Plöckenpass - Creta della Chianevate / Kellerspitzen (path 171)
Starting point: Plöckenpass (1360 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.6027°N 12.9447°E 
Path name: path 171
Time of walking: 4 h 50 min
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1409 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1470 m
Map: Tabacco 09 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
From Trbiž / Tarvisio, we head onto the motorway towards Videm / Udine. We leave the motorway at the exit for Tolmezzo. We then follow the signs for Austria and the Passo di Croce Carnico / Plöckenpass pass. Still on the Italian side of the pass, we park on a large parking lot.
Path description:
At the parking lot, we head onto a narrow road following the signs for Rifuggio Marinelli (path 146). Already after a few dozen meters, we come to a junction where we go right onto the military mule track, up which we then ascend through sparse forest and meadows below the steep slopes of the mountain Creta di Collinetta (2238m). The military mule track turns into a footpath and soon we also come to a junction, where the path to the mentioned mountain branches off to the right.
We continue on the left path, which in a gentle ascent crosses grassy slopes and brings us to a smaller plain. From the left, an unmarked path from the mountain pasture Collinetta di Sotto joins us here, and only a little after that, we come to a marked junction where the path to Cresta Verde (2150m) branches off to the right. We continue on path 146 towards the Marinelli hut, to which it is a little less than two hours. Here the path becomes somewhat steeper and ascends through slightly overgrown shrubbery and high grass. When we emerge from the shrubbery, the path becomes more level and soon we come to a marked junction.
Straight ahead the path leads towards the Marinelli hut, but we head right upwards onto path 171a, which leads towards the summit Creta di Collina. From the junction, the path for quite some time mostly ascends in zigzags up the grassy slope and then slowly turns slightly to the left. When we approach the side ridge, path 171 from the Marinelli hut joins us from the left on a slightly precipitous side. We continue ascending the grassy slope, which becomes increasingly steep. The path then turns slightly to the right and brings us onto more rocky terrain. Here the path becomes more demanding and is secured with a steel cable. Further on, the path several times crosses the exposed slope to the right and brings us near a larger gully. Here the path turns to the left and then ascends the slope upwards for some time. The slope is quite steep and the path is occasionally secured with a steel cable. A little higher, our path turns to the right and follows a steep ascent up the gully. The path is well secured here and brings us from the gully onto less steep slopes that are partly covered with grass.
The path here turns to the left and then for a long time ascends the slope alongside the ridge towards the north. Occasionally we approach the ridge completely and then a view also opens onto the western side. The path continues in this way all the way to a junction a little below the summit Creta di Collina, where there is also a small bivouac.
To the right, the path leads to the summit Creta di Collina, which is another 10 minutes of ascent; at the junction, we continue left along the wide ledge past the bivouac and some military ruins to a small notch. Here the path turns to the left and becomes more demanding. It is an old military path that was recently newly equipped with steel cables. Further on, the path runs along the left southern side of the ridge towards the west. The path is occasionally quite exposed but on the more difficult sections is well secured with a steel cable. The path then bypasses a somewhat less pronounced summit Krone (2744m) and approaches the ridge again. Along the path, we will also notice a natural window and a few shorter military trenches. We continue westwards along somewhat exposed ledges, often also ascending more steeply. In the final section, we first descend slightly and then the concluding ascent follows up the steep gully, which is well secured with a steel cable. At the top of the gully, the path turns to the right and after a short ascent we soon reach the panoramic summit.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (July).
On the way: bivak (2650m)
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