Collina - Monte Volaia / Wolayer Kopf (path 141)

Access to starting point:
From Trbiž/Tarvisio we go on the highway towards Videm/Udine. We leave the highway at exit for Tolmezzo. At Tolmezzo we then also leave the road which runs towards the mountain pass Passo di Croce Carnico / Plöckenpass and go towards Villa Santina. In Villa Santina at the roundabout, we go straight following the signs Ovaro, Sappada. We follow this road all the way to Forni Avoltri, where we turn right following the signs Collina. We then follow an asphalt road to the settlement Collina. In the settlement Collina we then continue on the left upper road which leads towards the center of the village. The road then leads us through nicely settled center of the village paved with cobblestone. And immediately and then we turn left upwards on a narrow street Via del Leone. At the first crossroad, we again turn left and we continue few 10 meters more to the parking lot by the retaining wall.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road past the last houses, and then the road passes into a cart track. For some time we then walk on the mentioned cart track which crosses panoramic slopes by the pastures, after that a little before the right turn we come to a crossing.
On the left side, we will notice a bench, and we go right upwards on a worse, slightly overgrown cart track where also a wooden signpost with the caption Forcella Ombladet 141 point us to. On the cart track, we ascend past a smaller structure with a transmitter, and then the cart track brings us into the forest. Here cart the track passes into a footpath on which we are then for quite some time ascending through the forest. The footpath through the forest is still quite nice, and when a little higher we cross some clearings we will quickly notice, that the path is very poorly visited and quite overgrown. While walking through the forest otherwise we follow mostly damaged signposts with the caption »Forcella Ombladet« and wooden signs with the caption »141«.
Higher when we come out of the forest on a grassy terrain the footpath starts vanishing. The path otherwise runs towards the north parallel with the valley of the stream Rio Collinetta, which is situated on our left deep below us. Further, we are for some time ascending on grassy slopes on a hardly followable footpath, and from the path increasingly beautiful views starting to open up on surrounding peaks and on the already mentioned valley of the stream Rio Collinetta. At the altitude approximately 1700m then a red sign with the caption »141« points us right towards the mountain pasture Casera Chiampei. Here we walk on overgrown grassy slopes, and at orientation we get some help from wooden poles with blazes. We continue past some ruins on the mountain pasture, and then we will in front of us notice the sign, which again points us left.
Next follows traversing of grassy slopes and the footpath occasionally becomes a little better visible. Here opens up also already better view towards the notch Forcella Ombladet. Not that steep path further runs towards the north and it brings us to a riverbed of a torrent below the steeper rocky slopes. Further, we then start ascending steeper through a small valley by the mentioned riverbed of a torrent. A relatively steep path which runs mostly on a grassy terrain then brings us to the notch Forcella Ombladet, where there is also a marked crossing.
Left leads the path towards the summit Cima Ombladet, straight downwards leads the path towards the settlement Pierabech, and we continue right on the path 176A towards the summit Monte Volaia. From the crossing, we are then ascending on a grassy terrain towards the northeast. Then follows an ascent on shorter scree, and then the path turns to the right and after crossing of grassy slopes it brings us to a crossing.
Here from the right joins the path 176 from the cottage Edelweiss, which is compared to our slightly better beaten. At the crossing, we go left and then the path turns to the right and it is then for quite some time ascending in zig-zags on the more and more panoramic slope. Grass then ends and we are then ascending on a rocky slope all the way to military ruins from the time of the first world war, which are located by the ridge below the summit Sasso Nero. From the ridge a breathtaking view opens up also on the Austrian side towards Monte Coglians and other nearby peaks in the mountain group.
Here the path turns to the left and becomes demanding. Further, the path runs by the left side of the ridge and on the ledge crosses exposed slopes. The path isn't secured therefore a little more caution is needed. We still cross an exposed slope, by the path, we will notice few more military tunnels and ruins and then the path brings us to a smaller notch and a tunnel where there used to end the secured climbing path from the Austrian side. The mentioned path is now closed about which also the signs warn us.
For some time we still cross steep slopes on the west side of the ridge and then the path turns a little to the right and starts ascending steeper. The ascent is relatively steep and we need to help ourselves also with hands. For some time we are ascending like this and then the path turns to the left and then again follows crossing. The path is here in parts very narrow, and occasionally on the path, there is also quite a lot of gravel therefore the caution is still needed. The path then starts again ascending and at the last steeper ascent we again have to help ourselves with hands. When we reach the ridge, we continue right and we quickly reach the panoramic peak.
We can descend on the ascent route or on the path 176 past the mountain pasture Casera Chianaletta towards the cottage Edelweiss. From the mentioned cottage we have then good 10 more minutes of walking on the road back to the starting point in the settlement Collina.

On the way: Casera Chiampei (1761m), Forcella Ombladet (2060m), Tacca del Sasso Nero (2351m)