Exploring Rombon: Hiking through History in Bovec

This was our first hiking mission in Soča Valley, when we returned from New Zealand. It was corona times, so we were limited to our own municipality borders. Luckily, our municipality is geographically quite large with heaps of nature. That year I was exploring a lot my home.

We decided to do a hike up to Rombon. Start on the side of Planina Goričica and Čukla. Go down towards Kota 1313 and Fort Kluže. At that time I did not have my watch yet, so I put Strava on on my phone. The whole moving time was around 6 hours, we did 1730 high meters and almost 15 km. It was a big day with nice weather, sunny and you could say hot for November.

Going up.

Our first stop on the way was Čukla, which already offered us some nice views.

After a short stop we continued to Rombon. It is a scenic mountain above Bovec, best known for having the largest number of man-made tunnels in Slovenia. During World War I, extensive military tunnels were carved into the mountain, many of which are still visible today. The view from the summit is stunning. It offers wide panoramas of the western Julian Alps. The summit offers plenty of space to rest and enjoy the surroundings, but luckily we were alone.