San Martino - Bivacco Fiamme Gialle (via Rifugio Rosetta)

Access to starting point:
From Nova Gorica, we drive to Italy and continue on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At 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. We follow the highway to the exit for Belluno, but after Belluno we follow the road in the direction of Feltre and then towards Transacqua and the mountain pass Passo Rolle. The ascending road then leads us through San Martino. From the sign that marks the end of San Martino, we continue for approximately 1 km, and then on the left side of the road we will notice a smaller parking lot where we park.

Path description:
At the starting point, we will notice a signpost on the right side of the road that directs us right onto the footpath towards the mountain pasture Malga Pala. The path quickly brings us into the forest through which it then slightly ascends for quite some time. Later, the path turns right and after a short ascent brings us to a marked junction.
Left leads the path towards the mountain pass Passo Rolle, and we continue right towards the mountain pasture Malga Pala. The path further crosses slopes towards the southeast and from the path nice views open up towards San Martino and surrounding peaks. The path then turns slightly to the left and starts to ascend somewhat more steeply in zigzags through the forest. Later, the path becomes slightly less steep and continues through the forest. Such a path then brings us a little before the mountain pasture to a junction where a path from a slightly lower starting point in San Martino joins from the right. From the junction only a short ascent follows to the hut on the mountain pasture Malga Pala.
On the mountain pasture we continue right on a flat road, which soon brings us to the ski slope. Here we continue slightly left and a short ascent follows to the Colverde hut where there is the station of the cabin cable car.
At the hut where there is a junction we continue following the signs »Rif. Rosetta«, left uphill leads the path towards the via ferrata Bolver Lugli. The path first leads us through a short and sparse strip of forest, then the increasingly scenic path ascends in zigzags on the slopes below the peaks Croda della Pala and Cima Corona for quite some time.
Higher, when from the left the path from the Passo Rolle pass joins, our path turns slightly right and crosses the slope below the gondola cable car. Further on, the path starts ascending somewhat more steeply again, and at some places it is also slightly exposed. The ascent nevertheless causes no particular difficulties, as the path is very well secured, on exposed places also with railing. Here we mostly ascend in zigzags, from the path we have all the time a nice view on the nearby peak Rosetta and other peaks above the valley Val Cismon. Higher the path turns left towards the northeast and gradually becomes less steep. Such a path then brings us to the saddle Passo di Rosetta where there is also a marked junction.
Right leads the path towards the Rosetta peak and the upper station of the gondola cable car, and we continue left on the flat path towards the Rosetta hut, to which there are only a few minutes of easy walking.
From the hut we continue left following the signs »Cima Vezzana, Biv. Fiamme Gialle«. Here the path slightly ascends towards the northwest and then crosses slopes below the peak Cima Corona. Later a somewhat more demanding and less trodden path joins from the left.
At the junction the path turns right and then ascends mostly on scree all the way to the saddle Passo Bettega.
On the saddle we continue straight and the path slightly descends through the valley between the peaks Cima Corona and Croda della Pala. Later the path turns slightly left and starts descending on a quite steep slope where considerable caution is needed. After the steep descent the path turns still slightly more left and starts ascending through the valley Valle dei Cantoni. At first the path runs on scree and is still relatively flat, later a somewhat steeper ascent follows on the rocky slope. Here the path runs left of the steep gully and is mostly marked with red lines. The slope later becomes less steep again and an ascent to the saddle Passo del Travignolo follows.
On the saddle where there is a junction we continue left, right leads the path towards the peak Cima Vezzana. From the saddle the path ascends on a somewhat steeper slope and soon brings us to the bivouac Fiamme Gialle.

On the way: Rifugio Malga Pala (1897m), Rifugio Colverde (1965m), Passo di Rosetta (2572m), Rifugio Rosetta (2581m), Passo Bettega (2667m), Passo del Travignolo (2985m)

Trip can be extended to: Il Nuvolo , Cima Vezzana