Plöcken Pass

#1636 among destinations in Italy

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass

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Plöcken Pass is a high mountain pass in the Carnic Alps mountain range at the border between the Austrian state of Carinthia and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. It links the market town of Kötschach-Mauthen in the Carinthian Gail Valley with the Paluzza municipality in the Carnia region of Friuli. ()

Local name: Passo di Monte Croce Carnico Maximum elevation: 4452 ftCoordinates: 46°36'13"N, 12°56'42"E

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Friuli-Venezia GiuliaItaly

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Plöcken Pass – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coglians, Rifugio Giovanni e Olindo Marinelli, Monte Crostis, Carnic and Gailtal Alps.

2.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Coglians
69 min walk • Monte Coglians is the highest mountain of the Carnic Alps, on the border between Italy and Austria, west of the Monte Croce Carnico pass.
2.4 miW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Rifugio Giovanni e Olindo Marinelli, Paluzza
61 min walk • The Giovanni and Olinto Marinelli refuge is the highest alpine refuge in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located in the Carnic Alps, at 2,120 m above sea level on the slopes of Mount Coglians, in a panoramic position with respect to Val Grande and Timau...
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Crostis
67 min walk • Monte Crostis is a mountain in the Carnic Alps, located in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The Giro d'Italia intended to pass Monte Crostis in 2011, but after the death of Wouter Weylandt and ongoing protests of the peloton, the jury decided to remove the Crostis from the route.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Carnic and Gailtal Alps
77 min walk • The Carnic and Gailtal Alps is a geographic grouping of mountain ranges belonging to the Southern Limestone Alps. They are located in Austria and Italy.
4.2 miE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Rifugio Casera Pramosio
108 min walk • The Casera Pramosio refuge is an alpine refuge located in the territory of the municipality of Paluzza, set in a grassy amphitheater on the slopes of the Creta di Timau, near the state border with Austria.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Creta di Timau
81 min walk • Creta di Timau - a peak in the Karnicki Alps. It lies in Italy, in the province of Udine. East of the summit is Lake Avostanis.
1.8 miW
46°36'30"N • 12°54'29"E
Creta di Collina - Kollinkofel
46 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
5.7 miSW
Locality
Rigolato
145 min walk • Rigolato is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 kilometres northwest of Trieste and about 60 kilometres northwest of Udine.
3.6 miW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Rifugio Lambertenghi Romanin
93 min walk • The Lambertenghi-Romanin refuge is an alpine refuge, located in the territory of the municipality of Forni Avoltri, in the province of Udine, on the slopes of Mount Coglians and Mount Volaia, a few meters from the Austrian border.
3.7 miW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Rifugio Edoardo Tolazzi
96 min walk • The Edoardo Tolazzi refuge is an alpine refuge located in the municipality of Forni Avoltri, in the province of Udine, on the slopes of Mount Coglians, Carnia.