Vrtinjlogarski graben / Val Bartolo - Veliki Kopinj / Kapinberg / Monte Capin di Ponente (over saddle Kot / Sella Canton)

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Rateče, or over the border crossing Predel we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, and then we continue driving in the direction of the ski slope Svete Višarje / Monte Lussari. When Trbiž ends, from the roundabout after store Eurospar, we go to the exit in the direction of the settlement Žabnice / Camporosso in Valcanale, after that immediately right towards the settlement. After underpass under the railway track, we go left and then we follow the signs for Vrtinjlogarski graben / Val Bartolo. After the settlement, the asphalt ends, and the road brings us into the mentioned valley, through which we are ascending on usually well-settled macadam road which we follow to the spot, where we notice signposts for path 509, which leads on a saddle Kot / Sella Canton. We park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on the path in the direction of saddle Kot / Sella Canton, where we immediately step on an old mule track, on which we start ascending. On a mule track, we are mostly ascending through the forest, only higher forest for some time ends, where we cross a short steep slope and torrent stream. After approximately one hour of walking, the path flattens a little and passes into a smaller valley, through which we ascend to a saddle Kot, where there is a marked crossing, and by the crossing bigger bell from the year 1926.
From the saddle, where join two paths from Trbiž / Tarvisio and also forest road from the settlement Kokovo / Coccau, we continue in the direction of Gorjanski vrh / Monte Goriane and we continue on a worse macadam road which is then mostly ascending diagonally towards the right, and meanwhile few times a nice view opens up on Julian Alps, higher also in the direction towards Ojstrnik. The path ahead for some time leads on the southwestern ridge of Veliki Kopinj, and then the path which continues gently on a wide grassy cart track, turns a little to the right and on the right side bypasses the mentioned peak. When we return on the ridge, we reach the marked crossing, and we continue left on the path in the direction towards the saddle Vrtinjlogarsko sedlo (on a sign Bartolosattel (straight Gorjanska planina and Gorjanski vrh)).
The path ahead is ascending steeper on the border ridge between Italy and Austria, and when a marked path little below Veliki Kopinj turns right, we go straight and to the nearby peak we continue on an unmarked footpath which still continues on national border. From the spot, when we leave the marked path, forest quickly gets thinner, and in two or three minutes we reach the panoramic peak.
The starting point - saddle Kot 1:10, saddle Kot - Veliki Kopinj 1:05.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (May).

On the way: Sedlo Kot / Sella Canton (1413m)