Sella Nevea - Visoki Kanin (Via ferrata Divisione Julia)

Access to the starting point:
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 Rabelj. Here, turn right towards the Nevea Pass / Sella Nevea. Follow this road, which is mostly uphill, to a large parking lot at the bottom station of the cable car leading to the Gilberti hut.
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 the Neveje Pass / Sella Nevea. Continue as described above.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, you will see a sign for the Gilberti mountain lodge, which will direct you to the lower part of the ski slope. Once on the slope, continue left and after a short climb, you will reach the transport rescue road which ascends up the slope. From the relatively steep road, which is closed to traffic, new views open up from one step to the next, the most beautiful of which are of the nearby Belo Pach and the Jôf di Montasio group of mountains. Higher up, the road approaches the cliffs of Bílá Peć and then leads to the top station of the cable car at the Gilberti hut.

From the hut, descend gently (westwards) into a small valley, where there is a crossroads. Continue to the right in the direction of S. Grubia, following the path that runs between the main canyon ridge on the left and the Belo Peć on the right. The way forward initially climbs gently up the valley, then begins to climb steeply and after a few minutes of climbing leads us to an old military fortress on the Bela Peć saddle. After the fortress, continue slightly left in the direction of "bivacco" (right Bela peč 30 minutes very difficult path) on the old military mulatier, which is already pretty well destroyed. The path, which descends gently and then climbs again, runs along slopes which are steep in places and are sometimes slightly precipitous and exposed to falling stones. However, as the path is wide enough, it does not cause any problems on land. The path then soon leads to a crossroads, where you leave the military mulatier and head uphill to the left, following the signs for 'Chiacciaio del Canin, M. C. '.
Continue up a slightly less well-beaten track, mostly on scree. The path marked with red dots and cairns runs slightly to the left and soon leads to the first major snowfield. Continue up the snowfield, turning right at the top to leave the snowfield. After a short traverse westwards, you will reach a glacier which you will then climb towards Findenegg Frost. At the exit of the frost, you will see the start of a climbing route on the right.
The climbing route climbs steeply upwards at the beginning along a small rope, with a few wedges to help us. The route becomes slightly less steep for a short time and leads us along a slightly crumbly slope alongside the glacier. The path then turns to the right and ascends vertically with the help of wedges and a number of staples. After the vertical part, the path turns to the left and climbs very steeply along the cliff a few more times. In a few places, there are also a few wedges and staples to help us. This path then soon leads us to the border ridge where we join the path that runs along the Slovenian side of the ridge. At the crossroads, continue to the right and after a short climb along the ridge, you will soon reach the summit.

You can descend by the ascent route or by a slightly easier route on the Slovenian side, past the Prevala saddle.

On the way: Rifugio Gilberti mountain hut (1850m), Sella bela pec (2005m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Mali Kanin

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