Rifugio Gilberti - Monte Robon

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 Medvejski preval / Sella Nevea. This road which is mostly ascending we follow to a large parking lot at the bottom station of the cableway, which runs to the hut Gilberti.
Then we buy a ticket and go with a cableway to the upper cableway station.
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, we follow the description above.

Path description:
From the mountain hut Gilberti we walk to the near chapel, and then we continue towards the east. At first, we are descending on a transport road, after that when it turns to the left, we continue straight in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea and saddle Vrh Laških brežičev / Sella Robon. The path then crosses slopes towards the east and continues without large changes in altitude. After approximately 30 minutes of walking from the mountain hut Gilberti, we come at the marked crossing, where the path branches off to the left downwards towards Nevejski preval.
We continue straight on an increasingly panoramic path, which quickly brings us to the next crossing. This time as well we continue straight on the path in the direction of "Sella Robon" (right slightly upwards Prevala).
Still relatively gently sloping path, continues over an ample plateau karst terrain, over which leads us very well-preserved mule track. Next follows approximately 20 minutes of easy walking on the path, from which beautiful views opening up on Montaž and Viš group on the left and on the right towards Lopa, Hudi vršič and later also Velika Črnelska špica. Eventually, the path brings us on an indistinct saddle, from which the path starts for a longer time descending. After the descent, we are lower for 150 altitude meters, and the path brings us by the edge of a high mountain cirque, where from the left joins also the other path from Nevejski preval.
The path ahead starts moderately ascending and in few hairpin turns it brings us on a panoramic saddle Vrh Laških brežičev (in Italian Sella Robon), where there stands an information board and next to it table with two benches.
On the saddle, we continue left (straight Jerebica 6 hours) and we continue the ascent on easy to follow, but further unmarked path. The path ahead ascends diagonally on a quite steep slope, and then it flattens and it brings us to numerous military fortresses. Mentioned fort we bypass on the left side on a wide carved ledge, after that only a short ascent follows and the path brings us to caving bivouac Modonutti - Savoia.
From the bivouac, we continue left, on at first still easy to follow path, which soon crosses a short exposed ledge, and then turns to the right and very steeply ascends through smaller notch, where we get help from rocky stairs. Higher, the path flattens and starts vanishing among numerous limestone pavements and abysses, but because numerous cairns show further path, orientation at least in nice weather isn't difficult. Higher, the path starts turning a little more to the right and then leads us past numerous abysses. A little below the summit, we come to mighty abyss, by the edge of which leads on short part damaged path. Here instead of crossing exposed passage over rotten wood, it is much safer, that on the right side we climb a solid rock, or in the lower part we crawl through it. When we step on the other side of the mentioned passage, the path flattens and past another exposed, but wide ledge quickly brings us on a panoramic peak.

On the way: Vrh Laških brežičev (1884m), Speleološki bivak Modonutti (1908m)