Plockenpass - Creta di Collinetta / Cellon (Via ferrata Steinberger Weg)

Access to starting point:
From Trbiž/Tarvisio we go on the highway towards Videm/Udine. At the settlement Carnico, we leave the highway and at first, we follow the signs towards the settlement Tolmezzo, and then signs for Austria and mountain pass Pso di Croce Carnico / Plöckenpass. On Italian side of the mountain pass, we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
At the parking lot, we go on a narrow road following the signs Cellon (path 146). Already after few ten meters, we come to a crossroad where we go right on a military mule track on which we are then ascending through a thin forest and meadows below the steep slopes of the mountain Cellon. Military mule track passes into a footpath and we quickly also come to the crossroad, where we leave the path towards the mountain hut Marinelli and we go right upwards. Here the path starts a little steeper ascending on grassy slopes and then brings us to a crossing. We go right following the signs “Via ferrata Steinberger Weg”. A wide path further crosses precipitous slopes of the mountain towards the east and in doing so leads also through the tunnel. Tunnel is short, so the lamp isn't urgently needed. Later, the slope becomes less steep and the path turns left upwards. After a short ascent through rare dwarf pines we soon again come to a crossing. We continue right following the signs “Via ferrata Steinberger Weg”, and left leads extremely demanding path “Via ferrata senza confini”. The mentioned path has difficulty level D and on some parts is also overhung, because of steep ascents through the tunnel also a lamp is needed.
The right path on which we go at first ascends over the scree and brings us on a little more grassy slopes on the eastern side of the mountain. Here also a nice view opens up towards the mountain pass Plöckenpass. The path then slightly descends and it brings us to the entrance into a climbing part of the path.
At the beginning of the climbing part path steeply ascends on partly rocky and partly grassy slope. After steep ascent, the path turns to the left and by the steel cable crosses steep slopes. Next follows a short descent with the help of stemples into a gully and then ascent through the mentioned gully. The path through the gully mostly isn't secured therefore a little more caution is needed. The path later avoids gully to the left side and starts again steeper ascending by the steel cable. Such a path brings us to a smaller saddle where from the left join also other two paths on the mountain. Here we will by the path also notice a lot of remains from the first world war. Further follows only an ascent on a little less steep slope of the mountain to the top.