Carbonin - Knollkopf / Col Rotondo dei Canope

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we go on the highway in the direction of Videm / Udine. We leave the highway at exit Tolmezzo and we follow the road to the mentioned settlement. From Tolmezzo we continue in the direction of the settlement Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then starts descending and brings us into a valley Cadore, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. After few additional km of driving, we come to the next bigger crossroad, where we go right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left mountain pass Tre Croci). From here we descend on the road to a bigger crossroad (right Dobbiaco and Austria, left Cortina d'Ampezzo). From the crossroad, we continue few 100 meters in the direction towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, and then we park on a smaller parking lot on the right side of the road.
From Primorska side: We drive on the highway which leads over the border crossing Sežana in Trst / Trieste. Further, we drive on Italian highway in the direction of Padova, but only to a highway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Auronzo. When the road brings us into a valley Cadore we will get to a bigger crossroad, where the road goes towards Cortina d'Ampezzo left, and towards Auronzo right. Here we continue right towards Auronzo. Further, we follow the description above.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go right on a macadam road, where signs point us to »Dürrensteinhütte / Rif. Vallandro«. After a short ascent, we quickly come to a gate where we enter the nature park Fanes Sennes Prags. Further, we for some time walk on the road on which there are taking turns macadam and asphalt. From the road which mostly runs through the forest few times nice views open up towards the mountain group Cristallo. The road then brings us to a crossing, where signposts point us to the right on a footpath.
The footpath is then ascending mostly through the forest and later few times crosses a road. Not that steep path in the last part towards the mountain hut brings us on grassy slopes from which even nicer views open up on surrounding peaks. From footpath for a short time, we again join the road, and then follows a short steeper ascent to the hut.
From the mountain hut, we continue on the mountain road, that runs towards the northwest and slightly descends. When we come to a crossroad, we continue right over a bridge, and then we soon leave the road.
From the road, we go left downwards and we cross grassy valley towards the west. The footpath on this part is poorly visible, but this doesn't cause bigger problems. Important is only that we cross the valley and we ascend on a ridge on the other side of the valley, where the footpath is again well visible.
On the ridge, we continue left and the path quickly brings us on the secondary peak. We still continue on a panoramic ridge and start descending a little. The path here runs towards the south and mostly leads through dwarf pines. Further, the path crosses a little steeper western slopes of the mountain, and then it again starts ascending. The path through dwarf pines then soon brings us to the summit from which are wonderful views on the mountain group Cristallo, peak Croda Rossa and on Picco di Valandro.

On the way: Dürrensteinhütte / Rifugio Vallandro (2040m)