JULIANA TRAIL: Stage 15 Log Pod Mangartom - Tarvisio (ITALY)
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Hiking trail JULIANA TRAIL: stage 15 Log pod Mangartom - Tarvisio (ITALY) 17.6km 4:15h 664m 557m Difficulty difficult km 0 0.5 1 2 3 Base Map: outdooractive Cartography; ©OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org) 1 / 6 Hiking trail JULIANA TRAIL: stage 15 Log pod Mangartom ... 17.6km 4:15h 664m 557m Difficulty difficult km 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 Base Map: outdooractive Cartography; ©OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org) 2 / 6 Hiking trail JULIANA TRAIL: stage 15 Log pod Mangartom ... 17.6km 4:15h 664m 557m Difficulty difficult km 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 Base Map: outdooractive Cartography; ©OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org) 3 / 6 Hiking trail JULIANA TRAIL: stage 15 Log pod Mangartom ... 17.6km 4:15h 664m 557m Difficulty difficult km 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 Base Map: outdooractive Cartography; ©OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org) 4 / 6 Hiking trail JULIANA TRAIL: stage 15 Log pod Mangartom ... Road surface Elevation profile Asphalt 1.8km m Dirt road 1.8km Path 3.8km 1400 Street 9.7km 1200 Unknown 0.5km 1000 800 km 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Tour data Best time of year Ratings Hiking Trail Difficulty difficult Authors JAN FEB MAR Distance 17.6 km Stamina Experience APR MAY JUN Duration 4:15 h Technique JUL AUG SEP Landscape Ascent 664 m Altitude OCT NOV DEC 1160 m Descent 557 m 626 m More tour data Source Julische Alpen Properties Bled, Ljubljanska c. 27 Public transport friendly Multi-stage tour 4260 Bled Scenic Geological highlights Phone +386(0)4 / 578 02 00 Healthy climate In and out Fax Cultural/historical value Botanical highlights [email protected] Awards This is the highest ascent on the Primorska side of With refreshment stops Juliana – from Log pod Mangartom we make approximately 600 metres in altitude to Predil Pass and enter Italy. Marko Lenarcic Updated: February 14, 2020 From Log pod Mangartom, we hike through the steep Predilce gorge. The trail runs mostly through the forest below Strmec village and below the main road. Only a few steps off our path we can visit two waterfalls, right above the confluence of Predilce and Mangartski potok, and the waterfalls of Predilce almost below the pass, where can also enjoy in the view of the Predil fortress. The main road can be accessed before the former border crossing on the pass, at a beautiful panoramic point with a view of Mangart, Jalovec and Loške stene. We descend to the lake which is the perfect place for a romantic walk, swimming in summer, and then we 5 / 6 Hiking trail JULIANA TRAIL: stage 15 Log pod Mangartom ... continue to Cave del Predil. There was a lead and zinc www.slovenia-outdoor.com mine operating until 1991 in Cave del Predil. We can still see the remains of the machinery, large dams of Turn-by-turn directions excavated tailings and a museum featuring the miners from Log pod Magnartom. The majority of miners left Starting point / trailhead the town after the mine was closed, and the revival of the town is now slowly in process. Car park outside Log pod Mangartom. Coordinates: Safety information Geogr. 46.404764, 13.596912 The Predil Pass is one of the three stages of our trail UTM 33T 392151 5139977 that exceed an altitude of 1000 metres, therefore, it is the most demanding pass besides the pass over Point of arrival Bačarsko sedlo. In winter or in snow, usually from December to April, the described stage is exposed to Centre of Cave del Predil. avalanches and is impassable. Turn-by-turn directions We ascend from Log to Predil along regulated paths, Since the trail runs across the Mangartski potok from Predil to Cave del Predil along the old military mountain stream, it can also be impassable during road, and continue along the main road to Tarvisio. heavy rainfall. The best choice in such conditions is the use of the regional road that runs more or less along Right after the bridge across Predilca we come to a the trail. hiking trail that takes us uphill. We continue below Strmec village almost to the regional road and then Equipment descend back to the gorge, i.e. to the Predilce and Hiking equipment suitable for the season. Mangartski potok confluence. We can visit the Zaročenca Waterfall and continue across the steep slope to the top of the fault back to the gorge and the Additional information waterfalls of Predil. The last ascent above the waterfalls takes us back to the road and to the pass. We come to a Tips, hints and links path on the Italian side that takes us to the lake and Hint by Triglav National Park: Loška stena and Mangart around it. In a few minutes, we access Cave del Predil. The mountain landscape of the Julian Alps is an open book on a geological history spanning more than 200 Getting There million years. Layer after layer the sea deposited This tour is conveniently accessible by public limestone sediments, creating rock faces of the Julian transport. Alps that rise more than a thousand metres high. The diversity and age of marine environments, in which these rocks were formed, is also manifested in Public transport numerous beautifully preserved fossil remains. Bus: At many sites within the national park, the visitor’s eye www.nomago.si will be caught by images from the petrified seafloor, including seashells, anemone, searching and corals. Bovec – Log pod Mangartom The Mangart and Loška Stena massifs are a display of impressive geological phenomena. Although mountain Getting there chains seem majestic and permanent, they are nothing Regional road: but a flicker in the geological time. Bovec – Log pod Mangartom Erosion always wins, regardless of the power of internal forces. Precipitation in the form of rain, snow and ice Kranjska Gora– Tarvisio (Italy) – Predel border crossing can modify the limestone surface and the underground – Log pod Mangartom world of the Julian Alps. Parking www.julijske-alpe.com Car park outside Log pod Mangartom. www.dolina-soce.si Car parks in Cave del Predil. 6 / 6.