Rifugio Sorgenti del Piave - Monte Chiadenis (southwest route)

Access to starting point:
From highway Trbiž/Tarvisio - Videm/Udine we go to the exit Tolmezzo and follow the road ahead towards the mentioned town. Near Tolmezzo we leave the main road which leads towards the mountain pass Passo di Croce Carnico / Plöckenpass and go towards villages Villa Santina and Ampezzo. In the settlement Villa Santina at the roundabout, we go straight following the signs Raveo, Rigolato. We follow this road all the way to Cima Sapadda, where we continue right in the direction of the summit Monte Peralba. Considerably narrow and steep road we then follow to a large parking lot below the mighty Peralba. We park on the lower parking lot, where we notice signs for mountain hut Calvi (mountain hut at the source of Piava is a little further approx 500 meters).

Path description:
From the parking lot signs for mountain hut Calvi point us on a macadam road which starts moderately ascending towards the east. The road soon crosses a short lane of thin forest and then in few hairpin turns ascends a level higher. From the road with quite a nice view then marked footpath branches off to the right, on which we can continue the ascent.
If we continue on a footpath and if we start the ascent early enough we can notice some marmots by the path. In this case, we will get to the mountain hut Calvi in less than an hour.
And if we continue on the road, it starts ascending steeper (of course less steep as footpath) and after approximately one hour of walking from the starting point brings us to the mountain hut Calvi, which is located on a pleasant slope with a very beautiful view.
From the mountain hut, we continue towards the east and at first, we few meters descend and then we cross a slope of the peak Monte Chiadenis and we ascend to a smaller notch. On the notch where there is the beginning of the climbing path we will also notice quite a lot of remains from the first world war.
Climbing path from the notch at first few steps crosses by the steel cable to the left and then starts ascending steeply with the help of the chain and a steel cable right upwards. We are ascending mostly on smooth rock and the steepness for quite some time doesn't decrease. Later, the path becomes slightly less demanding and is few more times ascends by the steel cable. Further, the path turns to the left and is ascending on the western side of the mountain towards the north. Next follows some steep ascents with the help of a steel cable and few stemples, and then we soon reach a panoramic ridge. We continue on a narrow ridge towards the north and we soon reach the panoramic peak.

On the way: Rifugio Calvi (2164m)