20 Mountain Peaks to Explore in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Checkout places to visit in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli Venezia Giulia overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is surrounded by high mountains, enclosing many different landscapes. The great variety of landscapes matches the rich and variegated cultural heritage that was determined by a complex history and by the confluence of different civilizations in this territory.

Activities Around

Mountain Peaks to Explore in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Campanile di Val Montanaia

The Campanile di Val Montanaia is a peak of the Friulian Dolomites, belonging to the Spalti di Toro group, located in the homonymous valley, in the area of ​​the upper Val Cimoliana , within the territory of the municipality of Cimolais. is a spire 300 meters high and with a base of 60 meters that stands out against the sky in the center of the valley, in a position considered unique because it is clearly separated from the Dolomite spiers making up the surrounding amphitheater.

Coglians

The Mount Coglians, with its 2,780 m above sea level, is the highest peak in the Carnic Alps and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia. During the First World War, the summit was permanently occupied by Italian troops, who used it as an observation point: the remains of some posts dating back to the Great War are still visible on the top. It can be reached via two routes: the normal, easier route, which starts from the Giovanni e Olinto Marinelli refuge, on the south side, or the via Ferrata on the north s

Jôf di Montasio

The Jôf Montasio is the third highest mountain Friuli-Venezia Giulia after Coglians and Crete of Chianevate and the highest of the Alps Giulie Italians 2,754 m high, located in the province of Udine , inside theJôf Fuârt-Montasio chain is between the territories of the municipalities of Chiusaforte , Dogna , Malborghetto Valbruna and Tarvisio. One of the nice trekking destination and also you can spend a nice time here.

Jôf Fuart

Jôf Fuart is a mountain in Italy, with an elevation of 2663 meters and is the second-highest peak in the western Julian Alps after Jôf di Montasio. Because of the steepness of its slopes on all sides, Jôf Fuart is a mountain for experienced climbers. It was one of the nice trekking destinations and also you can spend a nice time there.

Kolovrat Range

The Mount Colovrat is a mountain range located in the extreme eastern part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the municipality of Drenchia, on the border with the Republic of Slovenia. The Colovrat ridge is composed of a series of reliefs that extend for about four kilometers, from Mount Cucco to Mount Poclabuz, and divides the Natisone Valleys from the Isonzo Valley.

Matajur

Matajur is a 1642 meter tall mountain in the Julian Alps on the border between Slovenia and Italy. It is located on the border between the Soča valley and the Italian mountainous region known as Venetian Slovenia, with views over the Adriatic Sea. Its prominence is 1385 m. On 26 October 1917 the Nazi officer Erwin Rommel captured the mountain with 100 men, against an Italian force of over 7000.

Monte Crostis

The upstream Crostis is a mountain of the Carnic Alps, 2,251 m high, in the Alpine region of Carnia, in the province of Udine. The destination for many hikers, as from its top you can enjoy a view of all the Carnic Alps, up to the Julian Alps to the east and the Dolomites to the west, the Panoramica delle Vette road is very interesting.at the end of the climb from Tualis.

Monte Duranno

Monte Duranno is the second highest mountain in the Southern Carnic Alps after the Cima dei Preti , which are also known as the Friulian Dolomites in the area. The massif separates the Piave valley from the Cimoliana valley. You can climb the mountain starting from the Maniago refuge . Another support point can be the Paolo Greselin Bivouac.

Monte Santo di Lussari

The Monte Santo di Lussari is a mountain of the Julian Alps, situated in the Municipality of Tarvisio, south of the hamlet of Camporosso. With its 1,789 m asl, it is not one of the major peaks of the Julian Alps and owes its fame mainly to the convent built in the 16th century on top of the mountain and is part of the Jof Fuart-Montasio chain: considered the balcony of the Julian Alps, from its summit, offers a wide view of the Tarvisiano basin and the surrounding hills.

Monte Toc

Monte Toc, nicknamed the walking mountain by locals due to its tendency to landslide, is a mountain on the border between Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Northern Italy best known for the Vajont Dam, which was built at the mountain's base in 1960. One of the nice trekking destination and also a picturesque location too.

