Reklanska dolina - Planina Zgornja Gorjuda
Starting point: Reklanska dolina (700 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3937°N 13.4405°E
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 704 m
Altitude difference (by path): 704 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
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 / Sella Nevea. From the saddle, we descend on the road through numerous tunnels on Reklanica side. Approximately 1km after the last tunnel we park on one of the parking lots by the road.
From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend to italian side. Only a little after the lake Rabeljsko jezero we come to the crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Further, follow the upper description.
Path description:
From the parking lot by the road we then descend few ten meters to the spot, where on the left side of the road, we notice signposts for mountain pasture Gorjuda (Casera Goriuda). The path immediately leads in the forest, where it is at first gently and then steeper and steeper ascending. After a good 20 minutes of walking, the path brings us to first more demanding part, where with the help of steel cables we cross wide and secured carved ledge. Similar passage then repeats two more times, on all passages we are accompanied by trickling of water drops, so that we are pretty wet. The path is then even steeper ascending on a steep and in wet for slipping dangerous slope. All key spots, mainly passages over gullies are well-secured. The problem arises only, if we go on the path after heavy rains or thaw, when the gullies are full of water and then crossing is not possible. The steepness then decreases a little and quite an overgrown path then through the forest brings us below a rocky cliff, where the path turns sharply left. With the help of steel cables we cross one more short slightly exposed spot, after that problems vanish. Ahead path quickly brings us out of the forest and in front of us, we notice old shepherd hut (converted into a bivouac) on the mountain pasture Gorjuda.
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