Remšendol - Rifugio Cinque Punte (via 518)

Access to the starting point:
Cross the Rateče border crossing and head towards Trbiz/Tarvisio. Just a few metres before the town (just after a long underpass under the railway line), the road turns sharp left towards the villages of Koprivnik/Ortigara and Male Rovte/Rutte piccolo. Take this road, which leads you through Male Rovte to a crossroads above the village. Continue left (right Pliči/Plezzut) along a slightly narrower road, which goes higher, and after a short descent leads to the next crossroads, where you park near it (park so as not to obstruct the forestry work).
It is also possible to access the forest via the Predel border crossing (turn right here in Pliči/Plezzut and then join the road described above).

Path description:
From the crossroads, turn right onto the forest road closed to traffic in the direction of "Bivio, La Portella and Cave del Predil". After about 15 minutes' walking, the road, which climbs only slightly, leads to a crossroads where the 511 trail branches off to the right (it is also possible to climb up this trail), and we continue straight on along the 'main' road, which leads us just a little further out of the forest and onto the vast gravel areas of the Remsendol valley.
Cross the gravel paths and continue along the right-hand side (here the markings are less frequent due to the torrential deposits), and then notice the markings which direct you slightly to the right on the initially gently sloping mountain path (path No 518).
The path continues to climb steeply parallel to the valley and then, after crossing a ravine, passes into the lane of the forest. A short steep climb through the forest follows, and then the path leads us to the foot of the steep cliffs (danger of falling rocks), where we also step on an unexposed and exposed shelf after which we continue the climb. There follows a folded cross-climb on an occasionally exposed slope (high risk of slipping in wet conditions), and then the path leads us to a mighty ravine. We cross the ravine (with the high water level it is impossible to cross!) and then on the other side we start to climb very steeply up along the ravine (high risk of slipping). Higher up the steepness eases and the path, which runs through the forest all the time, leads us after about 2 hours of walking from the starting point to the Rifugio Cinque Punte hut or bivouac, from which we have a beautiful view of the walls of the Rabeljski Špice.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Šober / Monte Sciober Grande (1 h)

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