Passo Staulanza - Monte Pena
Starting point: Passo Staulanza (1766 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,4206°N 12,10467°E |
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Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 430 m
Altitude difference po putu: 560 m
Map: Tabacco 25 1:25.000
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Recommended equipment (winter):
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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 turn left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo. Follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo to Venas di Cadore. Shortly before the end of the town, turn left towards Forno di Zoldo. The road then leads over the Cibiana Pass into the Val di Zoldo valley, where it continues to the right towards the Staulanza Pass. Follow the ascending road until you reach the Staulanza Pass.
Path description:
At the Passo Staulanza pass, head south-east following the signs "Rif. Venezia, Orme di Dinosauro". After a short climb through the forest, you reach a crossroads where you continue to the right, and to the left a path leads along the north side of Monte Pelmo towards the Forada notch.
The trail continues through the forest and crosses the slopes on the western side of Monte Pelma. The path ascends and descends gently, occasionally crossing boggy terrain and is often quite muddy. The path from the Pala Favera bivouac then joins from the right, and we continue to cross the slopes to the south-east. The trail then passes mainly through dwarf pines and leads to a marked crossroads.
Up to the left, the path leads under the Pelmetto summit walls, where dinosaur tracks are visible on a large boulder, and we continue straight on, following the signs for Rifugio Venezia. A second path joins us from the Pala Favera on the right, and then our path turns slowly to the left and leads us to the southern slopes below the summit of Monte Pelmo. In the final stretch towards the hut, the path leads us onto grassy slopes and we will soon see the hut in front of us.
Shortly before the hut, where there is a crossroads, turn right to follow the signs for 'M. Pena'. The path from the crossroads climbs gently up the grassy slope and leads us to a small weather station where the crossroads is also slightly less visible.
To the left, route 475 leads to Borca di Cadore, and we head slightly right down the grassy slope. The faintly visible path starts to climb again and runs slightly to the right towards the western slopes of Monte Pena. When you reach the western side of the mountain, be careful to notice a path that turns left into a larch forest (marked with a small sign). The path then crosses the northern slopes, mostly to the south-east. Later the path turns slightly to the right and starts climbing again. There are also a few potholes along the way, so the path can be quite dangerous, especially in the event of snow. Higher up, the path climbs for a while along the dwarf pines, and in the last part there is a climb up a mostly grassy slope towards the summit.
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