Bordano - Monte San Simeone

Access to starting point:
A) From Gorenjska: after the border crossing we drive through Trbiž and further on a highway through the valley Kanalska dolina, past Možac (Moggio) to exit Carnia (Tolmezzo), where we continue driving in the direction of Videm (Udine) to Pušja vas (Venzone). In the center of the settlement signpost points us through a bridge over the river Tilment into Pioverne, from here on a local road in short we get to Bordano, we follow the main street, we park right next to a bus stop.
B) From Primorska: after the border crossing (Trst / Nova Gorica) we drive on a highway past Videm (Udine) in the direction of Trbiž (Tarvisio) to exit Humin (Gemona del Friuli). On the main road signpost points us over a bridge through Tilmento into settlement Braulins, where we continue right towards Bordano and Interneppo. Before the end of the settlement, we turn right back, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the bus stop we go right on an ascending road, at the end of which is the beginning of our path. On short stairs and bridge over a ditch it brings us into the forest, where it soon starts ascending in short zig-zags. After approximately 150 altitude meters we get to a plain, where at the crossroad we continue straight (left continues "butterfly path", Sentiero delle farfalle). After passing the mountain road it again starts ascending in an approximately same pace, few times it also crosses a forest road. After additional 150 altitude meters it starts crossing towards the east, becomes a little more demanding, by exposed passages through gullies on a short section it is also secured with a steel cable. Eventually we get to the votive chapel, and soon after this we again step on the main road, where at the turn there is a nice viewpoint with Mary's chapel. The path few meters follows the road upwards and then it steeply ascends on the stairs, later it also several times crosses the road. When we get on the edge of plateau (altopiano M. San Simeone) the steepness ends, the path continues on the mountain road which in a long turn past individual houses brings us on the upper part of panoramic plateau, where there stands the church of St. Simeon, renovated after the large earthquake in the year 1976. To here it is possible to drive from the valley, from the turn off on the mountain pass between Bordano and Interneppo.
The road becomes a macadam, and it quickly brings us on a distinct karst terrain with mostly a beech forest. After few minutes, the path goes to the right into an ascending small valley, and it also becomes a little harder to follow. Direction remains the same all the way to the top.

On the way: cerkvica San Simeone (1200m)