Rifugio Nordio - Gozman (via Lom)

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.
From the mountain pasture, we return to notification sign for national border and only few meters above it we look for marked path, which runs on the mountain pasture Bistrica. The turn-off is marked only with Austrian blazes. The path then goes in dark forest and at first crosses slopes almost horizontal, and then joins the direct path from the mountain hut Nordio.
The path ahead steeply ascends still through the forest. The steepness then decreases and the path brings us out of the forest on pastures on the mountain pasture Bistrica. Ahead follows ten minutes of walking on a gently sloping meadow to cottages on the mountain pasture, which we already see in front of us.
When we come on a macadam road on the mountain pasture we will on the right side notice signposts. Here we go to the signposts and we continue towards the south. Already after few meters, we leave marked footpath which runs to the chapel. We go slightly right on unvegetated upper slopes of Gozman. Here we notice an unmarked footpath which in a diagonal ascent through a meadow in a gentle ascent brings us to the summit of Gozman.
Rifugio Nordio - Lom 45 minutes, Lom - Planina Bistrica 45 minutes, Planina Bistrica - Gozman 15 minutes.

On the way: Planina Dolnica (sedlo Lom) (1499m), Planina Bistrica (Hutte Oisternig) (1722m)