Mangartska planina - Šober / Monte Sciober Grande (via Dren)

Access to starting point:
From the road Bovec - border crossing Predel we drive on the road in the direction of Mangartsko sedlo, and there we drive to a marked parking lot before Mangartska planina, where we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the left road in the direction of Mangartska planina (if we continue straight we can get to a saddle Mangartsko sedlo) and after a short descent, we cross a torrent, after which we reach the edge of the mountain pasture Mangartska planina and a crossing.
From the crossing, we go right (left mountain dairy) and we follow the marked path towards the saddle Mangartsko sedlo. The path ahead leads us on older abandoned road, and when we get closer to gravel terrain, which we notice on the left side, older cart track branches off to the left, on which we continue. The path soon turns even more to the left and after few steps it brings us to a spot, where usually stands a cairn. From cairn we continue to gravel terrain, where appears relatively easy to follow, but unmarked footpath which leads over Dren. At first, we are ascending by the left edge of gravel terrain, and here and there path goes a little more to the left, into a lane of dwarf pines or low forest. Higher, we few more times reach gravel terrain, and then the path passes into more grassy terrain, where we gradually pass over on the right side of a small valley. On the right side of a small valley we are ascending to the spot, where the footpath for some time vanishes, and continuation of ascent in the same direction interrupts dwarf pines.
Here we go diagonally towards the left, where the footpath again appears (if we continue straight or slightly right we get to cliffs of Mala Ruša, over which is possible approach on the mentioned peak), and after a short ascent, it flattens and passes on the southwest slopes, on which we diagonally descend to the national border. Next follows an easy ascent on a panoramic ridge and then on a saddle Čez stože we join the marked path which leads by landslide Stože.
From the saddle, from where a nice view opens up on Šober we continue straight (left downwards Mangartska planina on a marked path), and we pass on the right, Italian side of the ridge. At first, we cross quite steep and mainly in wet for slipping dangerous slope (steep part we can bypass by continuing on the bottom path), and then we are mostly ascending diagonally below the mountain walls of Vršič and side peak Veliki Grintavec. Diagonal ascent ends on notch Vraška škrbina / La Portella, where we join the path from Rabelj / Cave del Predil.
From the notch Vraška škrbina we continue right in the direction of bivouac Cinque Punte, and the path ahead leads us on a very panoramic ridge of the peak Šober, from which a nice view opens up towards Viš, Mangart, Jalovec and other surrounding mountains. The path on the ridge is mostly slightly ascending, only here and there for some time descends a little. After approximately 30 minutes of walking on the ridge we reach the secondary peak of Šober, from which we already clearly see cairn on the nearby main summit. From the secondary peak follows a short descent, and when we are already past main peak, we continue right on an unmarked footpath, on which in a minute steep of walking, we ascend on a panoramic peak (last meters are quite steep).
The starting point - Čez stože - 1:35, Čez stože - Vraška škrbina 0:25, Vraška škrbina - Šober 0:35.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (September).

On the way: Čez stože (1731m), Vraška škrbina / La portella (1798m)