Valbruna - Jof di Miezegnot/Poldašnja špica (via Planina Ravne)

Access to the starting point:
After crossing the Rateče or Predel border crossing, drive to Trbiz / Tarvisio, then continue along the old road to Udine. Soon you will see the signs "Valbruna", which direct you to the left onto the local road, which takes you past the old cable car to Višarje to Ovčje vas / Valbruna. At the crossroads where you join the road from Ukve / Ugovizza, turn left and continue driving for another 100 m or until you see the signs for the Zita Chapel / Cappella Zita. Park in a suitable place near the mountain direction signs.

Path description:
From the parking lot, take the minor road towards "Malga Rauna, Cap. The road climbs steeply, first gently, then in a series of serpentines. Higher up, on the left side of the road, you can see a beautiful waterfall, but it lays down here and leads us a little further into Koroški kot. A little further on, the road turns right, and the markings direct us slightly left on a steep footpath, which crosses the above-mentioned road a few more times higher up. The marked trail continues higher up the road again, and we follow it all the way to Planina Ravna, where there is a small bivouac. From the bivouac we continue on the marked path, which in a few 10 steps of further walking we reach the chapel of Zita.
A little above the chapel, the marked path goes into the forest, where after a few minutes' walk it joins the path coming from Mountain pasture Strehica.
Here, turn left in the direction of "Jof di Miezegnot" and continue ascending along the path, which gradually changes to less vegetated slopes. The path continues along an old military causeway, along which you can see some ruins and caverns. Higher up, the path turns to the right, where it lays completely flat for a short time, then gradually changes to partly grassy slopes, over which it begins to climb more steeply. Increasingly scenic, the path crosses a few more small ravines, then turns right and climbs over a very steep grassy slope. The path soon flattens out and then climbs in a switchback over the next steep slope. At the top of this ascent, you reach a ridge with a fine view of the main range of the western Julian Mountains. The way ahead descends first gently, then relatively steeply, towards the notch east of Poldašnje Špica. From the stump, continue along the ridge, then the path turns slightly to the right into a steep and crumbly ravine. Cross the gully and climb a ruined and dangerous path (the crossing is difficult), then gradually move onto grassy slopes, over which you climb to the next gully (here, just before entering the gully, you will see two old grenades from WWI on the right). Climb the gully almost straight up, then the path leads you back to the ridge. Here, continue to the right (or straight on, the two paths soon merge) along a relatively steep path, which quickly leads to a number of military bunkers. A slightly less well-marked path then leads along the ridge and, higher up, begins a steep climb over broken rocks. There is a cross-climb to the left over a relatively steep slope (risk of slipping), and then the path climbs steeply once more, leading us to the next bunker. Continue left here and climb quickly to the top along the gently sloping ridge path.

On the way: Planina Ravna (1515m)

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