Rifugio Nordio - Schonwipfel Schutz Hutte (via Sella Pleccia)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, which is just a few kilometers behind the state border on the Italian side of the Rateče border crossing. We can also reach Trbiž / Tarvisio from Austria, where we must first drive to Beljak / Villach and then across the Thori-Coccau border crossing to Trbiž / Tarvisio. In Trbiž / Tarvisio, we follow the signs for Videm / Udine along the old road (not the motorway). Shortly after Trbiž / Tarvisio, we arrive in the village of Ukve / Ugovizza, where we turn right into the village center. In the middle of the village, we reach a stream, where a mountain road branches off upwards along the stream, which is asphalted. We drive along this road to a junction, where we go straight ahead (right), and immediately after this junction, we reach the next one, where we turn left. We follow this road, which is mostly asphalted, to the Rifugio Nordio hut, where we park in the parking lot next to the hut.

Route description:
A little below the Nordio hut, a poorer gravel road branches off to the right, ascending along the left side of the right stream. Already after a few steps of walking, a cart track branches off to the left from the road, which then ascends parallel to the road. After five minutes of walking, the cart track enters the forest and turns into a footpath.
The path begins to ascend steeply and leads us past an abandoned shack to a spring. Just a little further, we reach a small clearing where an old shepherd's hut stands.
Further on, the gradient eases somewhat, and the path runs through the forest with a few smaller glades. Then we cross a torrent gully, and the path quickly emerges from the forest. Only a few minutes of walking remain to the saddle, where we encounter signposts and the end of the forest road coming from Austria.
Here we head right onto the path, which gently ascends upwards across the meadow. The path then crosses to the Austrian side and takes us via a cart track to a forest road. We follow this gently ascending road to the alpine pasture where the hut stands.

Along the route: Sella Pleccia (1616m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Achomitzer Berg (Zahomec)

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