Valbruna - Jof di Miezegnot/Poldašnja špica (via Planina Strehica)

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Rateče or Predel we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, and then we continue driving on the old road towards Videm / Udine. And we soon notice signs "Valbruna", which point us to the left on a local road, on which past old cableway on Višarje we get to Ovčja vas / Valbruna. At the crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the gable of Zajzera, we continue right towards the village Ukve / Ugovizza and we follow the road for good 200 meters to the parking lot below the power line.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road towards Ukve and we walk there good 100 meters to traffic sign, on which we notice signposts "Forcella Nebria" (in Slovene Za vrhom), which point us to the left on the path number 608. The path at first runs on a bad road which after few minutes of gentle ascent goes into the forest, and there brings us to a marked crossing, where the path branches off to the right on Podgorski vrh / Monte Nebria. We continue straight, at first still on a cart track, and then blazes point us slightly right on a little steeper footpath. We soon step out of the forest, and the path then leads us by well-settled ditch, which is intended for water drainage from local ski slope. The path higher brings us on the road, and after few minutes of additional walking brings us on a saddle Za vrhom / Forcella Nebria.
On the saddle because of construction of new ski track blazes vanish, and we continue on the road for few minutes. After approximately 5 minutes of descent, we will on the left side of the ski slope notice bad macadam road, on which we continue the ascent. After a good 10 minutes of walking on a bad road, we get to a torrent, where the road turns right (to here we can also come from the path which branches off right next to a saddle, but mentioned path is entirely overgrown).
On the other side of the torrent, the path turns left in the forest and from the cart track gradually changes into increasingly steep footpath. Further, we are ascending on a well-marked path, which is ascending in numerous zig-zags through the forest. Higher, the path for some time flattens, crosses bigger gully, and then gradually starts turning more and more to the right. After few minutes of additional ascent the path flattens and out of the forest brings us on a larger clearing, by the edge of which stands well-settled cottage.
We cross the clearing and on the other side, we come on an unmarked crossing, where we continue straight downwards on a wide cart track. After a short descent, we come at the marked crossing on the mountain pasture Planina Strehica.
At the crossing, we continue left in the direction of "Jof di Miezegnot" and we continue the ascent on partly overgrown cart track, on which we quickly get to the upper part of the mountain pasture. Here the path turns slightly left and then continues by the edge of the forest. Only a little higher cart track passes into the forest, and only few steps before it reaches extensive gravel terrain and there vanishes, we continue slightly left on a marked mountain path. The path at first ascends a little steeper through the forest and then it flattens and it brings us to a marked crossing, where we join the path from the mountain pasture Planina Ravna.
Here we continue right in the direction of "Jof di Miezegnot" and we continue the ascent on the path which gradually passes on less vegetated slopes. The path ahead runs on an old military mule track, by which we can see some ruins and caverns. Higher, the path turns to the right, where for a short time entirely flattens, and then gradually passes on partly grassy slopes, on which it starts ascending steeper. The increasingly panoramic path, higher crosses some smaller gullies, and then turns right and it ascends over very steep grassy slope. The path soon flattens, and then in traverse ascends over the next steep slope. On the top of the mentioned ascent we step on a ridge, from which a nice view opens up on the main chain of western Julian Alps. The path is ahead at first gently, after that relatively steeply descending towards the notch east from Poldašnja špica. From the notch, we continue on the ridge and then the path turns slightly to the right into a steep and crumbly gully. Through gully we diagonally ascend on ruined and for slipping dangerous path (passage is demanding), we then gradually pass over on grassy slopes, on which we ascend to the next gully (here we will just before the entrance into a gully, on the right side notice two old grenades from the 1st world war). Ascent through the gully we make almost straight upwards and then the path again brings us on the ridge.
Here we continue here right (possible also straight, both paths soon join) on a relatively steep path, on which we quickly get to numerous military bunkers. A little poorly marked path then leads us by the ridge and higher starts ascending steeply on rugged rocks. Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the left on a relatively steep slope (dangerous for slipping), and then the path once again steeply ascends and it brings us to the next bunker. Here we continue left and on a gentle ridge path we quickly ascend to the summit.

On the way: Za vrhom (942m), Planina Strehica (1359m)