Rifugio Nordio - Dolinza Alm/Planina Dolnica
Starting point: Rifugio Nordio (1210 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5506°N 13.4824°E
Time of walking: 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 289 m
Altitude difference (by path): 289 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, which is only few kilometers after the national border on the Italian side of the border crossing Rateče. To Trbiž / Tarvisio we can also come from Austria, where we first have to drive to Beljak / Villach and then over the border crossing Thori-Coccau to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž / Tarvisio we follow the signs for Videm / Udine on the old road (not highway). Soon after Trbiž / Tarvisio we come in the village Ukve / Ugovizza, where we turn right in the center of the village. In the middle of the village we come to a stream, where by the stream upwards mountain road branches off, which is asphalted. On this road we drive to a crossroad, where we go straight (right), and immediately after that crossroad we come to the next, where we go left. This road which is mostly asphalted we follow to the mountain hut Rifugio Nordio, where we park on a parking lot at the mountain hut.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the left road which goes past decaying mountain hut Nordio. The road starts moderately ascending and in zig-zags brings us to the spot, where it is exposed to falling stones. Despite wire mesh protection, which is placed a little above the road caution is needed. It is best, to leave this part fast. After that we cross the stream and we are then ascending towards the north to a crossing. Direct path on Ojstrnik branches off to the right and we continue straight on the forest road which soon after that turns into a footpath. The path then brings us on a meadow, on which we walk to the national border. Here we already see mountain pasture to which we have only few steps.
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