Breginj - Gabrovec (Veliki Muzec)
Starting point: Breginj (550 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,262°N 13,4259°E |
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Walking time: 3 h
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Elevation gain: 1080 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1080 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
First, we drive to the center of Kobarid, then continue towards the Robič border crossing. Near the village of Staro Selo, we leave the main road to the Robič border crossing and turn right towards Breginj. We then follow the mainly ascending road to Breginj, where we park on the parking lot near the church.
Route description:
From the parking lot we continue past the church (bypassing it on the right side) and continue the ascent on the asphalt road towards Stol and Muzec. The road first ascends through the village, and we follow it at the intersections in the known direction. Higher up the road loses the asphalt and takes us past an old mill to a marked junction, where we continue slightly right (left Church of Our Lady of the Snows). The road, which continues moderately ascending, soon takes us to a marked fork where a marked hiking trail to Muzec (Musc) branches off left.
We turn onto the mentioned trail, which continues moderately ascending through the forest. Further the trail takes us to a small spring (drinking water source), then turns slightly left and begins to ascend more steeply. Higher the trail flattens and takes us to a small junction, where we continue right (straight Plazi). The trail then begins to ascend steeply again through the forest, then takes us to a sharp and crumbly ridge. An exposed narrow path leads over the mentioned ridge, crossing it in a few minutes into the forest belt. When we exit the forest the trail takes us to grassy slopes, where in a few minutes of further walking we arrive at a marked junction.
We continue left (slightly right Klatnica - drinking water source) along the increasingly steep mountain trail. Higher the trail enters a scenic and very steep side ridge, along which we ascend for some time. Higher we reach a small unmarked junction, where we continue on the left less steep trail (right extremely steep trail leads directly to Muzec). The left trail then ascends transversely and takes us past a small chasm to the main ridge of the Muzecs. Here we continue left (right Muzec) and after some ten steps of further walking we arrive at the bivouac below Muzec.
From the bivouac we continue westwards along the scenic ridge trail, which gradually begins to ascend more steeply. We follow this increasingly scenic trail, which is also quite steep in the upper part, all the way to the summit of Gabrovec, reaching it after 15 minutes of further walking.
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Discussion about the trip Breginj - Gabrovec (Veliki Muzec)
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| igor b.16. 10. 2009 |
We locals from Breginj don't know Veliki and Mali Muzec, Veliki doesn't exist at all but it's called vrhu Gabrovec, Mali Muzec is just musc
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| Tadej16. 10. 2009 |
Igor b. thanks for the notice, I corrected it.
Best, Tadej
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| ločanka22. 04. 2019 |
I don't know if it's right, Tadej, that you renamed the trip here to Gabrovec, since on most maps it's Veliki Muzec. We spent quite some time wondering which one we were actually on. And probably no one is searching for this trip under Gabrovec, they'd search under Veliki Muzec. They won't find it there of course
best regards
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| darinka46. 06. 2019 |
Today we were up here. Muzec or Gabrovec. 1629m. But there is nothing except a pole at the top. We planned to continue to Breški Jalovec but due to dense fog we returned the same way past the bivouac to Breginj.
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| malihodec19. 03. 2022 21:48:51 |
Has anyone been to Gabrovec this month? I'm interested in the snow conditions and required equipment (big crampons and ice axe or can it be done with small crampons only?).
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| turbo20. 03. 2022 09:55:55 |
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| malihodec20. 03. 2022 14:40:51 |
Bojan, nice that you point out the different names, but I'm still more interested in the safety component. If you perhaps have an answer to my question, thanks in advance.
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| turbo20. 03. 2022 17:01:40 |
malihodec,
unfortunately I don't know how it is with the snow on the Stol ridge.
Yesterday my friend and I went to Viševnik, her second snow tour. Since I didn't have first-hand info on conditions, I took crampons and ice axe for both, and both had small crampons in the backpack too. Conditions were mixed, we could have used everything we had if sticking to snow, but on dry parts we used no gear. Neither I, carrying quite a bit, nor she was bothered at all by the extra weight. To this, complete gear in the backpack, I call "safety component", whether you need it on the tour or not. 
P.S. Tuma and the name Gabrovec I dedicated as response to the other lady, even though her question/comment is three years old.
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