Nevejski preval - Rombon (via 636)
Starting point: Nevejski preval (1170 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,3874°N 13,4734°E |
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Route name: via 636
Walking time: 6 h 45 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Elevation gain: 1038 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1400 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer): helmet
Recommended equipment (winter): helmet, ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving through the border crossing Rateče into Italy. We drive towards Trbiž / Tarvisio, and then at the beginning of the mentioned town, we turn left in the direction of Bovec. Further on, we drive on a regional road towards the border crossing Predel, but we follow the main road to the crossroad near Rabeljsko jezero / Lago del Predil. Here we continue right in the direction of Nevejski preval (V Žlebeh) / Sella Nevea and on an asphalt road we reach the already mentioned saddle. We park on a large parking lot by the lower station of the circular cabin cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti.
B) First, we drive to Bovec, then we continue driving towards the border crossing Predel, through which we enter Italy. A descent to Rabeljsko jezero follows, after which we leave the main road that leads towards Trbiž and continue driving left in the direction of Nevejski preval (V Žlebeh). The road then starts ascending again, and we follow it to the already mentioned saddle. We park on a large parking lot by the lower station of the circular cabin cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rifugio Gilberti.
Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the narrow asphalted road that leads us past the Hotel Nevea. After approximately 100 meters of walking, we reach the signpost for path no. 636, which directs us left across the meadow onto the marked footpath. The path soon takes us into the forest, through which we continue ascending along the old military mule track. Higher up, the forest becomes sparser, and the path brings us to the ruins of the Poviz barracks amid increasingly frequent beautiful views.
The path ahead ascends for some time longer, then brings us to a marked junction, where we continue left towards the Prevala saddle (right to Rifugio Gilberti hut).
The path ahead levels out somewhat and becomes increasingly panoramic. Just a little further, we reach the next junction. This time we continue right towards the Prevala saddle (straight to Vrh Laških brežičev saddle / Sella Robon) along the path that begins to ascend moderately. The wide and well-preserved old military path quickly brings us into rockier terrain, where it starts turning somewhat more to the right. Higher up, the path leads us to the screes of Lopa, where it ascends somewhat more steeply. A little further on, the marked path comes right up to the upper station of the gondola, the cableway connecting the Slovenian and Italian sides of the ski area. Here we notice a sign that passage along the old path is prohibited, so we head right onto the path marked with red dots and poorly trodden. The path ahead first descends slightly, then ascends onto the newly built ski slope, along which we descend to the Prevala saddle in a few minutes.
From Prevala, where five paths meet at a junction, we continue left towards Rombon (straight down to Bovec, right to Prestreljenik). We continue east along the path that gradually transitions onto the slopes of Lopa (2406 m), which we follow through several ascents and descents to a smaller saddle between Lopa and Kotel (1881 m). Here the path turns slightly left and continues past numerous sinkholes characteristic of the Kanin mountain range. The path ahead quickly brings us to a junction, where the left branch leads to Črnelska špica (2332 m), and we continue right towards Rombon and the Speleological Bivouac. A short ascent follows, and the path brings us to a smaller saddle between Črnelska špica and Vrh Ribežnov.
From the saddle, we descend slightly to a junction near the Speleological Bivouac. The right path leads via Rupa to Bovec, and we continue along the left path towards Rombon. The path then crosses the slopes below Prišna glava and brings us to a small spring with drinking water, which dries up in dry periods. Along the path, remnants from the First World War appear; it first descends slightly more, then an approximately one-hour ascent follows towards the summit of Rombon. In the final part, the path becomes steeper and somewhat exposed just below the summit.
Along the route: Prevala (2067m)
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Discussion about the trip Nevejski preval - Rombon (via 636)
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| darinka430. 01. 2018 |
Has anyone hiked this trail to Rombon in summer? It's longer than the others, but probably interesting.
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| B230. 01. 2018 |
First, you have to count on the return trip. This trail from Nevejski preval to Rombon and back to Nevejski preval is hard to do in one day. I recommend taking the cable car from Bovec to Kanin, then walking to Prevalo and on to the top of Rombon. This trail starts at the point in picture 39. Otherwise, the markings start at the last cable car station at Kaninske Podi (station D). The trail continues along the southern side of Lopa and Črnelska špica, more or less almost flat. Then follows an almost direct ascent to the top of Rombon. Don't forget that a descent to Bovec awaits us, which we finish in Kaninska vas and continue along the road to the lower cable car station (or to where we left the vehicle). In summer heat, this trail will be too much. There's no water anywhere on the whole tour...
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| darinka430. 01. 2018 |
Thanks. If memory serves, there's a bivouac on the Italian side of Kanin where you can sleep. Am I wrong?
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| B230. 01. 2018 |
Not that I know of. But there is koča Gilberti there.
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| miri30. 01. 2018 |
@darinka4, did you maybe mean bivak Marušič?
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| darinka430. 01. 2018 |
I remember many years ago we went to Prestreljenik from Sella Nevea. Then we met a girl - a mountaineer on the descent from Prestreljenik and she said she was going to sleep in a bivouac that's somewhere there. I don't remember exactly.
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| BT8830. 01. 2018 |
Darinka, that bivouac is more like a makeshift shepherd's shelter in some kind of hole, closer to Rombon already. It's been three years since I passed by there. It looked pretty miserable, but I also got water there, which is near the trail. But it's not in abundance.
Good luck
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| mirank30. 01. 2018 |
Bivak Modonutti-Savoia, but it doesn't help much because it's "a bit" off the usual route. I did the tour from D to Rombon and to Bovec. If I were to decide now, I would start at station B to Krnica and a bit above the pasture on the path to the saddle Pri banderi and then down via Rombon. Don't expect crowds here ...
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| darinka430. 01. 2018 |
Thanks for the useful information. They'll come in handy. When the snow melts.
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