Rifugio Nordio - Maria Schnee below Gozman (via Sella Pleccia)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Tarvisio, which is just a few kilometers behind the state border on the Italian side of the Rateče border crossing. We can also reach Tarvisio from Austria, first driving to Villach and then through the Thori-Coccau border crossing to Tarvisio. In Tarvisio, we follow the signs for Udine along the old road (not the motorway). Shortly after Tarvisio, we arrive in the village of Ugovizza, where we turn right into the village center. In the middle of the village, we reach a stream, where an asphalted mountain road branches uphill along the stream. We drive along this road to a junction, where we go straight ahead (right); immediately after this junction, we come to the next one, where we go left. We follow this mostly asphalted road to the Rifugio Nordio hut, where we park in the parking lot next to the hut.

Route description:
A little below the Nordio hut a poorer gravel road branches off to the right, ascending along the left side of the right stream. Already after a few steps of walking, a cart track branches off to the left from the road, which then ascends parallel to the road. After five minutes of walking, the cart track enters the forest and turns into a footpath.
The path begins to ascend steeply and leads us past an abandoned shack to a spring. Just a little further we reach a small clearing where an old shepherd's hut stands.
Further on the gradient eases slightly, the path runs through the forest with some smaller glades. Then we cross a torrent gully, and the path quickly emerges from the forest. Only a few minutes of walking remain to the saddle, where we encounter signposts and the end of the forest road coming from Austria.
Here we head left onto grassy slopes surrounded by sparse forest. The path ascends moderately and brings us to the chapel of Maria Schnee after 15 minutes of ascent from the saddle.

Along the route: Sella Pleccia (1616m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Bistrica (Hutte Oisternig) ( 10 min), Gozman ( 15 min), Osternig (Ojstrnik) ( 55 min)

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