Sella Nevea - Visoki Kanin (Via ferrata Divisione Julia)

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. 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.
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:
At the end of the parking lot, we notice the sign for mountain hut Gilberti, which points us on the bottom part of ski track. When we step on track we continue left and after a shorter ascent, we step on a transport road which is ascending on track upwards. With relatively steep and for traffic closed road with every step new views are opening up, which are most beautiful on the nearby Bela peč and on Montaž group of mountains. The road higher gets very close to cliffs of Bela peč and then it brings us to the upper station of the cableway at the mountain hut Gilberti.
From the mountain hut, we slightly descend (direction west) into a smaller valley, where there is a crossing. We continue right in the direction of S.Grubia on the path which runs between the main Kanin ridge on the left and Bela peč on the right. The path ahead is at first ascending gently through the valley, and then it starts ascending steeper and after few minutes of ascent brings us to an old military fort on a saddle Bela peč. Behind the fort we continue slightly left in the direction of "bivacco" (right Bela peč 30 minutes very demanding path) on an old military mule track, which is already well destroyed. The path which is slightly descending and then again ascending runs on in parts steep slopes, which are in some parts slightly precipitous and exposed to falling stones. But because the path is wide enough in snowless conditions doesn't cause problems. The path then soon brings us to a crossing, where we leave military mule track and we go left upwards following the signs "Chiacciaio del Canin, M.C. ".
Further, we are ascending on a little less beaten footpath mostly on the scree upwards. The path which is marked with red dots and cairns runs slightly to the left and soon brings us to first larger snow field. We continue on a snow field upwards, and in the upper part we turn to the right and we leave snow field. After a shorter crossing towards the west we come to glacier on which we then ascend in the direction of Findenegg couloir. At end of couloir we will on the right side notice the beginning of the climbing path.
Climbing path at the beginning steeply ascends by the steel cable upwards, and we also get help from some iron spikes. Further, the path becomes for a short time a little less steep and leads us by the steel cable on a slightly crumbly gravel slope. The path then turns to the right and vertically ascends with the help of iron spikes and numerous stemples. After vertical part path turns to the left and few more times very steeply ascends by the steel cable. On some spots, we get help also from some iron spikes and stemples. Such a path then soon brings us on the border ridge where we join the path which runs on the Slovenian side of the ridge. At the crossing, we continue right and after a short ascent on the ridge we soon reach the peak.
We can descend on the ascent route or on a little easier path which leads on the Slovenian side past saddle Prevala.

On the way: Rifugio Gilberti mountain hut (1850m), Sella bela pec (2005m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Kanin