Silla Nevea

Sella Nevea ( en friulano : Nevee , en alemán : Neveasattel , en esloveno : Na Žlebeh ), con una altitud de 1195 m (3921 pies) , es un puerto de montaña en los Alpes Julianos , en la región de Friuli-Venecia Julia , al noreste de Italia . Sella Nevea también da nombre a una fracción del municipio de Chiusaforte y a la cercana estación de esquí de Kanin-Sella Nevea .  

El puerto de montaña se encuentra entre el macizo de Montasio al norte y el monte Kanin al sur, ^{[ 1 ]} en la provincia de Udine, cerca de la frontera con Eslovenia . La carretera del puerto conecta Chiusaforte, a través del escarpado valle de Raccolana al suroeste, con Cave del Predil y Tarvisio al norte.

Sella Nevea forma parte de una divisoria de aguas europea que separa la cuenca del río Tagliamento , que fluye hacia el sur hasta el mar Adriático , del arroyo Slizza , que nace en Sella Nevea, ^{[ 2 ]} al norte, que forma parte de la cuenca del Danubio  . A unos 10 km (6  millas) al norte del paso se encuentra el pintoresco Lago del Predil , un destino popular para practicar piragüismo, windsurf y otros deportes acuáticos.

Sella Nevea ofrece instalaciones y equipamiento para deportes de invierno, como esquí alpino , esquí de fondo , snowboard y patinaje sobre hielo. En verano, el lugar sirve de base para senderismo de montaña y escalada en roca.

For centuries, the Sella Nevea mountain pass marked the border between the Domini di Terraferma territories of the Republic of Venice and the Imperial Duchy of Carinthia in the north. Incorporated into the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia from 1815, the former Venetian territory in the south finally became part of the newly established Kingdom of Italy upon the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866. The remote border region remained an agricultural area. In the late 19th century, the mountaineer Julius Kugy (1858–1944) described it as a "forest paradise".

In World War I, however, the Italian Front ran along Sella Nevea, while the bloody Battles of the Isonzo raged nearby. When in late 1917 Austro-Hungarian forces were able to break into the Italian front line during the Battle of Caporetto, they also rolled over the top of the pass, nevertheless, they again moved out of the area after the Austrian defeat at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto one year later. By the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain, the area of Cave del Predil (Raibl) and Tarvisio (Tarvis) north of the pass also fell to Italy.

The beginning of the ski area date back to the 1930s, while the present-day Sella Nevea ski resort and hotel village started about 1965, when by resolution of the Chiusaforte municipal council plans for the first ski runs were developed. Considered as "snow-reliable", the area was projected to be a heaven for winter sports, including cable transport to the Celso Gilberti mountain hut at Mt. Kanin, several surface lifts and a hotel complex. However, Sella Nevea's development suffered a serious setback after a series of avalanches struck it in March 1975. In 1980, the company that managed the ski runs went bankrupt.

In the 1990s, Sella Nevea's ski runs fell under the control of Promotur, a state-owned but independent company, which took charge of all five main regional ski resorts. The Sella Nevea resort suffered from neglect that caused it to lose popularity. Promotur said repeatedly that despite the potential of the location, nothing further have been done to arrest its decline. In 2001, preventive measures against avalanches were finally completed. While Sella Nevea was excluded from the 2003 Winter Universiade in Tarvisio, the location grew in popularity as a ski racing training camp. It acquired a reputation for uncrowded slopes.

• Lista de las carreteras pavimentadas más altas de Europa
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• Passo di Predil es un paso de montaña situado justo al este, que conduce a Eslovenia.

• Esquí y naturaleza en Sella Nevea