Rifugio Ra Stua - Rifugio Sennes (via Lago di Fosses)

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 km of driving, you reach the next major crossroads, where you turn right towards Misurina (left Tre Croci Pass). From here, follow the road down to a major crossroads, where you turn left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo (right Austria). From this crossroads, you continue for about 10 km towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, and then, at a sharp left turn, you turn right onto the road towards the Rifugio Ra Stua hut. Follow the narrow asphalted road until you reach the large parking lot at the hut.

Path description:
From the Rifugio Ra Stua hut, continue along the macadam road, which is closed to traffic. Right at the start, a footpath branches off to the right towards the Forcella Lerosa and the Gotres Valley. A little later, a path branches off to the right towards the Valbones valley and the Helbig Dall'Oglio bivouac.
We continue along the gravel road, which continues for a while along the pastureland, and then leads into the woods. We continue through the woods along the Boite stream for a while, and then we come back to the grassy slopes where there is a crossroads.
A road branches off to the left towards the Rifugio Fodara Vedla hut, and we continue straight ahead on a dirt road towards the Rifugio Sennes hut. After a few dozen metres we reach another crossroads.
This time we turn right onto the footpath towards Lago di Foses, and continue along the road on a direct path towards the Rifugio Sennes hut. From the crossroads, the path first leads over grassy slopes where a footpath from the Ra Stua hut joins from the right. The path then leads us into the dwarf pines through which we start to climb steeply. Through dwarf pines we start to gain altitude quite quickly and soon we start to get views towards the Tofana mountain group and Monte Pelmo. Later, the path turns slightly to the left and leads to slightly flatter slopes. With dwarf pines, the path leads to more grassy terrain where a slightly less well-trodden path joins from the right, passing under the slopes of the summit of Monte Geralbes. The increasingly scenic path here runs north-westwards and leads past the small lake Lago di Remeda Rossa. The trail then descends a little and the view opens up towards the summit of Croda del Beco (Seekofel). The trail then leads past lake Lago Piccolo and leads to the larger lake Lago di Fosses.
At the small shepherd's hut where there is a crossroads, turn left and follow the path past the lake on the right towards the Rifugio Biella. From the crossroads, the path first follows gentle grassy slopes, then turns sharply to the left and climbs slightly steeper. From the trail, we have an increasingly beautiful view back towards the lake and the nearby peaks above the lake. The path then becomes flatter again and turns slightly to the right. Occasionally, we get a view of the Tofana and Lavarella mountain groups, and then the path soon joins the dirt road leading to the Rifugio Biella hut. At the crossroads, we continue left and start to descend gently along the scenic road. We continue walking along this road for a while, but later the road drops a little steeper and leads us to a crossroads.
At the crossroads, where the direct path from the Rifugio Ra Stua hut joins us from the left, continue to the right and the gentle road soon leads us along the grassy slopes to the Rifugio Sennes hut.

On the way: Lago di Remeda Rossa (2120m), Lago Piccolo (2146m), Lago di Fosses (2142m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Rifugio Munt de Sennes, Col de Lasta, Rifugio Biella / Seekofel Hütte, Roter Turm, Remeda Rossa / Rote Wand, Muntejela de Sennes ( 45 min), Croda del Beco / Seekofel, Piccola Croda Rossa / Kleine Gaisl

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