Vrtinjlogarski graben / Val Bartolo - Veliki Kopinj / Kapinberg / Monte Capin di Ponente (over Vrtinjlogarsko sedlo / Bartolosattel / Sella Bartolo)

Access to the starting point:
Via Border crossing Rateče, or via Border crossing Predel, drive to Trbiz / Tarvisio, then continue in the direction of the ski resort Svete Višarje / Monte Lussari. When Trbiz ends, from the roundabout behind the Eurospar store, take the exit towards Frogs / Camporosso and Valcanale, then immediately right towards the village. After the underpass under the railway go left, then follow the signs for Vrtinjlogarski graben / Val Bartolo. After the settlement, the asphalt ends and the road leads to the valley mentioned above, which is ascended on a usually fairly well-maintained dirt road, which you follow past the town, where you see the mountain signs for the 509 trail leading to the Angle Saddle / Sella Canton (the road is asphalted in the back). Just 10 metres further on, you come to a no-driving sign, where you park in the parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalt road that continues along the Vrtinje Stream, which runs through the valley of the Vrtinjlogarski graben. Higher up, the road leads past the La Baita di Beatrice hut, and after the hut or inn, the road bends and leads to Vrtinji log. Continue along the winding dirt road that leads through the middle of the vast valley, where the path takes you past several huts, the names of which are marked on the information board at the start of the route. After a while, the valley narrows and the road starts to climb again, leading us past the last huts. After the last hut, you will quickly reach the marked crossroads at Vrtinjlogarski sedlo, where you will also reach the national border between Itali and Austria.
From the crossroads, continue in the route Gorjanska planina (on the signpost Göriacher Alm), first following the wide cart track, then, when the cart track turns slightly to the right, continue straight on to the logging trail (the branch is not marked). Continue along the edge of a partly marshy clearing for a short distance, then the path turns into a dense forest, through which you continue until you reach a forest road. Follow the road to the left for a few steps, then continue right on the marked path, which reaches a macadam road a few steps higher up. The markings then lead us through a short grassy section into the forest, through which we continue to climb on the Austrian side of the border (we entered the Austrian side at the Vrtinjlogarski sedlo). Higher up, the forest thins out several times, so that we occasionally get some views, and along the way we see some well-preserved border stones from the 1920s. Further on, the path, which gradually passes to the unmarked northern ridge Veliki Kopinj, becomes steeper, and before the summit it turns slightly left, so that it bypasses the summit itself. When we get back to the border, or when we reach the eastern ridge of the peak, the marked trail turns left downhill, and we continue to the right and climb the unmarked trail to the summit in a few minutes.
Starting point - Vrtinjlogarsko sedlo 1:00, Vrtinjlogarsko sedlo - Veliki Kopinj 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 (May).

On the way: Vrtinji log / Prati del Bártolo (1060m)

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