Forni di Sopra - Casera Tartoi (via Malga Varmost)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora via the border crossing Rateče to Trbiž / Tarvisio (also possible via the border crossing Predel) and further on the highway towards Udine. We leave the highway at Tolmezzo, from where we continue driving towards Ampezzo and then towards the Alpine pass Passo della Mauria (1298 m). Still before the mentioned pass we arrive at the settlement Forni di Sopra, where approximately 100 m before the bottom station of the four-seater chairlift we turn right onto a narrow and higher also quite steep road. On the mentioned road we drive above the settlement, and there at the smaller crossroad we park in an appropriate place (road continues towards the ski area Forni di Sopra and is with a traffic sign closed to public traffic). From Kranjska Gora to the starting point it is approximately 122 km.

Path description:
From the starting point we head onto a steep macadam road in the direction of the hut Som Picol. Quite steep road (gradient up to 30%) first leads through the forest, then brings us to the cable car that goes to the hut Som Picol. Here the road turns slightly to the right and flattens slightly. Higher up beautiful views open onto the surrounding mountains, and the path brings us below the steep cliffs of the peak Clap Varmost (1751 m). Here our path, which continues along the road—this then along the ski slope—turns left and brings us to a trough with water. From here we continue a few more minutes and the path brings us to the hut Rifugio Som Picol, located by the upper station of the four-seater chairlift that leads from Forni di Sopra to the hut Som Picol.
Just a little above the hut or behind the stations of the two nearby four-seater chairlifts, the road splits into two parts. We continue on the right somewhat narrower and also steeper road (the left road leads to the nearby restaurant), which ascends along the ski slope. Higher the road becomes somewhat steeper and, with views of two artificial lakes and surrounding mountains, brings us to a right bend where we leave the ski slope. The road then goes into the forest and brings us to a left bend, in the middle of which a climbing path to Clap Varmost branches off to the right. From here we continue along the road, from which soon another path to Clap Varmost branches off to the right. A short ascent follows along the road, bringing us to a junction. To the right the path leads to the mountain pasture Casera Tartoi, while we continue left to the mountain pasture Varmost. The increasingly scenic road further crosses the ski area and then ascends to the upper station of the second four-seater chairlift of the Forni di Sopra ski area.
At the upper station of the cable car we continue right on path no. 211 following the signs »Cra Tartoi«. First we cross pasture slopes to the right, then the path turns gently left and brings us into the forest. The path then crosses a fence and brings us to somewhat steeper slopes. Further on the path mostly traverses slopes to the northeast, occasionally rising and falling gently. Later the path turns slightly right and begins to descend somewhat more steeply through the forest. This path then brings us to a junction where a direct path from the hut Som Picol joins from the right.
At the junction we continue left and mostly in a gentle descent cross wooded slopes. Later the path twice crosses a stream and brings us out of the forest. A final ascent follows along scenic grassy slopes to the hut on the mountain pasture Tartoi.

On the way: Rifugio Som Picol (1466m), Malga Varmost (1758m)