Rifugio Tolazzi - Monte Capolago / Seekopf

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 following the Rif signs. Lambertenghi-Romanin. After a short climb, you reach a crossroads where you turn left along a narrower road (route 144), and the road to the right leads to the Marinelli hut. Leave the road soon and turn right onto a footpath that begins to climb through the forest. The path runs along the right side of the valley and occasionally offers a fine view of the Monte Coglians on the right and the Monte Capolago on the left side of the valley. When you come out of the forest, you will see the Volaia saddle in front of you, which is also the Lambertenghi-Romanin hut. The trail then climbs alongside the funicular for some time before joining the 145 trail from the Marinelli hut on the right. A short climb and you soon reach a poorly visible fork in the path, where you leave the 144 and continue left (south-west) on a less well-trodden path that leads over scree. At the end of the scree, we enter the climbing part of the route and, after climbing over the initial gully, we realise that the path is very poorly trodden and that there will not be much fixed safety gear on the route. The path then turns to the right and starts to climb up steep grass. When you come out of the steep grasses, the last traces of the path disappear and from here on you will only be able to orientate yourself with the help of the markings (red dots) and a few cairns. Turn right again and in a short descent and ascent cross the exposed slope to the north. Soon we re-enter a steep gully, from which the markings soon direct us left onto steep smooth rocks. A slightly less steep climb follows, but all the more precipitous, towards the southern ridge of the mountain. When you reach the ridge, continue right along the unprotected ridge, which becomes very exposed and choppy. After the ridge, turn right and climb up the eastern slope of the mountain again. There is an exposed and crumbly traverse northwards, then turn left and start climbing on steep rocky terrain. The slope becomes even steeper and we are soon surprised by the only small rock on the whole route. There are a few more climbs up the steep rocky slope to the north-west, and then, just below the summit, we reach the main ridge of the mountain. Climbing on the ridge can be avoided by a short descent to the eastern side of the mountain, followed by a slightly less demanding short climb to the very scenic summit.

Vzpon na Monte Capolago / Seekopf je zelo zahteven s plezanjem do 2. stopnje in je primeren samo za najbolj izurjene gornike. Zelo priporočljiva je tudi uporaba belaying.
Kljub temu, da je pot markirana pa je tudi orientacija na nekaj mestih zelo težavna.
Sestopi se po poti vzpona.
Pri sestopu se splača obiskati še jezero Wolayer See od katerega je čudovit pogled na Monte Capolago.

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