Monte Zoncolan

Monte Zoncolan is a mountain in the Carnic Alps, located in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, with an elevation of 1,750 meters. It is one of the most demanding climbs in professional road bicycle racing. The mountain also holds the ski resort of Ravascletto with 22 km of slopes and a skiable height between 950 and 2000 m. It was one of the picturesque locations in this area and it attracts a lot of tourists here,

Pal Piccolo

The Pal Piccolo is a mountain of Alps high 1866 m, located near the Pass of Monte Croce Carnico, on the border between Italy and Austria. Although it is a secondary peak, it owes its importance to the fighting that took place there inWorld War I, between 1915 and 1917; today on the top of the mountain there is an open-air museum, where it is possible to visit the remains of the trenches and barracks used by the Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops during the conflict.

Pizzoc

The Pizzoc is a mountain of the Treviso Alps. It reaches 1,565 m of altitude, representing one of the highest points in the municipality of Fregona and in the province of Treviso, to which it belongs. It is an excellent vantage point from which to observe the Alpago Mountains, the Venetian Dolomites, the Revine Lakes, the Val Lapisina lakes, and the ridge of the Col Visentin-Monte Cesen.

Prestreljenik

The Mount Drilled or Pania Drilled is a Tuscan mountain range of the Apuan Alps, in the province of Lucca. This mountain has two peaks of similar height and size, the highest of which reaches 1230 meters above sea level, while the second, further north, has an elevation of 1204 meters and a cross on the top; however, the main feature from which the name of this mountain derives is the presence of a natural arch of considerable size between the two peaks.

Sabotin

Sabotin mountain that overlooks Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and Solkan on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot is the Solkan Bridge that spans the Soča River. Sabotin represented an important point of the defense defending Gorizia during the Soča / Isonzo offenses. It was defended by the 58th Austro-Hungarian Division. Pietro Badoglio assigned General Giuseppe Venturi's 45th division to capture Sabotin at the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo.

Trogkofel

Trogkofel is a mountain in the Carnic Alps located on the border between Friuli, Italy, and Carinthia, Austria. It lies on the main ridge of the Carnic between the AIP Valley to the south and the valley of Gail in the north and is the second-highest of the eastern mountain ridge after Gailtaler Politik. The mountain is known as Crete Rosse, which means Red Rocky Mountain in Friuli.

Val d'Aupa

The Val d'Aupa is a valley of the Carnic Alps Eastern, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which connects the towns of Moggio Udinese and Pontefract, in the province of Udine: 15 km long, crossed by the stream of the same name, it has a north-south direction, begins at the Sella di Cereschiatis and opens first towards the south-west, then towards the south, up to the confluence with the Canal del Ferro at Moggio.

Val Visdende

The Visdende Valley is an alpine valley of the Comelico located in Santo Stefano di Cadore and Sappada. The name derives from the Latin vices, that is, from the alternation in the custody of livestock practiced there in past centuries. The valley, a place of undisputed naturalistic value surrounded by majestic spruce woods, was severely hit by the Tempesta Vaia at the end of October 2018, which led to the destruction of about a quarter of the entire forest heritage, or 150 thousand cubic meters

Via Monte Peralba

The Monte Peralba is a mountain of the Carnic Alps, high 2,694 m above sea level, the fourth peak after Mount Cogliano , the Crete of Chianevate, and Middle Cima. Located between Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the upper Sesis valley, in the municipalities of Sappada and Santo Stefano di Cadore , near the Oregone pass, near the border with Carinthia ( Austria ). On its slopes, the Piave river is born.

Viale Col Nudo

The Col Nudo is the mountain highest of the Venetian Alps and of 'chain Alpago, located on the border between the region Veneto and the region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. This peak, actually very complex because it is made up of various elevations, may seem insignificant seen from the south, on the contrary, its north face is one of the extreme walls of the Dolomites, recently rediscovered by mountaineering who wrote surprising pages there.

Map of Mountain Peaks to explore in Friuli-Venezia Giulia