Pri Mlinču - Mangart (italijanska pot)

Access to starting point:
a) Via the Rateče border crossing, we drive into Italy, then in Tarvisio we turn left towards Predel / Cave del Predil. After a few 100 m, we turn left again in the same direction, then at the intersection by Lago del Predil we continue straight on the main road towards Slovenia (right Nevejski preval (Na Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea). This is followed by some serpentine turns and a drive through the tunnel, then we arrive at the Predel border crossing, after which we drive back into Slovenia. Continuing on, we begin to descend, then before the bridge with the largest arch in the Julian Alps (bridge over the Mangart stream (marked on the road sign as Predel bridge 129 m)) we turn left towards Mangart. Immediately after the intersection, a side branch of the road leads off, where the parking lot is marked.
b) From the Primorska region, we drive to Log pod Mangartom, from there we continue driving towards Italy. Just before arriving at the Predel border crossing, after the Predel bridge (bridge over the Mangart stream) we turn right towards Mangart. We park immediately after the bridge on the marked parking lot by the side branch of the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue along the asphalt road leading towards the Mangart Saddle, ascending along it to the first right bend, or to the place where it crosses the Mangart Stream. At the mentioned bend, before crossing the bridge, we continue straight on the footpath in the direction of the Mangart Alpine Pasture. We continue the path with a beautiful view of Mangart, along the path that ascends parallel to the stream, and slightly higher, we also cross the Stože landslide, which was triggered in November 2000. When we leave the landslide area, we gradually transition into the forest, through which we moderately ascend to the western edge of the Mangart Alpine Pasture.
When we step onto the pasture, we walk to the nearby shepherd's hut, behind which we continue along a somewhat overgrown path that leads across the pasture. After crossing the pasture, we arrive in a belt of forest, then quickly reach a narrower belt of meadow, along which the old abandoned road continues (to here we can also continue if on the pasture we follow the road and then at the first junction left in the direction of the Mangart Saddle). The poorer road or cart track ascends gently, then when we cross the torrent, it finally turns into a mountain path. This is followed by a few minutes of moderate ascent, then we cross the asphalt road. On the other side of the road, we ascend along gentle stairs, then reach a clearing, where the path turns left and begins to ascend relatively steeply. After a few minutes of ascent, we cross the road again, then just a few steps higher, we reach it once more.
Here, the marked path continues to the right (left unmarked path across Gladki rob) and brings us to a small tunnel with beautiful views of the Loška Wall. After the tunnel, an even nicer view towards Mangart opens to us, then when we arrive in the belt of larch forest, we leave the road and continue left along the marked path that cuts the bend. When after a few steps we step onto the asphalt road again, we just cross it and continue the ascent along the marked path, which first ascends moderately, then flattens and continues transversely to the right. During the crossing, we first arrive at a smaller gully, then also at the torrent gully Nakel (the Nakel gully starts already on the border ridge itself, then steeply descends all the way to the Koritnica River (in the lower part, the stream flows under the name Ilovec)). We exit the gully transversely to the right, then the path turns left and begins to ascend steeply. We ascend steeply for a few minutes, then we approach the torrent again, where the path turns right and transversely ascends across a shorter fall. After the fall, the path flattens somewhat, then across the mostly grassy slope, with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains, it brings us again to the Mangart road, which we follow to the right. Soon after stepping onto the road, the path brings us to the last tunnel, which is quite long. Since the road is fairly busy, it is good to use a flashlight in the tunnel so that other participants can notice us more easily. After the tunnel, we cross another gully, then we arrive at a smaller intersection, where we continue left in the direction of the Mangart Hut on the Mangart Saddle. From the intersection, only a few minutes of walking follow, and we arrive at the mentioned mountain hut.
Behind the hut, we look for the continuation of the marked path that leads towards the Mangart Saddle. The path ahead first ascends gently, then moderately along the scenic grassy slope. Higher up, we reach the asphalt road, stepping onto it exactly at the intersection where the one-way road begins. We continue along the upper right road, from which we soon go left onto the marked footpath (we can also continue along the road and ascend to the border ridge or to the transverse path under Travnik from the left serpentine a few minutes away), along which we ascend past a less known two-thousander (Rdeča glava 2043 m) to the Mangart Saddle.
Before we reach the saddle, we cross the road once more, then when we reach the ridge, we continue to the right. The path ahead leads us with beautiful views towards the Mangart Lakes (Belopeški, also Klanški) and the other surrounding mountains, with the view extending all the way to the Carnic Alps, Gailtal Alps, and High Tauern. This is followed by a few-minute crossing, then the previously mentioned path joins us from the right, which avoids the Mangart Saddle. After crossing Travnik or Strmi nos, there follows a crossing under the steep Rateški Mali Mangart, then we quickly reach the marked junction, where the Italian and Slovenian paths separate.
We continue left along the technically easier Italian path, which after a shorter ascent transitions to the Italian side of the Mangart massif. In the continuation, we first ascend only moderately, after a few minutes the path becomes quite steep and brings us to smooth rocky slabs, where some safeguards help us, mainly steel cables. After this part, the path turns slightly to the left and transitions to steep screes, where snowfields still linger in early summer (ice axe, crampons). Across the screes, we ascend transversely, with the path turning more and more to the right in the continuation. The path, which for the most part is also exposed to falling rocks, higher transitions to the eastern side of the mountain, where there is a marked junction.
We continue right in the direction of Mangart (left Jalovec, Vevnica, Tamar) along the path that continues to turn to the right. Higher up, we cross another gully, then we begin to ascend quite steeply along the steep slope, which due to considerable visitation is additionally exposed to falling rocks. When the path flattens after a few minutes, only a few 10 steps separate us from the summit, with exceptional views of the nearby and distant surroundings.

Pri Mlinču - Mangartska planina 0:35, Mangartska planina - Mangartska koča 1:45, Mangartska koča - Mangartsko sedlo 0:25, Mangartsko sedlo - odcep k Bivaku Nogara 0:15, odcep k Bivaku Nogara - razcep poti 0:15, razcep poti - priključitev ferate 0:20, priključitev ferate - razpotje na grebenu 0:45, razpotje na grebenu - Mangart 0:25.

Along the route: Mangartska planina (1295m), Gorenji stan (1474m), Gornji stan (1560m), Vzletišče Mangart tunel (1787m), Mangartska koča (1906m), Mangartsko sedlo (2050m), Odcep k Bivaku Nogara (2146m), Razcep poti (2228m), Priključitev ferate (2330m), Razpotje na grebenu (2528m)

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