Rifugio Pederü - Piz Sant Antone

Access to starting point:
A) From Kranjska Gora over Korensko sedlo to Austria, where at the first larger junction we continue left towards Podklošter / Arnoldstein and Trbiž / Tarvisio. At the end of the settlement Podklošter signs for Šmohor / Hermagor point us right onto a regional road, along which past the mentioned settlement we drive to the end of the Gailtal valley, or more precisely to the settlement Kötschach-Mauthen, where we turn right towards the settlement Oberdrauburg. The path ahead leads us over the Alpine pass Gailbergsattel (982 m), after which we descend into the mentioned settlement. After crossing the bridge over the river Drau, we continue left towards the settlement Lienz. In the main roundabout in Lienz we continue "left" in the direction of the settlement Sillian and Italy. Further, we cross the border between Austria and Italy, and we follow the main road past settlements Dobbiaco / Toblach, Villabassa / Niederdorf, Monguelfo - Tesido / Welsberg - Taisten, Brunico / Bruneck. Only a little after the last-mentioned town, past which a bypass road leads, we turn left into the Val Badia valley. Further, we drive through the mentioned valley and in the settlement Longega we turn left towards the settlement San Vigilio. In San Vigilio then at the junction we turn left following the signs »Pederü«. After approximately 200 meters we then turn right also following the signs »Pederü«. We follow this road all the way to the large parking lot in front of the mountain hut Rifugio Pederü.
B) From Nova Gorica we drive to Italy and further on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. Near the town Portogruaro we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards Pordenone. At the next highway junction near Conegliano we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends and at the next junctions we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. When we arrive in Cortina d'Ampezzo, we follow the signs for the Alpine pass Passo Falzarego. At the pass Passo Falzarego (2105 m) we turn right towards the pass Valparola and further towards Alta Badia. In the settlement La Villa we turn right towards the settlement Brunico. We then follow the road to the settlement Longega where we turn right towards the settlement San Vigilio. In San Vigilio then at the junction we turn left following the signs »Pederü«. After approximately 200 meters we then turn right also following the signs »Pederü«. We follow this road all the way to the large parking lot in front of the mountain hut Rifugio Pederü.

Path description:
From the parking lot we continue to the junction for the hut. Signposts direct us slightly right onto the footpath towards the Lavarela and Fanes huts, left leads the path towards the Fodara Vedla hut. The gently sloping path first crosses a stream and a road, then begins to ascend somewhat more steeply through dwarf pines. After an initial somewhat steeper part, the path becomes gentler further on, and on a shorter part it even descends a little. The path also joins the road a few times for a short while, then continues mostly through dwarf pines on the right side of the valley.
Further the path turns slightly right and increasingly beautiful views of the surrounding peaks begin to open up. Later we join the mountain road again, which runs along the stream Rü dal Plan. The slightly ascending road then brings us to a junction.
Left leads the road to Rifugio Fanes hut (5 minutes), we continue right towards Rifugio Lavarela hut. The road continues along the stream and pastures and soon brings us to the hut.
At the hut we continue right and after a short ascent on the grassy slope we reach a junction. Left leads path no. 12 towards the saddle Ju dla Crusc and Forcela de Medesc, we continue right on path no. 13 towards the saddle Ju de Sant Antone.
From the junction the path continues to ascend on the grassy slope towards the north and soon brings us to another junction. Left branches off path no. 7 towards the saddles Ju dla Crusc and Forcela de Medesc, we again continue right towards the saddle Ju de Sant Antone. Further we walk for quite some time on fairly level grassy slopes towards the north. The scenic path then approaches a fence intended for livestock that grazes here in the summer months. Later the path also crosses the mentioned fence and brings us to the scree on the southwest side of the peak Piz Sant Antone. The path then crosses the scree in ascent all the way to the saddle Ju de Sant Antone, on which there is also a chapel dedicated to St. Anthony. The chapel can also serve as an emergency shelter in case of bad weather.
On the saddle where there is a junction we head right towards the east on an unmarked but quite well-beaten trail. Left leads the path towards the summit Cima Nove (Neunerspitze), straight down the path through the valley Val de Fanes towards the settlement La Valle. From the saddle we first ascend a relatively steep slope on which there is also some scree, so some caution is needed in this section. The path then brings us to a less steep grassy slope along the ridge. For a short time we walk on the mentioned grassy slope, then follows a traversing ascent on somewhat steeper southern slopes. The path is well-beaten here and the ascent is not difficult. Such a path then continues all the way to the panoramic summit on which a cross stands.
We descend on the ascent path.

On the way: Rifugio Lavarella (2042m), Ju de Sant Antone (2466m)