VRŠIČ HILL
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Crossing the Vršič Pass leads to the Primorska region (upper Soča Valley from Kranjska Gora and then Bovec). Count 50 hairpin bends and 25 km before you reach Trenta and the valley of the same name. In winter, with the closure of the Vršič Pass, the inhabitants of the valley must reach Tarvisio in Italy by crossing the border at Predel and then cross the border a second time at Rateče before they can reach Kranjska Gora. The turns (numbered) are counted from Kranjska Gora.
Turn 8. At 6.5 km. A Russian Orthodox chapel of touching simplicity, built in memory of Russian soldiers who died in an avalanche in 1916. They are the ones who built the road you are walking on.
Turn 24. Vršič Pass. 1 611 m. Before you reach it on the left, there is the Erjavčeva Koča na Vršsiču inn. Beautiful view of Rogljica and its 2,547 m. Discover the look of the sad-eyed girl called "Ajdovska deklica" in the big cliff opposite.
Turn 48. Julius Kugy Memorial. He was an enlightened mountaineer and amateur botanist who climbed most of the peaks of the Julian Alps and wrote six books. At the end of the 19th century, this attracted many Austrians and the locals became guides.
Turn 49. On the right, the road leads to the source of the Soča (Izvir Soča), a 15-minute walk from the hostel with good shoes. This is where the journey from the Soča to the Adriatic begins.
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