Masseris - Monte Mataiur/Matajur
Starting point: Masseris (760 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1825°N 13.5527°E 
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 882 m
Altitude difference (by path): 882 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From the road Tolmin - Kobarid, in the settlement Idrsko to the left (from the direction Kobarid right) steep road branches off towards the village Livek. We go on the mentioned road which after approximately 5 km of ascent brings us in the mentioned village. We continue driving on a narrower road which runs into Italy. On the other side of the border, the road starts descending, and we follow it through villages Polava and Čepletišče / Cepletischis to a little bigger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of village Matajur / Montemaggiore and mountain hut Rifugio Pelizzo. The road which is at first relatively steeply ascending we follow in the direction of the mentioned mountain hut, and we are driving there only to the beginning of the village Mašera / Masseris. Immediately after the sign, which marks the beginning of the mentioned village, we will on the left side of the road notice an appropriate space, where we park.
Path description:
We continue on the asphalt road which leads through the village and after approximately 100 meters we will notice on the right side of the road signposts, which point us to the right past houses and then in the forest. Further, we are for quite some time ascending through the forest, and by the path, we will also notice some remains from the first world war. Such a path then brings us to a crossing, where from the right side on a cart track joins the path from the settlement Čepletišče (Cepletischis).
We continue following signs Monte Matajur and after ascent mostly through the forest we join mountain road.
We continue right and for a short time, we are ascending on the road, and then signposts point us to the left in the forest. Next again follows an ascent on a footpath which runs mostly through the forest, and occasionally we cross also some forest clearings by which grow a lot of raspberries. The path further runs mostly on a gently sloping military mule track, which in the last part brings us to another crossing. Left leads the path towards the mountain hut Pelizzo, and we continue right following the signs Matajur. When mule track ends we continue on a footpath slightly right and we start ascending on mostly grassy slope upwards. Such a path brings us to the ridge, where from the right side joins the path from Slovenia.
On the ridge, we continue left and start ascending on a wide gentle ridge. This path which leads us with increasingly beautiful views we follow to the top of Matajur, which we already see in front of us.
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