Krn (; ) is a mountain of the southwestern

Julian Alps The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large p ...

in northwestern

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. It is the highest mountain of the Krn Mountains. The mountain is located about from the

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. The

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River flows west of the peak, and the smaller Lepenjica River northeast and the Tolminka River southwest of it. Krn has a mighty western wall, which can be best seen from

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Drežnica Drežnica may refer to: * Drežnica, Croatia, a village near Ogulin, Croatia * Drežnica, Serbia, a village near Bujanovac, Serbia * Drežnica, Slovenia, a village near Kobarid, Slovenia * Donja Drežnica, a village near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzeg ...

. On the southern slope of the mountain lie the small villages of Vrsno,

Krn Krn (; ) is a mountain of the southwestern Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. It is the highest mountain of the Krn Mountains. The mountain is located about from the Adriatic Sea. The Soča River flows west of the peak, and the smaller Le ...

, Drežniške Ravne, and Magozd. On the northern side lies

Lake Krn A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

, the largest

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in Slovenia. During the

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, the

Battles of the Isonzo The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, sl, soška fronta) were a series of 12 battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remainde ...

took place in the area. The 3rd Regiment of Alpini had taken Mount Krn's peak on 16 June 1915 in a daring raid where the elite Italian unit climbed the peak's cliffs "with their boots swaddled in sacks of straw to reduce noise," some of them barefoot, and others wearing only socks, and battled the Hungarian battalion of the 4th Honved Regiment. "It was a glorious success, the first of the war, presaging others that never materialized." The top of neighbouring Mount Batognica () was blown off by an accidental weapon depot explosion. Many remnants from the war remain scattered around the peak.

Lodges

* On the southern side near the top is the Gomišček Krn Lodge (; ); * On the northern side near the lake stands the Krn Lakes Lodge (; ); * On the Kuhinja Pasture stands the Kuhinja Pasture Lodge (; ); * Below its northern slope, in Lepena, stands the Dr. Klement Jug Lepena Lodge (; ).

Access to the summit

* 3 hours from Kuhinja Pasture * 5 hours from Dr. Klement Jug Lepena Lodge * 5 hours from Drežnica, via the Silvo Koren Route * 7¾ hours from the Savica Lodge over the Prehodavci Pass

Bibliography

Notes References * * - Total pages: 409 * - Total pages: 496

Literature

* Planinski vodnik Julijske Alpe, PZS, 2003, * Andrej Stritar, Vodnik Julijske Alpe - Gore nad Sočo, 1997,

External links

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