Planina Zajzera - Krniška glavica / Jof di Sompdogna (path 639 and 652)

Access to the starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, take the Rateče border crossing to Trbiž / Tarvisio. Continue along the old road to Udine. After a few kilometres from Trbiz / Tarvisio, the road to Ovčje vas / Valbruna turns off to the left. Turn left here and follow the road as far as mountain pasture Zajzero, where you park in a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, turn onto the road, which is closed to traffic behind the signs Bivacco Mazzeni, Bivacco Stuparich. The road descends gently at first and then leads through the forest. Soon we come out of the forest to a wide stream bed with a lot of sand. Here the path is slightly less visible and the sandy terrain is crossed slightly to the right. The path then leads to a crossroads, where you turn right to follow the signs for Bivacco Stuparich. With the help of some cairns, cross the stream to the right again and the path leads into the forest. The path through the forest soon starts to climb quite steeply, then turns left and soon we have beautiful views of the Jôf di Montasio walls. The path continues to lead us along the stream bed past some bushes and dwarf pines and leads us to the crossroads of the path where we are joined on the right by the path from the Grego hut.
Straight ahead leads a slightly shorter path towards Krniška glavica, which is slightly less well trodden. At the crossroads, we continue to the left and first cross the torrent. The path then starts to climb and turns left. The relatively steep path then passes mostly through a sparse larch forest, with some dwarf pines and bushes higher up along the way. This path then leads to a marked crossroads.
The path to the left leads to the Stuparich bivouac, and we turn right onto route 652.
From the crossroads, cross the slopes below the north face of Jôf di Montasio to the west. Here the path runs mainly along dwarf pines and rare larch trees, but also crosses a few scree bogs. When the path starts to turn to the right, the above-mentioned slightly shorter path joins from the right. The trail then turns slightly to the right on the southern slopes of Krniška glavica. Here we start climbing through dwarf pines and along the larches and the path leads us to a marked crossroads.
To the left the path leads to the Foran de la Grave and on into the Dunje valley, while we continue to the right towards the summit of Krniška glavica (Jof di Sompdogna). The path soon leads us into the slightly more dense dwarf pines, through which we then climb for some time with fine views of Montagne. Higher up, the path leads us to a small saddle from where we have a view of the ridge of the Naborjet Mountains. The path then turns slightly to the right and dwarf pines becomes less and less frequent. The scenic route then follows the western slopes of the Krniška glavica peak, passing many ruins from the First World War. Following this path, you will soon reach the summit on which the cross stands. If you continue along the path a few dozen metres further to the east, you will see a few more military ruins and trenches along the way. One of the buildings has been converted into a small bivouac.

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