Sella Nevea - Vrh Krnice

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž we continue left in the direction of Bovec and we follow the road to the crossroad near Rabeljsko jezero. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. We follow this road, which is mostly ascending, to a large parking lot at the lower station of the cableway, which runs to the hut Gilberti.
From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend to the Italian side. A little after Rabeljsko jezero we come to the crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Further, follow the above description.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we notice the sign for the mountain hut Gilberti, which directs us to the lower part of the ski slope. When we step onto the slope we continue left and after a shorter ascent we step onto the transport-rescue road, which ascends along the slope upwards. Along this relatively steep and closed-to-traffic road, new views open up to us step by step, which are most beautiful towards the nearby Bela peč and on the Montaževa group of mountains. The road higher completely approaches the cliffs of Bela peč and then brings us to the upper station of the cableway at the hut Gilberti.
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 along the path that runs between the main Kanin ridge on the left and Bela peč on the right. The path ahead first gently ascends through the valley, then starts to ascend more steeply and after a few minutes of ascent brings us to an old military fortification on the saddle Bela peč. Behind the fortification we continue slightly left in the direction of "bivacco" (right Bela peč 30 minutes very demanding path) along the old military mule track, which is already well destroyed. The path, which slightly descends and then ascends again, runs across locally steep slopes that are somewhat sheer in places and exposed to falling rocks (since the path is wide when dry it causes no problems). The path then brings us to a junction, where the path to Visoki Kanin branches off to the left upwards. We continue along the mule track, which further crosses several gullies that remain covered with snow late into summer. The beautiful and panoramic high-mountain path brings us after 2 hours of walking from the hut Gilberti to the bivouac Marussich.
At the bivouac we head southeast onto a narrow path that leads along the ridge and begins to ascend. The path soon brings us onto the ridge and then slightly ascends and descends a few times. Later the path again withdraws from the ridge to the left side and follows a short ascent over scree to the start of the climbing section of the path.
Initially we ascend along the steel cable right upwards to the ridge from where a view opens into the valley of Rezija. On the ridge we continue left and for a short time ascend along the steel cable on the narrow ridge, then we again withdraw from the ridge to the northern side. Here the path becomes very steep and ascends vertically with the aid of numerous pegs. Several steep ascents along the steel cable follow, then we reach the ridge again. Further on the path is somewhat less secured, but at key points the steel cable is still helpful. Mostly we ascend along the ridge on the northern side, occasionally the path also runs along the ridge. In the last part of the path towards Vrh Krnice the path brings us to the southern side of the ridge and to the summit follows a shorter ascent on a somewhat less steep slope.

On the way: Rifugio Gilberti (1850m), Sella bela pec (2005m), Bivouac Marussich (2041m)

Trip can be extended to: Visoki Kanin (1 h)