Špik nad Plazom - Modeon del Montasio (2573)
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| IgorZlodej21. 01. 2015 18:33:12 |
Starting point is Pecol or High Montasio Plateau. Continue towards Škrbina nad Cijanerico (Forca Palone) of course on skis, since the track is already made. At the flattening below the notch turn left and continue along the slanting ledge to the southern slopes. There continue on skis for a while, then with proper gear to the top. Conditions for hiking excellent, even better for skiing back to Pecol or V Žlebe.
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| IgorZlodej18. 01. 2016 19:44:25 |
The road to Pecol is still drivable, so the approach is much shorter, but then you have to go on foot because there's at least half a meter of snow missing on Montasio plateau.
From the flattening towards Škrbina nad Cijanerici there's connected hard snow cover, with some soft and hard slabs on it, but they don't pose increased avalanche danger.
From the flattening as per previous description, except the upper part isn't fully snowed, so need to scratch a bit on rocks and loose snow.
No wind to the top, cold quite bearable, or even too warm at times.
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| palček plezalček28. 08. 2016 21:52:03 |
How is it not a success story? Realization is success and returning to the valley unharmed is important, so one can soon head off to new adventures. 
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| julya13. 08. 2018 11:33:52 |
This Špik is on my list of highest Julijci and wouldn't let me rest... yesterday it worked. We approached from the west via Leva. When the fixed cables end on the grassy ledge, there's a huge rock with a slab above the path. Under it we built a conical cairn, no more ahead. If you go a bit right there, you find a narrow gully (actually two parallel), which goes well towards the ridge, more or less straight up. Just before the ridge left into a more cluttered gully and up it to the forepeak with cairn. In the cairn the logbook is soaked beyond recognition, the only thing we managed was to pour out the water from the box. The summit is a few meters left along the airy ridge; otherwise a very interesting peak, relatively flat and spacious, after a few meters cliffs on three sides In the summit cairn there's a "summit book", a tiny pad of sheets in a jar obviously cared for by some Videmčan, since 2012 only 13 entries. It was a wonderfully fulfilled day
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| julya14. 10. 2025 20:45:16 |
Wow, nice!
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| ločanka15. 10. 2025 06:40:10 |
Great, I've been studying how to get up there for a while
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| funnyboy15. 10. 2025 15:19:36 |
Thanks
How up? With a smile on my face, kindness in the heart and some caution, everything will be OK
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| julya15. 10. 2025 20:22:31 |
The best are those peaks with no YouTube info. Ločanka, this is one such, I hope it stays that way. Good luck 
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| vitan22. 06. 2026 18:33:00 |
This weekend I visited the Montasio range. Since I wanted to make the most of the day and also took the Leva path, I decided to visit this beautiful peak. Julya, many thanks for sharing your story with us. I know how it is when you imagine or wish for something and then it doesn't work out. I experienced such a story on Corsica and it still keeps me awake at night. On Saturday, I almost found myself in a similar situation. My wish was to start from Pecol to Strma Peč, return, climb Montaž and continue to Špik nad Nosom. It happened that my legs failed me while descending from Strma Peč and due to pain I almost decided to stop and end the day. If I hadn't had such a strong desire to visit Montaž, I could have just sat in the car and driven home. So I rested for half an hour under a spruce shade in front of the Malga Montasio hut, rested a bit and decided to continue and see how it goes. Of course it quickly became clear that there were no problems going uphill. Maybe the scorching sun also did its part. So I succeeded and besides Strma Peč I climbed Montaž for the first time and gladly realized that my legs were serving me again. I quickly decided to descend via Pipanova lestev and continue and turned onto Leva. Here once again thanks to Julya for the picture above, really obvious rocks and cairns that were placed so the traveler can recognize the junction with certainty. I decided after surveying the terrain to take my own route, which I later realized higher up didn't deviate much from your description. I kept to the right side of that gully for about half the ascent, then crossed it to the left like you and went straight up to the pre-summit. There I noticed two or three smaller cairns slightly to the right, but I climbed directly to the pre-summit. At the top I looked for the bottle and box you wrote about and sadly realized they were no longer there, or I couldn't find them, but I found a yellow plastic lid that probably once belonged to a container of which there is no trace. Still I was rewarded at the top with a wonderful view, silence and a solitary mountain eagle that glided weightlessly along the mountain slope. Priceless! I should add that I was very satisfied with the ascent itself, as it was like a kind of bandage after climbing a week ago when I struggled with Šite and Lopa in the kingdom of Jalovec.
Here above Pecol the rock is really excellent and gives a good feeling of safety and reliable grip. So I had the feeling that whichever route I chose it wouldn't present major difficulties, you just have to go straight up and left of those first highest rocks that we see from the secured path. I can also add some pictures here with the route I chose, but I feel that for those looking for a new adventure, as Palček Plezalček nicely wrote, it isn't even necessary. In any case a peak worth visiting. I concluded the story by descending back to Leva and continuing to the saddle where I also climbed Špik Hude Police and descended happy and fulfilled back to the valley. As an interesting fact, except for two very friendly Slovenes at the top of Montaž, I was completely alone on the other three peaks, which was also an achievement, especially considering it was a weekend
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| mirank22. 06. 2026 20:50:41 |
Nesquick box without lid
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