Zajzera - Monte Nabois grande

Access to starting point:
Through the border crossing Predel or Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio. Further, we drive on the old road towards Videm / Udine. Already after a few kilometers from Trbiž / Tarvisio, the road into Ovčja vas / Valbruna branches off to the left. In Ovčja vas / Valbruna we turn left and follow the road ahead through the Zajzera valley upwards. After a few kilometers of driving, we come to a crossroads at the bridge above the road (at the second bridge). Here we turn left in the direction of the marks for Svete Višarje / Monte Lussari and then already after a few meters of driving, we turn right onto a large parking lot where we park.

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot, we head onto a cart track which after a few tens of meters joins the road. We continue left over the bridge and follow the road to a crossroads where we head right following the signs »616 Rifugio Pellarini«. For some time we then walk by the river and soon join the mountain road. We continue left on the mountain road on which we then ascend for a long time. All the time while walking on the road we follow the signs for path 616 and hut Rifugio Pellarini.

At approximately half of the ascent on the road, a very demanding path to Mali Nabojs (Piccolo Nabois) branches off to the right. We continue on the road all the way to the end, where there is the lower station of the cargo cableway. We continue slightly right on a cart track which quickly turns into a footpath. The path then turns to the left and starts ascending on a somewhat steeper slope below the cableway. We ascend mostly through the forest towards the east, occasionally a nice view of the surrounding peaks opens up to us. Such a path brings us to a marked junction where we continue right following the signs Rif. Pellarini (20 min), left leads path 617 to Svete Višarje (4 hours).

The path soon brings us out of the forest onto scree from where a very nice view towards Viš opens up to us. Here the path turns to the right and follows the last ascent to hut Pellarini.

From the hut we continue on path 616, which already after a few tens of meters brings us to a junction. We continue right following the signs Sella Nabois (Škrbina Nabojsa), left leads the path towards Žabniška škrbina (Sella Carnizza). The path then leads us across the wide bed of a torrent to the right side of the valley, where we soon come to a new junction. We continue straight following the signs Grande Nabois via normale, right leads the ridge path to Veliki Nabojs.

We continue ascending on the right side of the valley past increasingly sparse dwarf pines and larches. The path then brings us to yet another junction where path Gola Nordest to Viš branches off to the left. We continue ahead through the valley and start ascending on the scree below the sheer walls of Viš towards Škrbina Nabojsa.

A little before the notch we leave the scree and already slightly faded blazes direct us right upwards. The initial ascent is quite steep but does not cause major difficulties, as steps are carved into the rock. Later when the path brings us to somewhat more grassy terrain, the path turns to the left. In the continuation during the ascent we cross the slopes towards the west, then the path turns to the right and starts ascending on an even somewhat steeper slope. Here the ridge path joins us unnoticeably from the right side.

The path continues to lead us up the steep slope. The last ascent towards the summit becomes very demanding, and the path on this section is secured with a steel cable.

Along the route: Rifugio Pellarini (1499m)

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