Rifugio Gilberti - Sart / Žrd

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora via the border crossing at Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž we continue left in the direction of Bovec and follow the road to the junction near Rabeljsko jezero. Here we continue right in the direction of Medvejski preval / Sella Nevea. We follow this road, which is mostly ascending, to the large parking lot at the lower station of the cable car that leads to the Gilberti hut.
Then we buy a ticket and take the cable car to the upper station. From the upper cable car station to the Gilberti hut we have a 5-minute walk along the transport-rescue road.
From Bovec we drive to the border crossing at Predel, from which we descend to the Italian side. Just a little after Rabeljsko jezero we come to the junction, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Further we follow the above description.

Path description:
From the hut we slightly descend (direction west) into a smaller valley, where there is a path junction. We continue right in the direction of S.Grubia on the path which runs between the main Kanin ridge on the left and Bela peč on the right. The path ahead first ascends gently through the valley, then starts to ascend more steeply and after a few minutes of ascent brings us to an old military fort on the saddle Bela peč. Behind the fort we continue slightly left in the direction of "bivacco" (right Bela peč 30 minutes very demanding path) on an old military mule track, which is already badly damaged. The path, which slightly descends and then ascends again, runs on locally steep slopes, which are somewhat precipitous in places and exposed to falling stones (because the path is wide when dry it doesn't cause problems). The path then brings us to a junction, where the path to Visoki Kanin branches off to the left upwards. We continue on the mule track, which further crosses several gullies that are covered with snow late into summer. The nice and panoramic high mountain path brings us after 2 hours of walking from the hut Gilberti to bivouac Marussich.
Just a few steps from the bivouac we come to pass Peravo, where there is a junction. We continue straight in the direction of M.Sart on the path which starts to ascend towards the west. Soon the path flattens and turns to the right onto the northern side of Vrh Grubij. The fairly level path then brings us to a nice high mountain meadow (Škrbina v Senožečah), where we leave the mule track. We continue the ascent to the right and climb on a poorly visible path to the ridge, where we continue the ascent. The path ahead steeply ascends on a ridge that is somewhat exposed in places. After a half-hour ascent, when we already think that we are on the summit, we step onto the forepeak of Žrd (in fog many think that this is the summit), from which a nice view opens onto our goal. A slight descent follows on a barely visible path which continues on the partly exposed ridge. The ridge then slowly widens from the left side and the path brings us after a few more minutes of ascent to the panoramic summit.
Starting point - bivouac Marussich 2:00, bivouac Marussich - Žrd 1:15.

On the way: Sella bela pec (2005m), Bivouac Marussich (2041m), Škrbina v Senožečah (2131m)