Starting point: Landro (1406 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,64035°N 12,23197°E |
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Time of walking: 3 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 914 m
Altitude difference po putu: 940 m
Map: Tabacco 10 1:25.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
Via Border crossing Rateče, take the road to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where you take the motorway towards Udine. Leave the motorway at the exit for Tolmezzo and follow the road to the above-mentioned place. From Tolmezzo, continue in the direction of Ampezzo and the Passo della Mauria mountain pass. The road then begins to descend and leads into the Cadore valley, where you continue to the right (Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo on the left) in the direction of Auronzo. After a few more kilometres, you reach the next major crossroads, where you turn right towards Misurina (left Tre Croci Pass). From here you follow the road down to a major crossroads, where you turn right towards Toblach / Dobbiaco (left Cortina). From the crossroads continue past Lago di Landro / Dürrensee. From the lake, follow the main road for about a kilometre and then turn right into a large gravel parking area.
Path description:
From the parking lot, head east on the dirt road (route 102) past the signs "Rif. Locatelli". After a few dozen metres, you reach a crossroads where you continue straight ahead on the dirt road. Here, the path opens up to a fine view of the Cristallo mountain group and the nearby Monte Piano.
As we get a little closer to the slopes of Monte Piano, we are at the crossroads again. The path to the right branches off towards the summit and Lago di Landro, and we continue slightly to the left, following the signs 'Rif. Locatelli". We continue along the dirt road that runs through the Valle della Rienza/Rienztal valley along the Rienza Nera stream. Later, the path to the climbing nursery branches off to the left, and shortly afterwards the path to mountain pasture Malga Rinbianco branches off to the right. At the crossroads, we continue along the sloping road, which offers very nice views of the surrounding peaks above the valley.
Then to the left, we take the road No 10 to the Passo Grande dei Rondoi and on to the Tre Scarperi hut, we continue on the dirt road, which soon turns into a track. The trail continues along the Rienza Nera stream and leads through a rare larch forest.
When we reach a small grassy clearing, a less well-beaten track branches off to the right towards the Langalm Hütte. Here we continue straight on, following the signs for Rifugo Locatelli. The path then leads out of the woods and then climbs in long switchbacks through dwarf pines. Later, you will come to steeper slopes where you will also see a waterfall along the way. The path is also protected by a fence at this point. There is a short climb, and then we reach the flatter grassy slopes, from which we have a wonderful view towards Trem Cinam.
The scenic route soon leads to a crossroads where you turn right towards the Langalm and Auronzo huts and straight ahead towards the Locatelli hut. From the crossroads, first descend a little and then cross the grassy terrain to the south. This path leads to a signpost where another path branches off to the left towards the Locatelli hut. At the crossroads we continue straight on, but soon the path turns right and starts to climb. After a slightly steeper climb, the slope is again steep and the path leads to Langalm hut, from which there is a wonderful view of the nearby Tri Cine. From the hut, we continue southwards and the path leads us past several small lakes located under the walls of the Three Cin Mountains. The mostly level path then turns slightly to the right and leads to the western side of Treh Cin. Here, the path crosses slightly steeper slopes in a gentle ascent and leads to the Forcella Col di Mezzo notch, which offers a view of Lake Misurina and the Cristallo mountain group.
From the notch, continue slightly to the left and descend gently at first. The path then crosses the hillside to the east and leads to the car parks on the south side of the Three Cinques. From here, continue along the road and there is only a short climb to the Auronzo hut.
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