Planina Zajzera - Krniška glavica / Jof di Sompdogna (path 639 and 652)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora through the border crossing at Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. Further on, we drive on the old road towards Videm / Udine. Already after a few kilometers from Trbiž / Tarvisio, the road into Ovčja vas / Valbruna branches off to the left. Here we turn left and follow the road all the way to the mountain pasture Zajzera, where we park on a large parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the road which is closed to traffic following the signs Bivacco Mazzeni, Bivacco Stuparich. The road first slightly descends and then leads us through the forest. Soon we come out of the forest to a wide riverbed of the stream, where a huge amount of sand is deposited. Here the path is somewhat less visible, and we cross the sandy terrain slightly to the right. The path then brings us to a junction, where we head right following the signs Bivacco Stuparich. With the help of some cairns we again cross the torrent to the right and then the path brings us into the forest. The path through the forest soon begins to ascend quite steeply, then turns to the left and soon nice views open up to the walls of Montaž. The path further leads along the riverbed of the stream past some bushes and dwarf pines and brings us to a junction where the path from the hut Grego joins from the right.
Straight ahead leads a slightly shorter path towards Krniška glavica, which is somewhat less beaten. We, however, at the junction continue left and first cross the riverbed of the torrent. The path then starts to ascend and turns to the left. A relatively steep path then mostly runs through a sparse larch forest, higher up along the path there is also some dwarf pines and bushes. Such a path then brings us to a marked junction.
To the left leads the path towards bivouac Stuparich, and we head right onto path 652.
From the junction follows the traverse of the slopes below the northern walls of Montaž towards the west. Here the path runs mostly along dwarf pines and sparse larches, crossing also quite a few screes. When the path starts turning to the right, the aforementioned slightly shorter path joins from the right. The path then turns a bit more to the right onto the southern slopes of the peak Krniška glavica. Here we begin to ascend through dwarf pines and along larches and the path brings us to a marked junction.
To the left leads the path towards the notch Foran de la Grave and further into the valley Dunja, and we continue right towards the summit of Krniška glavica (Jof di Sompdogna). The path soon brings us into somewhat denser dwarf pines through which we then ascend for some time with beautiful views on Montaž. Higher, the path brings us to a smaller saddle from where a view opens up on the ridge of the Naborjetske mountains. The path then turns slightly to the right and the dwarf pines become ever sparser. The panoramic path then runs along the western slopes of the peak Krniška glavica and leads us past numerous ruins from the time of the First World War. Along such a path we soon reach the summit on which a cross stands. If we continue along the path for a few dozen meters to the eastern side, we will notice along the path some more military ruins and trenches. One of the structures has also been converted into a smaller bivouac.

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