Sella Nevea - Koštrunove špice (via Forcella Lavinal dell Orso)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž we continue left in the direction of Bovec and we follow the road to the crossroad near the lake Rabeljsko jezero. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. This road which is mostly ascending we follow to the saddle, where we will on the right side of the road notice a smaller ski slope. We park on the macadam parking lot below the ski slope.
From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend to italian side. Only a little after the lake Rabeljsko jezero we come to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Further, follow the upper description.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road (on the left side of the ski slope - ski track on the northern side of the main road), which on a saddle branches off from the main road. By the road, we will also notice a sign which marks the path 625 towards the mountain hut Corsi and detailed map. In a left turn we leave the road and go right on a poorly beaten footpath which brings us to a macadam road which is ascending on the right side of the ski slope. For some time we are then ascending on the road, and then blazes point us to the left in the forest. After a short ascent, we come to a crossroad, where we continue right on the path 625 and the path towards the mountain pasture Pecol and mountain hut Brazza branches off to the left. The path is then still ascending through the forest and few times crosses a mountain road and it brings us to a crossroad, where another path, which runs towards the mountain hut Brazza branches off to the left. The path then turns to the right and starts crossing slopes towards the east. We soon come out of the forest on grassy slopes and then follows an ascent towards the saddle Passo degli Scalini (2022m), and usually there are a lot of ibexes. From the saddle then follows a shorter descent, which again brings us to a crossroad. Here we leave the path which leads towards the mountain hut Corsi and we go left towards the notch Škrbina prednje Špranje on the path 626. The path is here for some time still ascending on a grassy slope and then it brings us into a valley below the steep slopes of Punta Plagnis on the left and Koštrunove špice on the right side. At the beginning of the valley path becomes a little less steep and then follows an ascent towards the notch Škrbina prednje Špranje, which we see in front of us all the time while we are walking through the valley.
On the notch where there is a crossing, we continue right on the path Anita Goitan. Here the path becomes demanding and already at the beginning it steeply ascends on a grassy slope. Further in a gentle ascent from the western slopes of the mountain we cross on the south side. Slopes, which we cross in this part of the path are very steep, so while walking quite some caution is needed. The path later few times steeply ascends and then gradually becomes less steep. When we get very close to the main ridge of the mountain we will get to a poorly visible crossing. At this spot, we leave the marked path and go on the ridge. On the ridge, we then continue left (towards the west) and in front of us, we will soon notice the peak Koštrunove špice with military tunnels and stairs, that lead towards the summit. The path on the ridge at first steeply descends, after that follows a steep ascent on stairs to military tunnel little below the summit. The path to the summit runs slightly right from the entrance into a tunnel and first few meters we have to climb a little, after that a short ascent follows on rocky terrain to the top.

On the way: Passo degli Scalini (2022m), Škrbina prednje Špranje (2138m)