Lapena Valley), but can be done only with optimal weather conditions. It does not present any particularĭifficulty and is a little bit shorter than the others ascending path (forĮxample the other classical itinerary, on the northern side, starting from Therefore a tragic, yet important page of the history of the Great War in theĬlimbs the southern slope of the Krn. An excursion on the Krn Mountain discloses

Nature: galleries, fortifications but also big mine craters created by minesĮxplosions upset the landscape here. This mountains bears witness of theĭestructive power with which WWI affected not only human history, but also the Already during the first month of the conflict the Italian AlpiniĬonquered the summit of Krn, fortified it with trenches and caves and keptĬontrol over it till 1917 and the 12th Isonzo Battle, when they were forced toīeat a retreat with the Caporetto rout. Therefore in the region of the battles of Isonzo River, fought between Juneġ915 and October-November 1917, one of the fiercest chapter of the Great War on was one of the highest peaks in the valley. The east of Caporetto, the massif of Krn that thrusts ridges in all directionsĪnd reaches the 2.245 m. Run from the Rombon Mountain, across the Carso to the sea. Isonzo, since it was easier to defend, and took position on a front line that As Italy entered the conflict, theĪustrian-Hungarian Army withdrew from the old border on the left bank of the Krn range (in Italy called “Monte Nero”, Black Mountain, due to a Quite south, not far away from the Adriatic sea: an itinerary to the top of the An itinerary in the eastern edge of the Alpine arch, namely in the Julian Alps,

First battle of isonzo