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On the penultimate day of this November I set out for the hill named Punta Zornada above the town of Amaro, located near the confluence of Tilment and Bela. Although the latter appears more powerful here, together they still "flow away" under the name Tilment…

I parked in the sunny upper part of the town, by St. Nicholas church, and headed through the olive grove to a road some 100 meters above the church. I followed the road to the cart track branching left; just before its end I found a path that initially headed east.

The path soon drops into a gully and crosses Sgenaule stream. A nicely traceable path leads me through dense growth first under the power line, after some forks it climbs toward NE. There are few views along the path, sights toward the mentioned confluence, Muzce and San Simeon; after less than an hour I reach the steep cliffs of Clap dal Mus, where a fixed rope eases the drop into the gully below them—in dry conditions there are no issues here. This was followed by a good 100 m ascent to the eastern ridge of the Pyramid, as locals call Zornado (I saw Mont dal Soreli somewhere too).

The path reaches the ridge at its gentler part; there is also a path junction. While to the right one can continue toward the gully of Favarinis stream, toward the Pyramid we head up the ridge (west direction). The path in steep, leaf-strewn grasses soon becomes harder to trace, so it is easiest simply to follow the ridge. Some 50 height meters below the summit, instead of the even steeper slope, I turned onto a (seemingly) easier but narrow and fairly exposed path on the north side of the hill; for "dessert" there are also some downed trees on it. But soon I was at the saddle west of the summit, from where there were still a few minutes of ascent amid rocks and trees.

The summit greets me with warm sun and a fine view of the surrounding Carnics, valleys with a nice confluence, and not far away the Western Julians rising. Initially I planned to do a loop and continue to the summit of neighboring Monte Posselie, then descend via paths west of that hill. But I preferred a longer rest at the top of the Pyramid and returned the same way.

Although the distance is not great, the tour is not entirely easy: steep sections, exposed passages, and unmarked hunter paths demand good orientation, some experience, and possibly the use of a hiking app. I hiked in dry conditions, which are almost recommended for this tour, though dry leaves on the steep slope also have their specific sliding properties…

Demanding walkers sometimes pick this path as an intermediate goal before the ascent to Amariano, which likely takes its name from the mentioned Amaro. I came across some descriptions of the aforementioned loop tour, but—as mentioned—I saved it for another time.

Ruševa glava was on my "list" ever since I spotted the access description to it in the online climbing guide to the Primorske Julijce, but when Turbo mentioned it a few years ago along with Rozka's description of visiting Planinica, I was just waiting for a suitable opportunity. Like Planinica, Ruševa glava is also located above Koritnica and below Loška stena, connecting with it at Sedlo, which separates it from the slopes of Votlega vrha. Its summit also offers nice views of the magnificent wall above it, and access to both is possible via hunting trails.

I set out for it on the last summer Saturday, parked in Log pod Mangartom. First I crossed Predilica on the footbridge, then Koritnica, crossed the fenced pasture and behind the fence found the cart track, which I followed through the forest to its end next to one of the (dry) beds of Kaludrica. On the other side of the streambed I found a path and headed into the steep slope

Two forest paths lead to Ruševa glava – the "upper" (northern) one, which roughly sticks to the ridge part of this hill, and the "lower" (southern) one, which initially runs along the slopes parallel to the gullies of several streams (which later join into Kaludrica), crosses some of them too, until higher up it distances itself from them and later heads north. Roughly a hundred elevation meters below the head's summit the trails merge, due to their common lower start we can say it's a circular path. Since they are hunting paths, they are marked in that style too, their traceability is, even in combination with using the PZS map, left to the hiker, as the trail occasionally disappears; most reliably follow the saw marks (or other forestry-logging tools ), both in the forest and among the dwarf pines.

I first followed the "lower" path, somewhere at 1200 meters crossed the slope to the "upper" path, which seems more traceable to me than the previously mentioned one. The trail higher up winds out of the forest among the dwarf pines and then drops back into it, but the summit isn't far anymore. When I realized I had reached the junction with the lower path, I had 15 minutes left to the summit. The summit is spacious and overgrown with dwarf pines, so you have to walk a bit further on the circular path on it for the desired views in different directions.

I began the return with descent on the lower path and soon realized the path switch on ascent was an excellent choice, since there's no real trail at the start of the upper part in places (anymore) – descended through churned streambeds, steep gullies… – and the right direction is harder to find… Although descent on rugged, crumbly and similarly nasty terrain is more demanding, orientation downhill is still somehow easier than it would be on ascent, the map is definitely helpful too. I really sighed in relief when lower in the forest I spotted one of the hunting markers… Lower down I went to one of Kaludrica's waterfalls along the path.

True, on the way across Mala Ojstrica
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Not there.

View from which path?

In the Kanin mountains?

Thanks The afternoons and evenings here are really beautiful...
The morning view from Pavličeve stene to Grintovce above Belska Kočna is also very nice.

That's true, the view from in front of the hut on Ljubelj.
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It's not there.

Where do we have this view from?

On Sunday I ascended from Pavličevo sedlo along the former border guard cut by the border stones under Pavličeve stene, at about 1550 m I found a track that leads left (east) to the vlaka on the eastern slope, which then continues to the small saddle under the southern foot of Pavličeve stene.

From there I continued across the meadow to the south and later, following the border stones, descended to Lesnikovo sedlo. At the intersection of the vlaka and the cart track, I climbed along the pasture fence to the ridge, which I then followed – except for a short section where the vlaka cuts it a bit higher – practically all the way to the top. The path is quite overgrown right above the saddle, but later nicely traceable and trodden.

I descended via a (hunting) path across the eastern slopes of Jerebičje, and after Lesnikovo sedlo on the Austrian side for about half a kilometer along the cart track, to a junction onto a right road that leads to the small saddle under Pavličeve stene. There again along the eastern vlaka to the northern side of Pavličeve stene and this time along the vlaka that starts already on the clearing, but soon turns into the forest on the Slovenian side – east of the ridge to the saddle. The vlaka soon turns into a good cart track.

A nice and warm day, just right to meet someone you haven't seen in twenty years

That's right, Jerebičje
I took the photo from the road a little before/after Lesnikovo sedlo on the Austrian side.
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It has also already been. No.

To Debeli vrh.

No, this is the farthest of all listed so far.

It was mentioned as the first . No.

Another look at the sought...

Not that either, but you're a bit closer than Polona.