Zajzera - Monte Nabois grande (variante per la crestaest)

Access to starting point:
Via the border crossings Predel or Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. Further, we drive on the old road towards Videm / Udine. Already after a few kilometers from Trbiž / Tarvisio, the road to Ovčja vas / Valbruna branches off to the left. In Ovčja vas / Valbruna we turn left and follow the road ahead through the Zajzera valley upwards. After a few kilometers of driving, we come to an intersection at the small bridge above the road (at the second small bridge). Here we turn left in the direction of the signs for Svetih Višarij / Monte Lussari and then already after a few meters of driving, we turn right onto a large parking lot where we park.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we head onto a cart track which after a few dozen meters joins the road. We continue left over the bridge and follow the road to an intersection where we head right following the signs »616 Rifugio Pellarini«. For some time we then walk along the river and soon join a mountain road. We continue left on the mountain road along which we then ascend for a long time. All the time while walking on the road we follow the signs for path 616 and hut Rifugio Pellarini.

At approximately half of the ascent on the road a very demanding path to Mali Nabojs (Piccolo Nabois) branches off to the right. We continue on the road all the way to the end, where there is the lower station of the cargo cableway. We continue slightly right onto a cart track which quickly turns into a path. The path then turns left and begins to ascend on a somewhat steeper slope below the cableway. We ascend mostly through the forest towards the east, occasionally a nice view also opens up on the surrounding peaks. Such a path brings us to a marked junction where we continue right following the signs Rif. Pellarini (20 min), while left leads path 617 to Svete Višarje (4 hours).

The path further soon brings us out of the forest onto scree from where a very nice view opens up towards Viš. Here the path turns right and follows the last ascent to hut Pellarini.

From the hut we continue on path 616, which already after a few dozen meters brings us to a junction. We continue right following the signs Sella Nabois (Škrbina Nabojsa), while left leads the path towards Žabniška škrbina (Sella Carnizza). The path then leads us across a wide torrent bed to the right side of the valley, where we soon reach a new junction. We head right onto the ridge path (variante per la crestaest).

After a short ascent the path brings us to a sign by the path, which warns that the path is very demanding and intended only for experienced mountaineers. The path further is indeed very poorly beaten and unsecured.

From the warning sign the path steeply ascends through dwarf pines and brings us to a grassy slope. Here we continue decisively to the right and the narrow and somewhat exposed path brings us to the ridge covered with dwarf pines. Further, we then ascend along the ridge through dwarf pines. When we come out of the dwarf pines the path veers from the steep ridge to the left and after a short somewhat exposed crossing brings us to a gully. Here considerable caution is needed, since on the path, which is poorly beaten, there is quite a lot of scree.

Follows an ascent up the fairly steep gully. From the gully we reach grassy slopes, where the path becomes very poorly visible. We continue decisively to the right up the grassy slope, so that we reach the main ridge of the mountain again. In the initial part of the ascent along the ridge considerable caution is needed since the ridge here is very steep.

Further the ridge becomes noticeably less steep and wonderful views open up on all sides. Later when the ridge becomes more demanding, we will on the left side spot a well-beaten path which leads to Veliki Nabojs (path via normale). At this point we leave the ridge and cross steep grass, so that we join the normal path. If the grass is wet one must be especially careful, since the slope is quite steep.

Follows an ascent along the path which leads us up the steep slope. The last ascent to the summit is very demanding, and the path on this section is secured with a steel cable.

On the way: Rifugio Pellarini (1499m)