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Monte Chiavals

ločanka12. 08. 2025 17:57:08

That's what it says in the article about Monte Chiavals, which diligently waited for me in print for eight long years, namely that the name of the land Carnia comes from the Celtic tribe of the Carni who settled these areas in the last centuries BC. Interesting!

Through Mužac or. Moggio Udinese we drove towards Aupa valley, but soon turned right into Alba National Park valley, where at 1040 m we parked at arranged parking. Then we took the nice, initially quite flat path 428a, crossed the dry bed of the Alba river and continued to the renovated Bianchi bivouac standing in an idyllic cirque between Zuc dal Bor and Monte Chiavals. To there a comfortable military path brings us, carved into live rock at the steepest part. The location offers nice views across Aupa valley to Creta Grauzario and Sernio. The view reaches further to the highest Karnic Alps, i.e. M. Coglians.
If no higher goals, just to here is enough reason for trip nasmeh

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But under bivouac there's still a lively spring with very tasty water, which you hear with little attention if you don't spot it immediately.

After short rest before bivouac we headed into steepness of south marked path to our goal. I have to emphasize this steepness, but it is softened a bit by the sight of many edelweiss growing there. A bit higher the view opens to really bold towers of Zuc dal Bor and we're at the edge when looking to the other side and spotting Montaž silhouette. Then summit is not far.

At summit the view attracts to 7 spires of Crete di Gleris group, between which known notches connect two valleys and allow ascents to these spire summits, which are more climbing kind.

We returned via west steep path to connecting Via Alta CAI Moggio or.425, where we turned left back to bivouac. But wanting to see other shelter around, at one junction continued straight, crossed Rio Cuel Demat where water can be taken like under Bianchi, and soon spotted beautiful Vualt hut, also at exceptional location. This too worth independent trip nasmeh

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Our path was 14 km long, a bit over 1100 elevation, drive to parking two and half hours.
I have to admit beauty of this tour took us both and I think not long until we return there and visit paths left unhiked nasmeh

We headed along the flat, beautiful path.

If you are not too lost in thought, you will also notice this little pool to the right along the path.

On the ascent right here, on the descent we continued left.

View back to the screes of Bela and Tilment.

A closer view towards Monte San Simeone.

Wonderful bivouac in idyllic surroundings.

The view towards the Friulian plain beckons.

Beautiful scenery, Zuc dal Bor, to the right M.Crostis and Pisimoni.

The desire has smoldered for a long time.

7 spires, also known for their notches or passes.

Down via the Z path, where considerable care is needed.

Here we stepped onto the Via Alta CAI 425 path, a well-preserved mule track.

Towards Creti dai Russei and the barracks there.

Direction board in front of Vualt shelter

Beautiful Vualt shelter, perhaps a bit less frequented, but smoke was coming from the chimney

Another view of the Bela river just after Pontebba

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mirank20. 10. 2025 19:13:25

Despite quite early hour for IT we take penultimate parking before road barrier. Immediately head to soft path 450 which runs almost flat and super for warm-up before steeper continuation with no. 428, which brings us in less than two hours to leveling where new bivouac Bianchi stands. Zuc rock chunk rarely seen through mists, but SE slope of Chiavals where ascent to summit runs is like on palm. To ruins before Chiavals notch nice mulatiera leads, then path stands vertical. Since still plenty till Sunday lunch we soon continued on west slope to some 100m lower transverse path 425 under Gleris spires past right branch to sheep notch-Forcella della pecora. Nice path, sometimes carved in wall leads to ruins of military object, where left on rocky scree first shortcut to valley branches but we continue past cow notch-Forcella della vacca mežikanje

under cow peak zavijanje z očmi

to non-animal notch Forchiadice under which soon path split-422 straight to bivouac dal scior, our choice 425 turns sharp left and down past ruins of 1911 military hospital and past Vualt hut back to start. Very nice loop though with quite limited views, tour can be extended by ca 1h and shortened too mežikanje

. On descent instead of plodding road suggest right under Vualt hut left to morning path approx 300m through nice clean forest