Carbonin - Monte Fumo / Rauhkofel (Northern route)

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we head onto the motorway in the direction of Videm / Udine. We leave the motorway at the exit for Tolmezzo and 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 the Cadore valley, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. After a few additional km of driving, we come to the next larger intersection, where we turn right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left Tre Croci pass). From here we descend along the road to a larger intersection (right Dobbiaco and Austria, left Cortina d'Ampezzo). A little before the mentioned intersection we will notice a larger parking lot on the left side of the road, where we park.
From Primorska side: We drive on the motorway which leads through the border crossing Sežana to Trst / Trieste. Further, we drive on the Italian motorway in the direction of Padova, but only to the motorway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the motorway ends, and we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Auronzo. When the road brings us into the Cadore valley we will come to a larger intersection, where the road to Cortina d'Ampezzo goes left, and to Auronzo right. Here we continue right towards Auronzo. Further, we follow the above description.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue approximately 200 meters on the main road in the direction towards Misurina. Two macadam roads will then branch off to the right. We go on the second road following the signs for Cortina.
For some time we then walk on the mentioned road which is popular among cyclists. From the right two narrower roads will join us, and then the road soon brings us to a wooden fence, where a cart track branches off to the left. By the cart track we will on the trees also notice some old blazes.
At the very beginning of the cart track, we will on the left side by the fence notice a narrow footpath. We go on the mentioned footpath which starts quite steeply ascending (straight on the cart track leads also another path to Monte Fumo / Rauhkofel).
The footpath on which we are ascending is otherwise marked but despite that quite poorly beaten. In the initial part we will cross the fence quite a few times, and then we will ascend through dwarf pines on a quite steep slope. The view in the lower part is nice mainly towards the north where views open up towards the summit Pico di Vallandro and Croda Rossa. The path further leads past some military tunnels from the First World War and ascends very steeply a few times. The path also crosses slightly exposed slopes a few times. Because the path is poorly beaten, quite some caution is needed at the crossings. Higher, a wire also helps us at such crossings. The path then for some time runs on the western side of the mountain where in a gentle ascent it crosses steep slopes.
A little below the summit the path brings us to a junction where we go left upwards, right leads the path to the south side of the mountain and then along the western slopes into the valley.
From the junction the path first ascends somewhat more steeply, then a somewhat gentler path follows by the dwarf pines to the panoramic summit.
The described path is relatively poorly maintained therefore at some places quite some caution is needed.