Avsa - Monte Mataiur/Matajur (nova pot)

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Tolmin, then continue driving towards Kobarid. When we reach the settlement of Idrsko, we turn left towards the settlement of Livek, from there we follow the signs for Avsa and Matajur. From Avsa we drive another good 300 meters forward, then park at the marked parking lot.
b) From Kobarid we drive towards Tolmin, but only to the settlement of Idrsko, where we turn right towards the settlement of Livek, from there we follow the signs for Avsa and Matajur. From Avsa we drive another good 300 meters forward, then park at the marked parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot we head onto the marked path towards Matajur. At first we walk through the forest and temporarily step onto a cart track. This is followed by an ascent over two short meadows, then we return to dense forest, through which we ascend moderately to steeply, here and there the path also descends slightly. Higher up we cross a metal fence, after which the path turns right and continues along the cart track. The cart track soon ends, and we continue along the trail over a partly grassy slope surrounded by strips of forest. A little further the path turns left and levels out completely on the slopes of Srednji vrh. Here we can ascend to Srednji vrh in a few minutes off the path, otherwise we continue along the marked path that crosses the slopes of the mentioned peak and a little further joins a forest road. We follow the road to the right, and along it we quickly reach a marked junction in a small valley between Mrzli vrh and Srednji vrh. At the junction a marked but unmarked path branches off to the right to Mrzli vrh, Srednji vrh and Idrska planina, while we continue along the road that forks on the western side of Mrzli vrh. We continue along the left road (right Idrska planina), which a little further is joined by the old path from Avsa or Livka.
From the less noticeable junction we walk along the road for a few more minutes, then at the next marked junction we leave it and continue right towards Matajur (straight Dom na Matajure). Further on the path begins to ascend again over a partly grassy slope, from which ever more beautiful views of the surrounding mountains open up to us. Higher up, as the path gradually already transitions to the northern slopes, the path from the village of Svino also joins from the right, and we continue towards Matajur. This is followed by a few more minutes of traversing ascent and we already reach the junction below Glava. Straight ahead continues the Slovenian route to Matajur and the path by which we can reach Visoka glava, while we continue left upwards. We quickly ascend to the scenic eastern ridge of Matajur, where the path from Italy (starting point Mašera / Masseris) also joins.
We continue along the mentioned ridge, along which we ascend gently to moderately along the state border between Slovenia and Italy. This is followed by a few more minutes of increasingly scenic walking and we reach the summit of Matajur, from where a beautiful view also opens towards the west.

The description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 (October).

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