Nassfeld - Creta di Aip / Trogkofel (Via Ferrata Crete Rosse)

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

Path description:
From the parking lot on the mountain pass Mokrine / Nassfeld we go on a macadam road following the signs Rosskofel and Trogkofel. After few hundred metrers, we leave the road and blazes lead left on a footpath which runs through meadows and past the artificial lake intended for snowmaking. After that, the path runs through a thin forest and several times crosses a ski slope and numerous smaller streams. We soon come to a crossroad, where signs point us to the left on the path which runs by the ski slope, a little steeper ascends and in 15 minutes brings us to the road at the cottage on Tressdorfer hohe.
At the crossroad, which is approximately a hundred meters from the mountain hut and from where there is a nice view towards our destination Veliki Koritnik / Creta di Aip / Trogkofel, we go on the right road which is descending a little. At the right turn, we leave the road and again go on a footpath. The path through a thin forest is still descending and over numerous streams we come to a crossing, where we go right following the signs Trogkofel (path 413). On a little overgrown path, which runs by streams we get to a smaller mountain pasture and we go left on the path which runs by the ski slope. The path ascends a little steeper and after a half an hour of walking on a ski slope we get to the border ridge between Italy and Austria, from where it is very a nice view towards Veliki Koritnik, Konjski Špik / Monte Cavallo / Rosskofel and bivouac Lomasti, to which we have only few minutes of descent on the Italian side. On the border ridge we go to the right and the path in gentle ascents and descents again brings us to a crossing.
We go left on the path 403 and already after few minutes of walking, we come to the entrance in climbing path. The path ahead runs on almost vertical groove and is secured with a steel cable. On some spots, we also get help from few stemples. In the upper part we get to a big rock, and we have to climb below it. From rock, on which there is also an inscription book we only have few meters of climbing on stemples and climbing part of the path is behind us. The path from here ahead isn't demanding anymore and soon also wonderful views open up on the Austrian side. When from the right joins also the path from the Austrian side (Uiberlacher Steig), which is a little less demanding, we have to the top only few minutes of walking on a gentle footpath.