Sella Nevea - Rifugio Gilberti

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kranjska Gora, and then we continue driving through the border crossing Rateče into Italy. We drive towards Trbiž / Tarvisio, and then at the beginning of the mentioned town, we turn left in the direction of Bovec. Further, we drive on a regional road towards the border crossing Predel, and we follow the main road to a crossroad near the lake Rabeljsko jezero / Lago del Predil. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval (V Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea and on an asphalt road, we reach already mentioned saddle. We park on a large parking lot by the bottom station of the cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti.
B) First, we drive to Bovec, and then we continue driving towards the border crossing Predel, over which we drive in Italy. Next follows a descent to the lake Rabeljsko jezero, after which we leave the main road which leads towards Trbiž and we continue driving left in the direction of Nevejski preval (V Žlebeh). The road then again starts ascending, and we follow it to the already mentioned saddle. We park on a large parking lot by the bottom station of the cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti.

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.
From the cableway we continue in the direction of the mountain hut on a gently sloping road which past the chapel in few minutes brings us to the mountain hut.
PS: While the ski slope operates is walking on a transport road forbidden, walking is also forbidden during the construction work on a ski slope.

Trip can be extended to: Monte Bila pec (1 h) , Rombon (4 h 45 min) , Velika Črnelska špica (2 h 45 min) , Vrh Krnice (3 h 30 min) , Prestreljenik , Visoki Kanin