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Janezs17. 09. 2020 19:36:14

We start at Lake Landro, where the mulatjera begins, in the morning it's still in the shade, in the upper part it's already quite damaged and a bit more caution is needed, the end of the path is easy again. We look around a bit. We descend the same path and drive towards the three peaks

bagi25. 07. 2023 13:28:39

The third, last day of the extended weekend we dedicated to visiting the mountain Monte Piana, less known to mountaineers, but with important historical value. The mountain has a plateau-like summit part, fully crisscrossed with defensive trenches and remains of shelters. Right on this plateau, the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies faced each other. In two years of positional fighting, the front line didn't move anywhere, but many soldiers lost their lives.

We went up the mountain on what I consider the nicest path called Pionierweg nasmeh

. The mulatjera cleverly overcomes the extremely steep terrain and towards the top offers a shortcut called ferrata Hauptmann-Bilgeri, also called Capitano Bilgeri. Like everything around here, it's of military origin and today fully equipped with perfect safety gear. The ferrata can be bypassed by climbing a slightly longer mulatjera, but that way you miss an exceptionally beautiful part of the path.

We descended towards the Rif. Angelo Bosi hut and further into the valley all the way to the customs for Auronzo. There we turned sharply left and, right under the Monte Piana ridge, returned to the starting point. The valley and later the gorge Vale de Rinbianco offers pleasant coolness along the main stream, the path joins the one to Tre Cime at the end of the valley. Of course we descended into the valley and lower joined the morning path. Then a short section to the parking lot and drive home.

Parking coordinates (free): 46.6456992N, 12.2325156E

Morning is awakening. Our goal is Monte Piana, and we will access it via the steep rib right of the beach.

Here leads a well-marked trail marked 6, the so-called Pioneers' trail :)

The section is the same as the previous day, but right after the footbridge we turn left uphill.

We expected a steeper start, but so far it's quite friendly :)

View down to the peaceful little lake Lago di Landro. The day before everything was different.

Quickly reveals the secret of the easy path. In fact, it is a very well-consolidated military mule track.

Higher up, there was no other way than to blast the path out of the rock with explosives.

Many passages are attractive, something new behind every bend.

Exposed sections are secured, steel cables in good condition.

Soon a surprise befalls us: several military graves on a scenic spur. A soldier from Croatia is also among them.

We are still walking easily towards the summit area, much more rocky terrain.

Soon we encounter the sign for the military shortcut, ferrata Bilgero.

Almost no free climbing, protections everywhere.

In many places it is a completely normal path, but mostly it is quite exposed.

View ahead. The atmosphere is serious, the rocks are getting steeper.

A ray of hope for all those once and for all those now.

Sections of completely normal path and steep ascents over rocks alternate constantly.

Nice bench for a rest before the grand finale :)

Some flat path follows, then it shoots steeply upwards …

Here the via ferrata proper begins. Some details resemble category C.

There are sufficient steps and holds; no friction climbing is needed anywhere.

The via ferrata is cleverly routed through natural passages. This gully once housed a military outpost.

Now it is full only of wooden and iron remnants.

The via ferrata ends too soon. This is undoubtedly the most interesting approach to Monte Piana.

One of the peaks. The upper part is plateau-like and to the east stands another cross.

This one is dedicated to the memory of the Dolomite front from 1915 to 1918.

The summit area is a walk among memories of the First War. Defensive trenches are everywhere.

One of the memorials to the events of those times: Campana dell’Amicizia.

There are plenty of them everywhere; smaller crosses are scattered all around.

Unknown object, firmly locked and in fairly poor condition.

Piramida Carducii, a somewhat larger monument to the senseless war.

We cross the entire plateau, so we descend to the Rif. Angelo Bosi hut.

Above it stands a neatly maintained military chapel with a cannon at the side.

Everything in it is dedicated to the soldiers' intercession for survival. The walls are adorned with photographs from those times

We are already at the hut, which unfortunately opens only at 11 o'clock. Nothing else remains for us but to continue

Descent directly along the mountain road closed to public traffic. Marked shortcuts are washed out by water.

First we follow path 122, then 101, and finally turn onto path 108 towards the starting point.

The start is a wide valley below the Malga Rinbianco farm, which has a very characteristic hexagonal shape.

A feature of path 108 is also the numerous streams crossing the trail and merging into the main bed.

The entire Vale de Rinbianco valley narrows over time, the stream gains destructive power and the path is eroded in many places.

After a long crossing we reach the Rienza Negra stream and thus the start of the Monte Piana ridge.

We still need to descend 200 elevation meters on a solid road.

Here we continued right this morning, now arriving from the left. The sausage is looped :)

Follows a short return along the cycle path to the parking lot, then we drive home. Until next time :)

GPS track of the walked path. It shows 19 km and 1000 m elevation.

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bbugari125. 07. 2023 14:32:14

You should write a book or a guide!!! eek

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Trobec25. 07. 2023 16:09:43

Interesting summit yeah...or "plateau". Reminds me a bit of Batognica...also regarding history. Just much more spacious. And more remains up there. Maybe they protected them better...or maybe less "flew into the air" back then too.

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