Bele vode - Viš/Jof Fuart (Sentiero del Centenario)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž we continue left in the direction of Bovec and we follow the road to the intersection near Rabeljsko jezero. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. We follow this road, which is mostly ascending, to the bridge, where in the left bend the road crosses the stream Bele vode / Rio Bianco. On the left side of the road, we will notice a few smaller parking spots.
From Bovec, we drive to the border crossing Predel, from which we descend to the Italian side. Just a little after Rabeljsko jezero we come to the intersection, where we continue left in the direction of Nevejski preval / Sella Nevea. Further, follow the above description.

Route description:
From the signposts at the beginning of the path (before the bridge on the right side of the road) we continue through the forest on the right side of the stream Rio Bianco along which we slightly ascend for quite some time. The valley of Bele vode (Ital. Riobianco) also got its name from the stream. The path then turns to the left and crosses smaller streams a few times. Later, the path turns a little to the right again and a shorter ascent in hairpins follows to the abandoned hut Brunner, where there is no view because of the forest. At the hut, where there is also a junction, we continue straight on path 625 in the direction of bivouac Gorizia. The path soon comes out of the forest and ascends along the stream through dwarf pines. Later the path turns to the left and brings us to a junction. We continue on the left path towards bivouac Gorizia, to the right the path towards the notch Bele vode (Ital. Forca di Rio Bianco) branches off. The dwarf pines soon end, and the path starts to ascend a little more steeply. When the path flattens a little again, the sign on the rock directs us left towards the bivouac, to which we have about 50 meters, to the right a direct path leads towards Krniška škrbina (Ital. Forcella del Vallone).
From the bivouac we continue south and start to ascend quite steeply on the scree slope towards the notch Alta di Rio Bianco (2150 m). On the notch the path turns right and ascends for a short time on slightly scree terrain, then brings us to steel cables along which we ascend quite steeply. The hardest part of the path follows, where we must descend vertically into a narrow notch. On this section self-belaying is highly recommended. From the notch we then climb up the vertical ladder, then slightly gentler slopes bring us to the narrow ridge. The path along the ridge is secured with a steel cable. Later the path turns left and a short descent on scree terrain follows, then along the steel cable to the entrance to the tunnel. On the path through the tunnel there are also bends and descents on ladders, so the use of a headlamp is mandatory. When we exit the tunnel a short crossing of the steep slope follows to Krniška škrbina, where an easier path from bivouac Gorizia joins from the right. From the notch a descent on scree follows and then on increasingly grassy terrain, which brings us to a junction. We head right onto path 627, left the path leads towards hut Corsi, to which there is about 15 minutes of descent. After a short ascent we come again to a junction, where we go left (direction Jof Fuart), right path 627 leads towards Trbiška škrbinica (Forcella di Riofreddo). The path then turns slightly left and brings us to the start of a somewhat more difficult section. Here the path turns right upwards and some easy climbing on rock is also required. The path then turns slightly right and brings us to another somewhat harder section. Here the path turns left upwards and starts ascending along the steel cable. A somewhat low passage through a window follows and then ascent along the steel cable again. The path then brings us to a junction, where path Anita Goitan joins from the right from precipitous ledges. After a short ascent we come again to a junction where we go right, left path Anita Goitan branches off. A moderately steep ascent follows on rocky and somewhat scree terrain. Just below the summit the northeastern path Gola Nordest joins from the right. From here only a short ascent to the very panoramic summit follows.

Along the route: Rifugio Brunner (1432m), Bivouac Gorizia (1950m), Alta di Rio Bianco (2150m), Krniška škrbina/Forcella del Vallone (2180m)

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