Valbruna - 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.

On the way: Za vrhom (942m)

Trip can be extended to: Jof di Miezegnot/Poldašnja špica (2 h)