Pecol - Bivacco Suringar

Access to the starting point:
a) From Kranjska Gora, drive through the Rateče border crossing to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiz, turn left towards Bovec and follow the road to the crossroads near Lake Rabeljsko. Here, turn right towards the Neveje Pass (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea. As the road starts to descend towards the Reclan valley, a sharp left turn to the right leads to a narrow and steep road towards the Jôf di Montasio high plateau / Altopiano del Jôf di Montasio (there are signs in Italian at the crossroads). Follow this road to a large marked parking area located a few 100 m in front of the Pecol cheese cottage (no further driving).
b) From Bovec, drive to the Predel border crossing, from which you descend to the Italian side. Just after Lake Rabelj, you will reach a crossroads where you turn left towards Neveje Preval (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea. As the road starts to descend towards the Reclana valley, a sharp left-hand bend turns off to the right onto a narrow and steep road towards the Jôf di Montasio high plateau / Altopiano del Jôf di Montasio (there are signs in Italian at the crossroads). Follow this road to a large marked parking lot located a few 100 m before the Pecol cheese cottage (no further driving).

Path description:
From the parking lot at mountain pasture Pecol, take the narrow road on the right towards the Rifugio di Brazza. Soon, signs direct you left onto a footpath which takes you across meadows to reach the hut in just over 15 minutes. At the crossroads, which is only a few tens of metres above the hut, take the left path which leads to the saddle Forca dei Disteis (2201m), and the right path leads to Cima di Terrarossa (2420m). From the crossroads, descend first a few metres, then cross the meadows below the walls of Jôf di Montasio in a gentle ascent, and if you are lucky you may also spot the Alpine marmots, which are abundant around here. Soon, a direct trail with mountain pasture Pecol joins from our left, which is a few minutes shorter than the one past the hut. Here the path climbs a little steeper and soon leads us to the aforementioned saddle where there are usually many ibex. It takes about two hours to reach the saddle from the starting point. At the saddle, the path turns to the right across the scree and we soon come to the crossroads again. Turn left on the less-visited path leading to the Suringar bivouac, and right on the usual easier path to Montaž.

The path then leads over a scree slope to a rocky part of the trail. Here the path marked with red dots becomes slightly exposed and leads us through natural passages to the precipitous western slopes. The path then crosses a precipitous shelf to the north. As the fixed safety gear are destroyed and there is also a lot of rubble on part of the path, there is also a high risk of slipping on a short section of the path. The slope you cross then becomes less steep and leads to a crossroads where the path branches off to the right over Findenegg's fence to Montaž. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead and there are only a few minutes of easy walking to the Suringar bivouac.

On the way: Rifugio di Brazza mountain hut (1660m), Forca dei Disteis (2201m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Montaž / Jôf di Montasio (1 h)

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