Into the Darkness of 1916

History of the road to Vrsic pass

In order for the path to meet the needs of timber skidding and transport, lt was first widened in 1909. When ltaly entered the war and the Soca (lsonzo) Front opened, the construction ofthe road was in full swing. Over 10,000 Russian prisoners of war were engaged in construction of the road.

Aware of the avalanche threat, the prisoners worked under special anti-avalanche fences but unfortunately these were unable to withstand two severe avalanches in the spring of 1916. According to military archives data, the avalanche buried over 300 Russian prisoners and several Austrian guards.

Here you can see a good documentation of the battles of Isonzo (german language).

The cache:
It is a micro, hidden about 70 steps from the upper entrance (headercoordinates) at the right side in the wall covered with a stone. When you come to the second light from above, there are about 10 steps to the cache.

Attention!
To protect the dormice which will sleep there during winter and should not be disturbed too often during this period, I'll disable the cache from 1. October till 30. April.

Logs during this time will be deleted without comment!

(the Road is closed mostly during this period too)



 

Bitte keine Tauschgegenstände in den Cache, keine Sticker und keine Stempel verwenden!!!
No trade, no stickers and no stamps please!


Version 2.0

2014-06-19:
I have placed a Backup-Box (with a Backup-Logbook) in the Hiding-Place.
You can use both of them - but: NO Stamps and NO Sticker please!!!