Rifugio Valparola - Piz Ciampei

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: From Rateče or Predel we cross the border to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then we continue on a highway in the direction of Videm / Udine to exit Tolmezzo. From Tolmezzo we follow the road in the direction of village Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo Mauria. The road then descends and it brings us to a crossroad, where we continue left (possible also right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all next crossroads, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo then we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo di Falzarego. This ascending road we then follow to the mentioned mountain pass, and then we continue right towards the mountain pass Passo Valparola. On the mountain pass, we park on one of the parking lots near the mountain hut Rifugio Valparola.
From Primorska: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Benetke / Venezia. At town Portogruaro we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards Pordenone. At the next highway junction near Conegliano, we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further, follow the upper description.

Path description:
From the mountain hut Rifugio Valparola we continue towards the southwest following the signs »Settsass«. After that, the path crosses grassy slopes on the right side of the lake Lago di Valparola and it brings us to a crossing. We continue right on the path number 24, which leads towards the summit Setsas.
The path further starts slightly ascending on a still mostly grassy slopes on the south side of the peak Piz Ciampei. Such a path then brings us to an indistinct saddle where we cross a grazing fence.
At the grazing fence (possible also already few ten meters before the fence) we leave the marked path and go right on a pathless terrain. From here we can already see a cross on the summit of the mountain, so that orientation in spite of pathless terrain isn't too demanding. When we leave the marked path, at first we are for some time ascending parallel with the fence so that we come on the southwest side of the peak Piz Ciampei. When we get closer to dwarf pines we continue right on a poorly visible footpath which brings us below west rocky slope of the mountain.
From here only a short ascent follows on a slightly steeper rocky slope to the scenic summit.

On the way: Lago di Valparola (2140m)