Rifugio Tolazzi - Pilastro del Coglians (via Rifugio Marinelli)

Access to the starting point:
From Trbiz/Tarvisio, take the motorway to Udine/Vidmo. Leave the motorway at the Tolmezzo exit. At Tolmezzo, you also leave the road leading to the Passo di Croce Carnico / Plockenpass and head towards Villa Santina. In Villa Santina, at the roundabout, go straight ahead following the signs for Ovaro, Sappada. Follow this road until Forni Avoltri, where turn right after the Collina signs. Follow the asphalted road until you reach the parking lot in front of the Tolazzi hut.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the Tolazzi hut, continue along the road past the Rifugio Marinelli signs. After a short climb, you will reach a crossroads where the path to the Lambertenghi-Romanin hut branches off to the left. We continue along the mountain road, then at a sharp left turn leave the road and follow the cart track, which soon becomes a track. Then climb through the forest along the Morareto stream and rejoin the mountain road, following it as far as Casera Morareet, where there is also a marked crossroads. Here, leave the mountain road and head right (east) and start climbing up the grassy slopes with a good view of the nearby peaks. The path then turns slightly to the left and there is a slightly steeper climb towards the Marinelli hut.

At the hut, head north-west, following the Monte Coglians markers, and start climbing up the slightly steeper grassy slopes. The path quickly leads to an unmarked crossroads where the Sentiero Spinotti path branches off to the left towards the Lambertenghi-Romanin hut. Our route here turns right and climbs up to a grassy ridge. The path then passes slightly left of the ridge again and rejoins it below the summit of Pic Chiadin. The summit is just a few metres off the path.

Just after the summit, the path descends slightly and, after a short, slightly exposed ridge, leads into a whole new world. The grass-covered slopes are almost instantly replaced by bare rock. Here the path also leads us to a marked crossroads.

To the right, the path leads to the summit of Cima di Mezzo, while we continue to the left and, after a short traverse, we are back at the crossroads.

This time we take the slightly less beaten track 143A to the right, towards the Pilastro del Coglians summit, and to the left is track 143, towards the summit of Monte Coglians. From the crossroads we start to climb on terrain that is at first still partly covered with grass in a few places. There is a steeper climb up a short gully, then the path becomes less steep again and the view opens up towards the summit of Pilastro del Coglians. Our route then follows the rocky terrain towards the valley on the right side of the summit. The path is mostly not visible in this part, so we have to pay a little more attention to the markings. We then continue up the left side of the valley between Pilastro del Coglians and Cima di Mezzo. Here we climb for some time, mostly on relatively steep and slippery scree. Towards the end of the scree, the path turns sharp left into the rocks. Here the climb becomes considerably more difficult and some easier climbing is required. The route goes straight up for a while, then turns right and crosses a slightly exposed slope. In the last part of the traverse, we are helped by a cable car.
After crossing, the path turns left and leads to a slightly less difficult slope. Continue ascending the slope and as you approach the ridge the path turns left again. This is followed by a shorter, again slightly more difficult climb to a narrow but very scenic summit.

Descend along the ascent route.

On the way: Casera Morareet (1682m), Rifugio Marinelli (2122m), Forcella Monumenz (2307m)

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