Nevejski preval - Visoki Kanin (Via ferrata Divisione Julia)

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 junction near Rabeljsko Lake. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. We follow this road, which is mostly ascending, to a large parking lot at the lower station of the cableway, which runs to the hut Gilberti.
From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend to the Italian side. Just a little after Rabeljsko Lake we come to the junction, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Then follow the above description.

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot, we notice the sign for mountain hut Gilberti, which points us to the lower part of the ski track. When we step onto the track we continue left and after a shorter ascent we step onto the transport rescue road, which ascends along the track upwards. On this relatively steep and closed-to-traffic road, new views open up to us step by step, which are most beautiful towards the nearby Bela peč and the Montasio group of mountains. The road higher gets very close to the cliffs of Bela peč and then brings us to the upper station of the cableway at the hut Gilberti.
From the hut, we slightly descend (direction west) into a smaller valley, where there is a junction. We continue right in the direction of S.Grubia on the path which runs between the main Kanin ridge on the left and Bela peč on the right. The path ahead first ascends gently through the valley, then starts to ascend more steeply and after a few minutes of ascent brings us to an old military fort on the saddle Bela peč. Behind the fort we continue slightly left in the direction of "bivacco" (right Bela peč 30 minutes very demanding path) on an old military mule track, which is already well destroyed. The path, which slightly descends and then ascends again, runs on locally steep slopes, which are somewhat precipitous in places and exposed to falling stones. But because the path is wide enough in dry conditions it causes no problems. The path then soon brings us to a junction, where we leave the military mule track and head left upwards following the signs "Chiacciaio del Canin, M.C.".
Further, we ascend on a somewhat less beaten trail mostly over scree upwards. The path, marked with red dots and cairns, runs slightly to the left and soon brings us to the first larger snowfield. We continue upwards on the snowfield, and in the upper part we turn right and leave the snowfield. After a shorter crossing to the west we come to the glacier, on which we then ascend in the direction of the Findenegg couloir. At the end of the couloir we will notice the start of the climbing path on the right side.
The climbing path at the beginning steeply ascends next to the steel cable upwards, aided also by some pegs. Further on, the path becomes somewhat less steep for a short time and leads us next to the steel cable over a slightly gravelly slope. The path then turns right and ascends vertically with the aid of pegs and numerous brackets. After the vertical part the path turns left and ascends very steeply next to the steel cable a few more times. At some points we are also aided by some pegs and brackets. Such a path then soon brings us to the border ridge where we join the path that runs along the Slovenian side of the ridge. At the junction we continue right and after a short ascent along the ridge we soon reach the summit.
We can descend along the ascent path or along a somewhat easier path that leads along the Slovenian side past the saddle Prevala.

Along the route: Rifugio Gilberti mountain hut (1850m), Sella bela pec (2005m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mali Kanin

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