Mangartska planina - Šober / Monte Sciober Grande (via Stože)

Access to starting point:
From the Bovec–Predel border crossing road, we drive onto the road towards Mangartsko sedlo and along it to the marked parking lot before Mangartska planina, where we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the left road towards Mangartska planina (straight to Mangartsko sedlo), where in a few minutes we walk to the mountain hut, where during the grazing season it is possible to buy sheep cheese.
About 10 steps before the mountain hut, on the section where the marked path goes towards the "valley" (starting point Pri Mlinču), we continue north on the footpath towards the saddle Čez stože (on the sign Čez stožje).
From the mountain pasture, the path quickly enters the forest, through which it ascends steeply for some time, higher up approaching the Stože landslide, which in November 2000 slid into the valley and almost 1000 elevation meters lower buried part of the village Log pod Mangartom. For some time we ascend along the landslide, then the path enters the belt of dwarf pines, through which we ascend to the saddle Čez stože with nice views, where we reach the national border and where an unmarked path over Dren joins from the right.
From the saddle, from where the first view of Šober opens up, we continue left, crossing over to the right, Italian side of the ridge. First, we cross a fairly steep and especially in wet slippery-dangerous slope (the steep part can be bypassed by continuing on the lower path), then we mostly ascend laterally under the walls of Vršič and the side peak Veliki Grintavec. The lateral ascent ends at the Vraška škrbina / La Portella notch, where we join the path from Rablj / Cave del Predil.
From Vraška škrbina we continue right towards bivouac Cinque Punte, the path further leading us along the very panoramic ridge of the Šober peak, from which a nice view opens towards Viš, Mangart, Jalovec and other surrounding mountains. The path along the ridge mostly ascends gently, only here and there temporarily descending slightly. After approximately 30 minutes of ridge walking we reach the forepeak of Šober, from which we already nicely see the cairn on the nearby main summit. From the forepeak follows a short descent, and once we are past the main summit, we continue right on an unmarked track, along which in a minute of steep walking we ascend to the panoramic summit (the last meters are quite steep).
Starting point - mountain hut 0:05, mountain hut - Čez stože 1:15, Čez stože - Vraška škrbina 0:25, Vraška škrbina - Šober 0:35.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (September).

On the way: Čez stože (1731m), Vraška škrbina / La portella (1798m)