marked crossroads where the trail to Cresta Verde (2150m) branches off to the right. Continue along the 146 towards the Marinelli hut, which is still less than two hours away. Here the trail becomes a bit steeper and climbs through lightly overgrown bushes and tall grass. Once out of the scrub, the path becomes more level and you soon reach a marked crossroads.

Straight ahead the path leads to the Marinelli hut, and we turn right up the path 171a, which leads to the Creta di Collina summit. From the crossroads, the path climbs up a grassy slope, mostly in switchbacks, for some time and then slowly turns slightly to the left. As we approach the side ridge, the 171 trail from the Marinelli hut joins us from the slightly precipitous left-hand side. We continue to climb up the grassy slope, which becomes steeper and steeper. The path then turns slightly to the right and leads to rockier terrain. Here the path becomes more difficult and is also protected by a cable car. The path then crosses the exposed slope to the right a few times and leads us close to a larger ravine. Here the path turns left and then climbs up the slope for some time. The slope is quite steep and the path is occasionally protected by a steel cable. A little higher up, the path turns right and there is a steep climb up a ravine. The path is well protected here and leads us out of the ravine onto less steep slopes, which are partly covered with grass.

The path turns left here and then climbs for a long time along the slope along the ridge to the north. Occasionally, the ridge is approached and a view opens up to the west. This route then goes all the way to a crossroads just below the Creta di Collina peak where there is also a small bivouac.

To the right the path leads to the Creta di Collina peak, which is still 10 minutes climb, and at the crossroads we continue left along a wide ledge past a bivouac and some military ruins to a small notch. Here the trail turns left and becomes more difficult. This is an old military trail that has recently been re-equipped with steel cables. The trail continues along the south left side of the ridge towards the west. The path is quite exposed at times but is well protected by a steel cable on the more difficult parts. The route then passes the slightly less distinct summit of Krone (2744m) and approaches the ridge again. Along the way you will also see a natural window and some short military tunnels. Continue westwards on slightly exposed ledges, often climbing slightly steeper. In the last part of the climb, we first descend a little and then there is a final climb up a steep gully, which is well protected by a rope. At the top of the chute, the path turns right and after a short climb you soon reach the scenic summit.

Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 (July).

On the way: bivak (2650m)

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