Loška Koritnica - Mangart

Access to starting point:
From Bovec, we drive towards the border crossing Predel. In the village Log pod Mangartom, immediately after the bridge over Predilnica, we turn right in the direction of Koritnica. Initially asphalted, then macadam road quickly brings us to the parking lot at the beginning of the entrance into the main part of TNP.

Path description:
We turn onto the right road which is closed with a barrier. The road runs all the time near the stream and crosses it a few times. Towards the end the road becomes narrower and brings us past a few houses to a junction. We turn slightly to the right onto the footpath following the signs for Jalovec, Mangart (left Planina Brdo). The path then goes into the forest and soon a path branches off to the right towards the saddle Čez Brežice and further towards Zavetišče pod Špičkom. Out of the forest the path brings us onto grassy slopes and on the left side of the path we will notice a hunting cottage. For some time we still walk on grassy terrain, then we come again for a short time into the forest. When we come out of the forest we will soon notice a smaller waterfall on the left side. Again we ascend on grassy terrain along the bed of a torrent and all the time we have wonderful views of the surrounding peaks (Briceljk, Jalovec, Mangart, Vevnica). From the grassy slopes we then slowly come onto the scree, which brings us to a path junction. The path branches off to the right towards Kotovo sedlo, we continue to the left towards Mangart.
We ascend on scree below the walls of Vevnica towards the north. At the end of the scree we turn left and with the help of some steel cables we ascend to somewhat steeper southern slopes partly covered with grass. Still in a gentle ascent we cross increasingly steep slopes towards the west. When we approach the ridge we come from the grassy slopes into a somewhat more demanding part of the path. Along the steel cable we cross a slightly exposed slope towards the west, which brings us to a somewhat less visible junction. The path branches off to the right onto the ridge towards bivouac Tarvisio and further towards Vevnica. We continue on the left path towards Mangart. Soon we come to a small notch from where a view opens onto the northern side towards Belopeška jezera. A short descent follows with the help of some steel cables and pegs, then the path after a short crossing brings us to a window. The path goes through the window and brings us to a vertical descent into Huda škrbina. This part of the path is also well secured with pegs and a steel cable. From the notch we then continue by crossing steep slopes towards the west, which at the beginning are still well secured with a steel cable. Later, when we come onto very steep grassy slopes the path is not secured and especially when wet it is very dangerous to slip. The path then ascends on steep grassy slopes towards the west and brings us to the border ridge. The path becomes less exposed and soon brings us to a junction, where we join the Italian path from Mangartsko sedlo.
At the junction we continue slightly to the left and an ascent on a panoramic slope awaits us. Then we cross the gully and to the top we have only the last steep slope which we overcome in zigzags.

On the way: Šujč (895m), Mlaka (959m), Pri starih hramih (1083m), Lovska koča (1078m), V koncu (1361m), Razpotje pod Kotovim sedlom (1742m), Pod Zagačami (1902m), Prod (1878m), Pod Malim Koritniškim Mangartom (1992m), Goli Hriber (2162m), Razpotje Huda škrbina (2401m), Razpotje na grebenu Mangarta (2528m), Huda škrbina (2401m)