Carbonin - Strudelköpf / Monte Specie

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we take the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine. We leave the highway at the Tolmezzo exit 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 bigger crossroad, where we go right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left prelaz Tre Croci). From here we descend on the road to a bigger crossroad (right Dobbiaco and Austria, left Cortina d'Ampezzo). From the crossroad, we continue a few 100 meters in the direction towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, and then we park on a smaller parking lot on the right side of the road.
From Primorska side: We drive on the highway which leads over the border crossing Sežana to Trst / Trieste. Further, we drive on Italian highway in the direction of Padove, but only to a highway junction, where we continue in the direction of mesto Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Auronzo. When the road brings us into the Cadore valley we will get to a bigger crossroad, where the road goes towards Cortina d'Ampezzo left, and towards Auronzo right. Here we continue right towards Auronzo. Further, follow the upper description.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go right on a macadam road, where signs point us to »Dürrensteinhütte / Rif. Vallandro«. After a short ascent, we quickly come to a gate where we enter the nature park Fanes Sennes Prags. Further, we walk for some time on the road where macadam and asphalt alternate. From the road, which mostly runs through the forest, a few times nice views open up towards the mountain group Cristallo. The road then brings us to a crossing, where signposts point us right onto a footpath.
The footpath then ascends mostly through the forest and later crosses the road a few times. The relatively gentle path brings us in the last part of the path towards the hut onto grassy slopes from which even nicer views open up on the surrounding peaks. From the footpath we briefly rejoin the road again, then a short steeper ascent to the hut follows.
At the hut we continue towards the east following the signs »Heimkehrerkreuz«. Above the hut the path turns right and after a short ascent brings us onto slopes covered with dwarf pines. Further, we come onto somewhat steeper slopes, which we first cross towards the southeast. Later the path turns left and begins to ascend somewhat more steeply. Such a path then brings us from the dwarf pines onto grassy slopes. We continue ascending the grassy slope for some time, then another path from the Vallandro hut joins us from the left. Here the path becomes somewhat wider and gentler and soon brings us to another crossing where a path branches off to the left downhill into the Val Chiara valley.
At the crossing where there are also remains of an old military structure we continue right following the signs »Heimkehrerkreuz«. Shortly after, we are again at a crossing; this time we continue left and only a short ascent to the summit follows, which we already see in front of us.

On the way: Dürrensteinhütte / Rifugio Vallandro (2040m)