Kolovrat The Kolovrat from San Volfango and back through Clabuzzaro
Distance Level difference Departing from Running Time Country roads Difficulty
15,7 Km 340 m San Volfango 1:45 h 60 % Medium

Wonderful roundtrip with breakin breathing overwiev. Departing from San Volfango to Drenchia. A short before Cras turn on the nice touristic road that one kilometer and an half later arrives on Rifugio Solarie esplanade and at the beginning of Kolovrat road. From here the uphill, never too hard, along Kolovrat crest that is the border between Italy and Slovenia. Wide overview and it's worth to stop more than once. A short before the Confine di Stato (now closed) you can find Alpine Giuseppe Zanuso's monument and a dedicated bivouac, opened for trippers. Downhill on the same road to Rifugio Solarie. Here (suggested a stop), turn left on the path that goes down in the wood to Clabuzzaro. You can find here the normal road again and in short you can be in San Volfango. A part from the path between Rifugio Solarie and San Volfango in bad conditions (but at worst you walk), all the roads are good even the country ones. The short version of this roundtrip is available on Bivacco Zanuso roundtrip.

Km Elev. Dir. Descrption
0,0 725 Departing to Drenchia along the normal road.
0,9 - Prapotnizza: go ahead.
1,6 760 Caserma della Finanza (Finance Barrack) and fork to Clabuzzaro. Ride the main road staying on the left.
2,4 - Take the road that rises on the right. Signs to Solarie pass. An hard rise starts.
3,9 956 Rifugio (Shelter) Solarie. Go ahead.
4,0 - Right before Confine di Stato (National Broder) Turn up left. The road starts normal than turns in country.
6,8 1.065 Zanuso Bivouac. Go ahead. The path becomes almost grassy.
7,8 - A bar and an embankment represent the Confine di Stato. Come back on the same way.
8,8 1065 Zanuso Bivouac. Go aheah. The beautiful downhill starts.
11,6 - Take left close to Riccardo di Giusto monument.
11,7 - Solarie shelter: take left the country road that pass right in front of it, it becomes a small than larger downhill path.
12,9 - A path goes down straight on. Turn right.
13,3 802 Clabuzzaro. Normal road. Go down through houses then turn right once on the main road.
14,1 760 Finance barrack and a fork. Turn left. Same way in.
15,7 725 Arrival to "R. Di Giusto" school in San Volfango.

Updated to November, 18th 2000.

Note: part of this roundtrip is available on "Friuli-Venezia Giulia in MTB" by R. Russi, roundtrip n. 31.

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