Pecol - Jôf di Montasio/Montaž (via Findenegg couloir)

Access to starting point:
A) From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž we continue left in the direction of Bovec and we follow the road to the crossroad near the lake Rabeljsko jezero. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea. When the road already starts descending towards the valley Reklanska dolina, in sharp the left turn, a narrow and steep road towards Montaževa visoka planota / Altopiano del Montasio branches off to the right (by the crossroad there are signs in Italian language). We follow this road to a large marked parking lot, which is situated few 100 meters before the cheese cottage Pecol (further driving is forbidden).
B) From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend on the Italian side. Only a little after the lake Rabeljsko jezero we come to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea. When the road already starts descending towards the valley Reklanska dolina, in sharp the left turn, a narrow and steep road towards Montaževa visoka planota / Altopiano del Montasio branches off to the right (by the crossroad there are signs in Italian language). We follow this road to a large marked parking lot, which is situated few 100 meters before the cheese cottage Pecol (further driving is forbidden).

Path description:
From the parking lot on the mountain pasture Pecol we go on a narrow road which runs right towards the mountain hut Rifugio di Brazza. Soon signs point us to the left on a footpath, on which through meadows in good 15 minutes we reach the mountain hut. At the crossroad, which is only few ten meters above the mountain hut we go on the left path, which runs towards the saddle Forca dei Disteis (2201m), and the right path runs on Špik Hude police (2420m). From the crossroad at first we descend few meters and then in a gentle ascent, we cross meadows below the mountain walls of Montaž and if we are lucky we can also notice Alpine marmots, and there's quite a lot of them around here. Soon from our left side joins the direct path from the mountain pasture Pecol, which is few minutes shorter than this past the mountain hut. Here the path already ascends a little steeper and soon brings us on an already mentioned saddle where there is usually a lot of ibexes. To the saddle, we need from the starting point a little less than two hours. At the saddle, the path turns to the right over the scree and we soon come again to a crossroad. We go left on a less visited path which leads towards the bivouac Suringar, and right leads a normal easier path on Montaž.
The path then over the scree brings us into a rocky part of the path. Here the path which is marked with red dots becomes slightly exposed and through natural passages brings us on precipitous western slopes. Further, the path crosses on precipitous ledge towards the north. Because the fixed safety gear are broken, and on part of the path there is also a lot of gravel, on a short section of the path there is also a great risk of slipping. Slope, which we cross then becomes less steep and it brings us to a crossing, where the path over Findenegg couloir on Montaž branches off to the right. At the crossing, we continue straight and then follows only few minutes of easy walking to bivouac Suringar.
From the bivouac, we return to a crossing and blazes point us to the left upwards. The path which is marked with red dots starts quite steeply ascending and brings us in Findenegg couloir. Ascent through the couloir is relatively steep and is also exposed to falling stones. And the path on this part isn't secured and larger part of the path is first grade climbing, and short section also the second grade.
At the exit from the couloir, the path becomes a slightly crumbly, therefore we have to be careful, not to trigger stones. Further, the path brings us to an exposed ridge on which we then soon reach the panoramic peak.
We descend on normal south path over Pipan's ladder. On the descent over the ladder it is recommended to use self belaying.

On the way: Rifugio di Brazza mountain hut (1660m), Forca dei Disteis (2201m), Bivacco Suringar (2430m)