Kanin (mountain)

Kanin
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Geography
Kanin Location in the Alps
Location	Littoral, Slovenia and Udine, Italy
Parent range	Julian Alps

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Big Mount Kanin

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Kanin

Mount Kanin or Canin (Resian: Ćanen, Friulian: Mont Cjanine) is a mountain in the Julian Alps on the border of Slovenia and Italy. Its highest summit, Big Mount Kanin (Slovene: Visoki Kanin, Italian: Monte Canin Altocode: it is deprecated ) is 2,587 m above sea level. It separates the upper Soča Valley in Slovenia from the Resia Valley in Italy.

On the Slovenian part of the mountain, which is part of the Municipality of Bovec, lies an important ski resort, which is the highest in the country. There is also a cave on the mountain, Vrtoglavica Cave, which holds the record for having the deepest single vertical drop (pitch) of any cave on earth, at a depth of 603 metres (1,978 ft).

Mount Kanin is an important identity symbol of the people of the Resia Valley, and several popular songs in the Resian dialect are dedicated to the mountain, which the locals call Höra ta Ćanïnawa, or simply Ćanen.

Routes

• 2½ hrs From D Postaja (The D-station of the Gondola lift), a challenging marked route.
• 5 hrs From B Postaja (The B-station of the Gondola lift), a very challenging marked route.
• 6¼ hrs From the Sella Nevea pass, climbing the via ferrata Rosalba Grasselli, a very challenging marked route.
• 4¾ hrs From the Sella Nevea pass, climbing the via ferrata Divisione Julia, a very challenging marked route.

See also

• Kanin-Sella Nevea Ski Resort

External linkls

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Official page about Kanin
• Kanin on Geopedia
• Visoki Kanin on Hribi.net, Routes and Photos (slo)