Edelweiss - Monte Volaia / Wolayer Kopf (path 176)

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. After the end of the settlement Collina we continue for few hundred meters and then we will notice on the left side cottage Edelweiss. We park on a parking lot on the right side of the road near the mentioned cottage.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return on the main road to a smaller bridge where we will notice an information board, which marks the path Sentiero Naturalistico Troi di Corvats. We go on the mentioned relatively wide path and we start ascending through the forest. At the smaller cottage in the forest, the path turns to the left and a little later we join a little wider cart track. The mentioned cart track crosses a stream and then we have to pay attention to blazes. When the cart track turns to the left, we leave a wide cart track and we go left upwards on a narrow footpath. The crossing is a little poorly visible and it isn't specifically marked. The path on which we go is otherwise marked with normal blazes.
From the crossing, we are then ascending on a narrow footpath and soon from the right also slightly better beaten footpath joins. We continue ascending through the forest, and here and there from shorter clearings a view opens up a little towards the south. A little higher we come on a little longer unvegetated lane on which we are steeply ascending. Higher, the path turns to the left and then it mostly in ascent crosses slopes where there are a lot of fallen trees. Further, we are ascending on the path which runs on the right side of the valley high above the stream Rio Chianaletta. Here also a view opens up on a saddle and grassy slopes on the south side of the peak Sasso Nero. Later we get very close to a riverbed of the stream and then we also cross it to the left side. Here the path turns into a lane of thin forest and then follows an ascent on a mostly grassy slope by rare trees. Such a path then brings us to an abandoned mountain pasture Casera Chianaletta where the footpath is a little poorly visible.
At the ruins on the mountain pasture path turns sharply to the left and then in ascent crosses little steeper slopes towards the south. When we reach a wide grassy ridge path turns again sharply right and further for some time it runs on the mentioned ridge from which breathtaking views open up also towards the west. Ridge then ends and the path brings us on a small indistinct saddle. Here we at first continue slightly to the right, and then the path brings us on steeper slopes. Further, we mostly cross steeper grassy slopes to the left. In wet the slope is also a little dangerous for slipping. The path few times also ascends a little and then it brings us to a crossing where from the left joins the path from the notch Forcella Ombladeet.
After the crossing, the path turns to the right and then it is 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 over notch Forcella Ombladeet on the path 141 towards the settlement Collina. From the settlement Collina we then return on the road to the starting point at the cottage Edelweiss. The mentioned path is even worse beaten and in some parts hard to follow.

On the way: Casera Chianaletta (1814m), Tacca del Sasso Nero (2351m)