Rifugio Nordio - Gozman (via Lom)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, which is only a few kilometers after the national border on the Italian side of the border crossing Rateče. To Trbiž / Tarvisio we can also come from Austria, where we first have to drive to Beljak / Villach and then over the border crossing Thori-Coccau to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž / Tarvisio we follow the signs for Videm / Udine on the old road (not the highway). Soon after Trbiž / Tarvisio we come to the village Ukve / Ugovizza, where we turn right into the center of the village. In the middle of the village we come to a stream, where a mountain road branches off upwards along the stream, which is asphalted. On this road we drive to a crossroad, where we go straight ahead (right), and immediately after that crossroad we come to the next one, where we go left. We follow this road, which is mostly asphalted, to the mountain hut Rifugio Nordio, where we park on the parking lot at the mountain hut.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the left road which goes past the decaying mountain hut Nordio. The road starts moderately ascending and in zigzags brings us to the spot where it is exposed to falling stones. Despite the wire mesh protection, which is placed a little above the road, caution is needed. It is best to leave this part as quickly as possible. After that we cross the stream and continue ascending towards the north to a junction. To the right branches off the direct path to Ojstrnik and we continue straight on the forest road, which soon after that turns into a footpath. The path then brings us to a meadow, on which we walk to the national border. Here we already see the mountain pasture to which we have only a few steps.
From the mountain pasture, we return to the information board for the national border and only a few meters above it we look for the marked path which leads to the mountain pasture Bistrica. The turn-off is marked only with Austrian blazes. The path then goes into a dark forest and initially crosses the slopes almost horizontally, then joins the direct path from the mountain hut Nordio.
The path ahead steeply ascends further through the forest. The steepness then eases and the path brings us out of the forest onto the pastures on the mountain pasture Bistrica. Next follows ten minutes of walking on a gently sloping meadow to the huts on the mountain pasture, which we already see in front of us.
When we come to the macadam road on the mountain pasture we will notice signposts on the right side. Here we go to the signposts and continue towards the south. Already after a few meters we leave the marked footpath which leads to the chapel. We head slightly right onto the unvegetated summit slopes of Gozman. Here we notice an unmarked footpath which in a traversing ascent across the meadow in a gentle ascent brings us to the summit of Gozman.
Rifugio Nordio - Lom 45 minutes, Lom - Planina Bistrica 45 minutes, Planina Bistrica - Gozman 15 minutes.

On the way: Planina Dolnica (sedlo Lom) (1499m), Planina Bistrica (Hutte Oisternig) (1722m)