Cave del Mole - Koštrunove špice (via Forcella Lavinal dell Orso)
Starting point: Cave del Mole (1035 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4023°N 13.5105°E
Path name: via Forcella Lavinal dell Orso
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 1467 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1500 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
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 crossroad near the lake Rabeljsko jezero. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. This road which is mostly ascending we follow to the spot, where a macadam road branches off to the right. At the turn off is monument with a cross and on a tree signpost with the caption “Corsi”. We then follow the macadam road for few turns, after that a little before the gate we park on a parking lot by the road.
From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend to italian side. Only a little after the lake Rabeljsko jezero we come to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Further, we follow the description above.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which in zig-zags starts ascending. The road runs through the forest, so there is not much of a view. Only occasionally a view opens up towards the south and southeast. The road then turns to the left and starts ascending even a little steeper towards the north. Steep and with a concrete paved road then brings us out of the forest on the mountain pasture Viška planina (1530m).
At the bottom station of a cargo cableway we turn left and we continue on the road which leads over mountain pasture. At the end of the mountain pasture then blazes point us on a footpath which is at first still ascending through the forest and then again brings us out of the forest on grassy slopes. Here the path turns right and runs towards the north and soon brings us into dwarf pines. Through dwarf pines we again start ascending a little steeper and also the view is increasingly beautiful. Later, the path brings us out of the dwarf pines and then follows a shorter ascent to a crossing where we join the path 625, which leads from the saddle Nevejsko sedlo towards the mountain hut Corsi. At the crossroad, we go left following the signs “Passo degli Scalini” and after a shorter ascent, we are again at the crossing. This time we continue right towards the notch Škrbina prednje Špranje on the path 626. The path here is for some time ascending on a grassy slope and then it brings us into a valley below the steep slopes of Punta Plagnis on the left and Koštrunove špice on the right side. At the beginning of the valley path becomes a little less steep and then follows an ascent towards the notch Škrbina prednje Špranje, which we see in front of us all the time while we are walking through the valley.
On the notch where there is a crossing, we continue right on the path Anita Goitan. Here the path becomes demanding and already at the beginning it steeply ascends on a grassy slope. Further in a gentle ascent from the western slopes of the mountain we cross on the south side. Slopes, which we cross in this part of the path are very steep, so while walking quite some caution is needed. The path later few times steeply ascends and then gradually becomes less steep. When we get very close to the main ridge of the mountain we will get to a poorly visible crossing. At this spot, we leave the marked path and go on the ridge. On the ridge, we then continue left (towards the west) and in front of us, we will soon notice the peak Koštrunove špice with military tunnels and stairs, that lead towards the summit. The path on the ridge at first steeply descends, after that follows a steep ascent on stairs to military tunnel little below the summit. The path to the summit runs slightly right from the entrance into a tunnel and first few meters we have to climb a little, after that a short ascent follows on rocky terrain to the top.
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