Ovčja vas / Valbruna - Jof di Miezegnot/Poldašnja špica (via Planina Ravne)

Access to starting point:
Via the border crossing at Rateče or Predel, we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, then continue driving on the old road towards Videm / Udine. Soon we notice signs "Valbruna", which direct us left onto a local road, along which, past the old cableway to Višarje, we arrive at Ovčja vas / Valbruna. At the intersection, where we join the road from the village Ukve / Ugovizza, we continue left and drive only another few hundred meters, or to the spot where we notice signs for the chapel Zita / Cappella Zita. We park in an appropriate place near the mountain signposts.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto a poorer road in the direction of "Malga Rauna, Cap. Zita" (path 607). The road first ascends gently, then begins to climb more steeply in numerous serpentines. Higher up, we can notice a nice waterfall on the left side of the road; it flattens out here and a little further brings us to Koroški kot. A little further, the road turns right, but the markers direct us slightly left onto a steep footpath, which higher up crosses the aforementioned road several more times. The marked path higher up continues along the road again, and we follow it all the way to Planina Ravna, where there is a small bivouac. From the bivouac, we continue on the marked path, along which in a few dozen steps of further walking we arrive at the chapel Zita.
A little above the chapel, the marked path enters the forest, where after a few minutes of walking it joins the path coming from Planina Strehica.
Here we continue left in the direction of "Jof di Miezegnot" and continue the ascent on the path, which gradually transitions to less vegetated slopes. The path ahead follows an old military mule track, along which we can see some ruins and caverns. Higher up, the path turns right, where it flattens completely for a short time, then gradually moves onto partly grassy slopes over which it begins to ascend more steeply. The increasingly scenic path higher up crosses a few more smaller gullies, then turns right and climbs over a very steep grassy slope. The path soon flattens, then ascends in a traverse over the next steep slope. At the top of the mentioned ascent, we reach the ridge, from which a nice view opens onto the main ridge of the western Julijans. The path ahead first descends gently, then relatively steeply toward the notch east of Poldašnja špica. From the notch, we continue along the ridge, then the path turns slightly right into a steep and crumbly gully. Across the gully, we ascend transversely on a ruined and slippery-dangerous path (the passage is demanding), then gradually transition to grassy slopes over which we climb to the next gully (here, just before entering the gully, we will notice two old grenades from the First World War on the right side). We ascend the gully almost straight up, then the path brings us back onto the ridge.
Here we continue right (straight ahead is also possible; both paths soon join) on a relatively steep path, along which we quickly reach numerous military bunkers. A somewhat poorly marked path then leads us along the ridge and higher begins to ascend steeply over rugged rock. This is followed by a transverse ascent to the left across a relatively steep slope (slip hazard), then the path ascends steeply once more and brings us to the next bunker. Here we continue left and quickly climb to the summit on an easy ridge path.

Along the route: Planina Ravna (1515m)

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