Vršic Pass Traditional Geocache
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Its name derives from the diminutive form of the word "vrh," Slovene for "peak;" its German name was Mojstrovka. The pass is the highest in Slovenia, as well as the highest in the Eastern Julian Alps. It connects Upper Carniola with the Trenta Valley, rising from Kranjska Gora in a series of 48 hairpin bends and traversing the high mountains on the Slovenian-Italian-Austrian border before descending into the Soc(a (Isonzo) valley. The fist major settlement on the Italian side of the pass is Tarvisio.
The road across the pass was built for military purposes, to supply the Isonzo front of World War I. Opened in late 1915, it was originally named after archduke Eugen of Austria-Hungary. It is currently known as Ruska cesta, or "Russian Road", so renamed in July 2006 to honor the Russian prisoners of war who had been forced to build it. The upper elevations of the road are rendered impassable by heavy snowfall during much of winter.
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