Valbruna - Planina Strehica

Access to starting point:
Through the border crossing Rateče or Predel we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, then we continue driving on the old road towards Videm / Udine. Soon we notice signs "Valbruna", which direct us to the left onto a local road, along which past the old cableway on Višarje we arrive in Ovčja vas / Valbruna. At the crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the head of Zajzera, we continue right towards the village Ukve / Ugovizza and we follow the road for another good 200 m to the parking lot below the power line.

Path description:
From the parking lot we continue on the road towards Ukve and walk along it for a good 100 m to the traffic sign, on which we notice the mountain signs "Forcella Nebria" (in Slovene Za vrhom), which direct us left onto path no. 608. The path initially runs along a poorer road, which after a few minutes of gentle ascent enters the forest, where it brings us to a marked junction, from which the path to Podgorski vrh / Monte Nebria branches off to the right. We continue straight, first still on the cart track, then the blazes direct us slightly right onto a somewhat steeper footpath. Soon we step out of the forest, and the path leads us further along a well-maintained channel intended for draining water from the local ski slope. Higher the path brings us to a road, which after a few minutes of further walking reaches the saddle Za vrhom / Forcella Nebria.
On the saddle the blazes disappear due to the construction of a new ski slope, but we continue along the road for a few more minutes. After approximately 5 minutes of descent we will notice on the left side of the ski slope a poorer macadam road, along which we continue the ascent. After a good 10 minutes of walking along the poorer road we arrive at a torrent bed, where the road turns right (we can also get here from the path that branches off in the immediate vicinity of the saddle, but the mentioned path is completely overgrown).
On the other side of the torrent bed the path turns left into the forest and from the cart track gradually changes into an increasingly steep footpath. We continue ascending along the well-marked path, which ascends through the forest in numerous zigzags. Higher the path temporarily flattens, crosses a larger gully, then gradually begins to turn more and more to the right. After a few minutes of further ascent the path flattens and brings us from the forest onto a larger clearing, at the edge of which stands a well-maintained cottage.
We cross the clearing and on the other side we reach an unmarked junction, where we continue straight downhill along the wide cart track. After a short descent we arrive at the marked junction on Planina Strehica.

On the way: Za vrhom (942m)

Trip can be extended to: Jof di Miezegnot/Poldašnja špica (2 h)