Sella Nevea - Rifugio Gilberti (via 636)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kranjska Gora, and then we continue driving through the border crossing Rateče into Italy. We drive towards Trbiž / Tarvisio, and then at the beginning of the mentioned town, we turn left in the direction of Bovec. Further, we drive on a regional road towards the border crossing Predel, and we follow the main road to a crossroad near Rabeljsko jezero / Lago del Predil. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval (V Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea and on an asphalt road, we reach the already mentioned saddle. We park on a large parking lot by the lower station of the circular cabin cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti.
B) First, we drive to Bovec, and then we continue driving towards the border crossing Predel, through which we drive into Italy. Next follows a descent to Rabeljsko jezero, after which we leave the main road which leads towards Trbiž and we continue driving left in the direction of Nevejski preval (V Žlebeh). The road then again starts ascending, and we follow it to the already mentioned saddle. We park on a large parking lot by the lower station of the circular cabin cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a narrow asphalt road which leads us by the hotel Nevea. After approximately 100 meters of walking, we get to a signpost for path number 636, which points us left through a meadow on a marked footpath. The path soon leads into the forest, through which we are further ascending on an old military mule track. Higher the forest is becoming thinner, and the path with more frequent nice views brings us to the ruins of barracks Poviz.
The path ahead continues ascending for some time, and then it brings us to a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti (left saddle Prevala, saddle Vrh Laških brežičev / Sella Robon, Speleological bivak and Velika Bavha). From the junction onwards, the path entirely flattens and continues towards the west. We cross panoramic slopes for approximately 20 minutes, and then the path brings us to the ski runs of the Sella Nevea ski area. At the same time as we step on the ski area, we also step on the transport-rescue road, which we then follow past the chapel to the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti, which we reach after a few minutes of additional walking.

Trip can be extended to: Monte Bila pec ( 30 min) , Rombon (4 h 15 min) , Velika Črnelska špica (2 h 15 min) , Vrh Krnice (3 h) , Prestreljenik , Visoki Kanin