Avsa - Monte Mataiur/Matajur

Access to starting point:
From the Kobarid–Tolmin road in the village of Idrsko, an asphalt road branches off to the right (to the left in the reverse direction) towards the village of Livek. We head onto this road and follow it to the village of Livek. Here we head right uphill in the direction of the village of Avsa. We continue driving to the beginning of the village of Avsa, where we notice the signs for Matajur on the right. We park on a suitable spot near a small intersection (parking in or at the intersection is not allowed).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head right onto a poorer road, which soon turns into a cart track. The cart track then begins to ascend moderately, meanwhile bypassing a larger number of decaying cottages. The cart track then turns into a footpath, which steeply ascends for a short time, meanwhile crossing a grazing fence. The steepness then gradually eases and the path leads us along an increasingly less vegetated slope. The path then brings us to a forest road, where a road branches off right downhill to the shepherd hut on the Idrska planina mountain pasture.
We continue straight to the upper part of the mountain pasture along a path that offers increasingly beautiful views. A little further ahead, the road brings us to an intersection, where we continue straight and immediately thereafter notice the hut named Konjarska guta on the left side of the road. It is only a few steps of ascent to it.
From the hut on the mountain pasture, we continue towards Matajur. After a few dozen steps, the path brings us to signposts along the path. Here we leave the forest road and head right onto the footpath towards Matajur. Ahead, the path descends for a short time and after a few minutes brings us back to the forest road, where we continue right. Ahead we follow the wide, partly grass-covered road. After a few minutes' walk along the road, just after the water trough that we notice beside the road, a footpath branches off right uphill to Matajur. We head onto this path, which ascends a slightly vegetated slope. A little further on, the path climbs over interesting smooth rocky slabs and then crosses the forest road again. Ahead, the path continues to ascend moderately, meanwhile bypassing a small spring that dries up in dry periods. Just a little further, we reach a junction where the path from the village of Svino joins us.
We continue straight and the path, which ascends moderately, soon brings us to the next signposts, where we continue left uphill towards Matajur. Just a few steps further, we reach the border ridge between Slovenia and Italy. Here the path turns right and continues ascending along a wide gentle ridge. We follow this path, which takes us through increasingly beautiful views, to the summit of Matajur, which we can already see ahead.
Avsa - Idrska planina 1:10, Idrska planina - Matajur 1:20.

On the way: Idrska planina (1250m)