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Mountain ranges / Dolomites / Croda Rossa di Sesto / Piano Fiscalino / Fischleinboden - Croda Rossa di Sesto (Via Ferrata Croda Rossa)

Piano Fiscalino / Fischleinboden - Croda Rossa di Sesto (Via Ferrata Croda Rossa)

Starting point: Piano Fiscalino / Fischleinboden (1454 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.6668°N 12.3536°E 
Path name: Via Ferrata Croda Rossa
Time of walking: 5 h
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1511 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1550 m
Map: Tabacco 10 1:25.000
Views: 2,430
Trip rating: 4 votes
Number of pictures: 144
Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana through Karawanks tunnel to Spittal. Next we drive towards Lienz, where at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of village Sillian in Italy. On the italian side of the border, we quickly come to San Candido, where we continue left in the direction of tourist town Sesto / Sexten. Only a little after town Sesto we come in San Giuseppe / Moss, where signs for Val Fiscalina / Fischleintal point us to the right. Next we drive on an ascending road which we follow to a large payable parking lot (3€ for parking longer then 6 hours, otherwise 0,5€ per hour – August 2015).
Path description:
From the parking lot, we return on the main road few ten meters back where there is a marked crossing. We go right (towards the east) on a macadam cart track following the signs »Prati di Croda Rossa«. After a short ascent, the path named Strada degli Alpini branches off to the right, we still continue straight on a macadam cart track. Cart track here runs by the stream and soon it also crosses it. Further, we then start ascending a little steeper and the cart track passes into a footpath. Here we walk on the left side of the valley and we soon start ascending in zig-zags. Occasionally a beautiful view opens up towards the summit Punta dei Tre Scarperi, and the path leads us also past a cross and some benches. Forest is here relatively thin and a view also opens up towards the cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Rudihütte. After that, the path turns slightly to the left and it brings us to a marked crossing. We continue right on a steeper path, and on the left you get to the upper station of the cableway as well.
From the crossing, we then for some time walk by the cableway and we start ascending steeply. When we get closer to a ski slope the slope becomes even steeper. Here we are ascending on steep stairs all the way to less steep slopes near the upper cableway station.
At the crossing where a macadam road towards the mountain hut Rifugio Prati di Croda Rossa (Rotwandwiesenhütte) branches off to the right, we continue straight past the upper cableway station. By panoramic grassy slopes we then soon reach the mountain hut Rudihütte.
From the mountain hut, we continue on the wide path following the signs »Via Ferrata Croda Rossa« (path number 100). The path at first slightly descends and crosses grassy slopes after that soon starts ascending. The path branches off to the right towards outdoor museum, and we are for some time ascending on grassy slopes. The path then brings us to a marked crossing near of which there are also some benches and tables.
At the crossing, we continue firmly right on the path number 100, left leads the path number 15 towards the mountain pass Passo Montecroce. From meadows we come into the forest and after a short a little steeper ascent we come to the ridge. We continue left and the forest is soon replaced by dwarf pines. The path here leads also past some settled panoramic points from which is a very nice view towards the peaks west from the valley Val Fiscalina. Later, the path brings us on little steeper slopes on the right side of the ridge and after a short crossing follows an ascent on steep stairs, which brings us to another marked crossing.
Straight leads the path named Strada degli Alpini, and we continue left towards the secured path Via Ferrata Croda Rossa. From the crossing, we are for some time ascending through dwarf pines, and then the path soon brings us on more rocky terrain. For some time we still walk by the ridge and then the path slightly descends and it brings us to the entrance into a secured part of the path.
Here we at first steeply ascend on a long ladder, and then we are for some time ascending by the steel cable. On some spots, we again get help from a short ladder. First part of a secured path relatively quickly ends and we soon come to a crossing.
Here from the left joins the path from the east side, and we continue slightly right and we are ascending on the scree. From the scree, the path then turns sharply left and again becomes demanding. Few times we ascend steeply by the steel cable after that steepness decreases a little. Further, the path is a little less steep but it isn't secured therefore at the ascent still some caution is needed. The increasingly panoramic path then brings us on a less steep terrain below the summit Wurzbach where there are still a lot of ruins from the time of the first world war.
From here we continue by following the signs for »Via Ferrata Croda Rossa« and we again cross little steeper slopes. On short part there's a steel cable for help and then we get to an unmarked crossing at the notch Forcella di Croda Rossa (Anderterscharte).
Here, the path branches off to the right downwards towards the saddle Passo della Sentinella, on this path we can also descend into a valley. We continue slightly left and we are then for some time ascending on a less steep slope with a nice view to the summit Croda Rossa. Later, the slope becomes steeper and ascent again becomes more demanding. At first, the path isn't secured yet and then follows some steep ascents by the steel cable. In the last part when we already see a cross on the summit, the path again isn't secured but ascent doesn't cause bigger problems.
A little below the summit from the right also joins secured path Via Ferrata Zandonela (south path). We continue left and past some military tunnels we soon reach the peak. From the top leads on the eastern side also the path Via Ferrata Zandonela on the eastern ridge. Both mentioned paths are harder than described and for today's standards poorly secured. East path is because of this also officially closed (August 2015).
We can descend on the ascent route. From the notch Forcella di Croda Rossa (Anderterscharte) we can descend also on the path towards the saddle Passo della Sentinella. In this case from the mentioned saddle we descend towards the south on the path which isn't marked with blazes, but it is enough visible that we can follow it without problems. After undemanding descent on the scree we come on little steeper slopes below the western walls of the peak Croda Rossa. On this part also in the summer months there can still be some snow fields. We cross a slope on the scree, and then follows a short crossing on a narrow ledge, which brings us to secured path towards the saddle Passo della Sentinella.
On secured path we then descend to the scree on which we descend to well-beaten path number 124.
We continue right downwards and we soon come to a marked crossing. In case if we want return to the hut Rudihütte or upper station of the cableway then at the crossing we continue right slightly upwards on the path number 100. Otherwise, we go left downwards on the path 124 and later we all the time follow the signs »Rifugio Piano Fiscalina«.
On the way: Rudihütte (1950m), Forcella di Croda Rossa (2696m)
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