Gozdec - Visoki Kanin (Alta Via Resiana)

Access to starting point:
We drive to the center of Bovec, where from the intersection at the main square we continue along the ascending road, which past the post office begins to climb towards the nearby church. We bypass the mentioned church on the left side, then arrive in Kaninska vas. Bovec then ends, and the road leads us westwards for some time longer. At a smaller junction, we leave the main asphalt road leading to the village of Plužna and continue driving on the road slightly to the right (after the intersection, signs for Gozdec road). Behind the nearby homestead, the road forks again, and this time we choose the slightly left road (slightly right Zavrzelno and the starting point of the path to Rombon). We then ascend on the gravel road, which higher up brings us to the B station of the Kanin cable car. At the B station, the road turns sharply left, then in a traverse ascent after approximately 1 km of further driving brings us to the next intersection. From the mentioned intersection, we continue left or straight (sharply right to planina Krnica), and we follow the road from the intersection only for a short time. Soon by the road we notice signs for Kanin, and we park about 20 meters further on a small parking lot beside the road.
From Trg Golobarskih žrtev to the starting point it is approximately 9 km.

Path description:
From the starting point we return a few steps back, then direct ourselves onto the marked path in the direction of Visoki Kanin and Vrh Laške planje. The path immediately begins to ascend steeply, mostly leading us through dense forest, only occasionally opening up some views of the surroundings. During the ascent, the path leads us under the cliffs of Turna v Skednju (1555 m). When the cliffs end we arrive at an unmarked junction, where we continue slightly right on the marked path (slightly left unmarked path leading to Veliki Babanski Skedenj 2121 m), which soon steeply climbs over a short steep slope, where especially when wet there is a greater risk of slipping. The steepness soon eases and we arrive at the abandoned planina Gozdec, which we bypass on the right side.
Continuing we ascend through increasingly sparse forest, so some views open up from the path towards Bovška kotlina and Krnsko pogorje. A fairly even ascent follows, and upon looking at the walls of Veliki Skedenj we arrive at a small spring located to the right beside the path. Even in the continuation the followable path is covered with grasses that can be quite wet after rain, in the morning and forenoon. After some time the path turns more towards the west and gradually becomes less steep. A few more minutes of scenic ascent follow and we arrive at the ruins of the old hut of Peter Skalar, which burned down in 1972.
We bypass the hut on the left side, then for some time ascend gently to moderately through more grassy terrain. The path then turns more towards the south, where some steeper ascent follows, the path slowly turns right, so in the continuation we mostly walk towards the west. A few more minutes of easy walking follow and we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left following the signs for Kanin, right leads the path towards Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu.
The path then with some shorter descents and ascents brings us again to a junction. Right branches another path towards Dom Petra Skalarja, straight or slightly right leads the path through the valley Zadnji dol to Visoki Kanin, we direct ourselves left towards Vrh Laške Planje.
From the junction we first ascend mostly grassy terrain where the path is very poorly visible. The path then soon turns right and in the continuation for some time runs towards northwest almost parallel to the path leading to Visoki Kanin. Later the path turns somewhat left and the terrain becomes more rocky. In the continuation we walk for quite some time on Kaninski podi where the path is mostly not visible, so we must be very attentive to the marks and cairns. At some places the path also ascends more steeply, so we must assist ourselves with hands too. Later the path turns slightly right and brings us to more scree terrain beside which we ascend more steeply. Along such a path we then reach a small notch on the left side of the summit Turn pod Laško Planjo.
Here we continue left and a very steep ascent begins along the partly grassy ridge. Here considerable caution is needed, as the ascent is very steep and also dangerous for slipping. We continue further along the ridge, which in the continuation becomes somewhat less steep and again more rocky. We then follow the ridge all the way to Vrh Laške Planje, which is located on the border between Italy and Slovenia.
At the summit where we join the Visoka Rezijanska pot we continue right along the border ridge. Initially we descend slightly along a fairly wide and undemanding ridge, which is marked with red triangles. Our path soon descends somewhat, then ascends again over rocks to the ridge along which we reach the lesser known summit Mali Dol. From the summit we descend to the nearby notch from which leads towards Kaninski podi a not overly steep gully. We from the notch continue straight and ascend the ridge along which we soon reach the summit Črni Vogel.
From Črni Vogel we begin to descend the steep slope on which there is also some scree. In the continuation the path becomes more demanding and runs beside and on occasionally very narrow ridge. Along such a path we reach the notch Čez Dol, which is the lowest point in the ridge between Vrh Laške Planje and Visoki Kanin. From the notch we continue along the still narrow ridge, then the path becomes a shade less demanding. A few short more demanding passages follow, then we come to more grassy terrain along which we ascend towards the less prominent summit Pod Kaninom where there is also a somewhat less visible junction where a partly abandoned path from the village Korito / Coritis joins us from the left.
We continue straight along the ridge, which in this section is fairly wide and partly covered with grass. The ridge then narrows somewhat and we begin to ascend somewhat more steeply. In the continuation we ascend towards Mali Kanin where on a shorter section we withdraw from the ridge to the left side and ascend scree. Then follows ascent along a somewhat more rocky ridge to Mali Kanin on which there is also a cross.
From Mali Kanin we continue along the ridge in the direction of Visoki Kanin, which we can already see ahead of us. On the steeper section we again withdraw from the ridge to the left side. Along the scenic rocky ridge we then soon reach the summit of Visoki Kanin.

Gozdec - Planina Gozdec 0:45, Planina Gozdec - Stara koča 1:25, Stara koča - Mali dol 0:30, Mali Dol - Veliki dol 0:25, Veliki dol - Vrh Laške Planje 1:55, Vrh Laške Planje - Črni Vogel 0:30, Črni Vogel - Pod Kaninom 0:45, Pod Kaninom - Mali Kanin 0:25, Mali Kanin - Visoki Kanin 0:20.

On the way: Planina Gozdec (1305m), Old mountain hut on Kanin (1814m), Mali dol (1959m), Veliki dol (1964m), Turn pod Laško Planjo (2323m), Vrh Laške Planje (2448m), Mali Dol (2374m), Črni Vogel (2422m), Čez dol (Tjaninova vrata) (2334m), Pod Kaninom (2429m), Mali Kanin (2571m)