Nassfeld - Creta di Aip / Trogkofel (Uiberlacher Steig)

Access to starting point:
Through the border crossing in Rateče we drive through Trbiž / Tarvisio, Ukve / Ugovizzo to the place Tablja / Pontebba, where we turn right following the signs »Passo di Pramollo / Nassfeld« (Slovenian Mokrine). At the pass, we drive past the lake to the Austrian side, where we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot on the pass Mokrine / Nassfeld we head onto the macadam road following the signs Rosskofel and Trogkofel. After a few hundred meters, we leave the road and the blazes lead us left onto a path that runs through meadows and past the artificial lake intended for snowmaking. The path then runs through a thin forest and several times crosses the ski slope and numerous streams. Soon we come to a junction, where the signs direct us left onto the path that runs along the ski slope, ascends somewhat more steeply, and in 15 minutes brings us to the road at the hut on Tressdorfer hohe.
At the junction, which is approximately 100 meters from the hut and from where there is a nice view toward our goal Veliki Koritnik / Creta di Aip / Trogkofel, we head onto the right road, which descends slightly. In the right bend we leave the road and again head onto the footpath. The path through the thin forest continues descending and over numerous streams we come to a fork, where we go right following the signs Trogkofel (path 413). Along a somewhat overgrown path that runs along the streams we arrive at a smaller alpine pasture and go left onto the path that runs along the ski slope. The path ascends somewhat more steeply and after half an hour of walking across the ski slope we arrive at the border ridge between Italy and Austria, from where there is an exceptionally nice view of Veliki Koritnik, Konjski Špik / Monte Cavallo / Rosskofel, and the bivouac Lomasti, to which we have only a few minutes' descent on the Italian side. On the border ridge we go right and the path in gentle ascents and descents brings us again to a fork. We go right onto the path (Uiberlacher Steig), which runs along the eastern wall of Veliki Koritnik. The path ahead is marked with orange-blue blazes and first crosses the scree slopes below Veliki Koritnik in a gentle descent. Soon the path from the hut Rudnig Alm joins us from the right.
Here the path begins to ascend steeply and soon brings us to the most difficult part of the path. On the more exposed sections the path is secured with a chain, and on a few more demanding spots ladders are installed. There follows some climbing over rugged rock terrain and a little below the summit the path from the Italian side (Via Ferrata Crete Rosse) joins us from the left. The path from here onward is no longer demanding and to the summit we have only a few more minutes.