Rifugio Pelizzo - Monte Mataiur/Matajur

Access to starting point:
From the road Tolmin - Kobarid, in the settlement Idrsko to the left (from the direction Kobarid right) steep road branches off towards the village Livek. We go on the mentioned road which after approximately 5 km of ascent brings us in the mentioned village. We continue driving on a narrower road which runs into Italy. On the other side of the border, the road starts descending, and we follow it through villages Polava and Čepletišče / Cepletischis to a little bigger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of village Matajur / Montemaggiore and mountain hut Rifugio Pelizzo. The road which is at first relatively steeply ascending, in the next crossroads, we follow in the direction of the mentioned mountain hut. We park on the settled parking lot right below the mountain hut Rifugio Pelizzo.

Path description:
From the parking lot at first we ascend on stairs to the mountain hut, and then we continue in the direction of "Monte Matajur" and "Dom na Matajure". The path ahead is moderately ascending on a panoramic grassy slope, from which beautiful views opening up on Slavia Friulana and Julian Alps. Higher, the path leads through a lane of raspberry bushes, and then it brings us to the marked crossing, where we continue straight (left mountain hut Dom na Matajure, right Livek).
A little further, the path turns slightly to the right, where for a short time entirely flattens, and then turns in the direction of the summit and gradually starts ascending steeper. The increasingly panoramic path, in few minutes of additional walking brings us on 1642 meters high Matajur.