Rifugio Auronzo - Sasso di Sesto / Sextnerstein

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Via the border crossing at Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we head onto the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine. We leave the highway 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 bigger crossroad, where we go right in the direction of Austria and Treh Cin / Tre Cime (left Cortina d'Ampezzo). We leave the road towards Austria after a further some 100m, because signs for Tri Cine / Tre Cime point us right onto a payable mountain road which after 7km brings us to a large parking lot near the mountain hut rifugio Auronzo.
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 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, we follow the description above.

Path description:
At the mountain hut Auronzo we go on a macadam road which leads towards the mountain hut Lavaredo slightly towards the east. After approximately 20 minutes of walking on a very panoramic road which leads below the mighty mountain walls of Treh Cin we get to the hut Lavaredo.
From the mountain hut, we continue slightly to the left and start ascending on the scree towards the notch (Forcella Lavaredo) between Monte Paterno and Tre Cime. On the notch where there is a path junction, we go on a wide path, which from the notch starts descending a little towards the north. To the right branches off the path which leads to Monte Paterno from the south side and path 104, which starts descending towards the east. On the descent towards the mountain hut Locatelli we can choose the lower wide path or the upper somewhat harder one, which crosses the slopes below the western wall of Monte Paterno. At the mountain hut from where there is a very nice view on Monte Paterno and Tri Cine both paths join again.
From the mountain hut, we continue towards the north past the chapel by which we will notice a signpost, which directs us towards the climbing path Via Ferrata Torre di Toblin. The path then runs on the right side of the mountain Sasso di Sesto towards the north and is marked with red triangles. Later, the path turns to the left and follows a short ascent to the saddle between the peaks Sasso di Sesto and Torre di Toblin. On the saddle, we continue left and along an undemanding ridge in a few minutes we reach a very panoramic peak.

On the way: Rifugio Lavaredo (2344m), Forcella Lavaredo (2454m), Rifugio Locatelli (2405m)