Rifugio Pederü - Rifugio Munt de Sennes

Access to starting point:
A) From Kranjska Gora over Korensko sedlo to Austria, where at the first major intersection we continue left towards Podklošter / Arnoldstein and Trbiž / Tarvisio. At the end of the settlement Podklošter signs for Šmohor / Hermagor direct 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 route ahead leads us over the Alpine pass Gailbergsattel (982 m), after which we descend into the mentioned settlement. After crossing the bridge over the Drava River, 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 the settlements Dobbiaco / Toblach, Villabassa / Niederdorf, Monguelfo - Tesido / Welsberg - Taisten, Brunico / Bruneck. Only a little after the last-mentioned settlement, 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, at the intersection, 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 Rifugio Pederü hut.
B) From Nova Gorica we drive to Italy and further on the motorway towards Venice / Venezia. At Portogruaro we leave the motorway towards Venice and continue right on the motorway towards Pordenone. At the next motorway junction near Conegliano we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the motorway ends, and at the next intersections 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 Passo Falzarego pass (2105 m) we turn right in the direction of the Valparola pass 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, at the intersection, 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 Rifugio Pederü hut.

Path description:
From the Rifugio Pederü hut we continue left on a macadam road where signposts for the hut direct us. The road, which is closed to traffic, at the beginning starts very steeply ascending in zigzags and beautiful views of the surrounding peaks start to open up. Further on, the road becomes slightly less steep and runs mostly through the forest. After a good half hour of walking from the starting point, the road brings us to a marked junction.
Straight ahead the road leads towards the Fodara hut, and we continue left following the signs »Rif. Sennes Hütte«. At the junction we slightly descend and cross a stream. The path is quite level here for some time, then turns left and in ascent crosses steep slopes towards the northwest. Higher, the path turns right and soon we join the road from the Fodara hut.
Further, we walk on the road, which steadily ascends gently, and gradually even better views start to open up. The forest along the road is replaced by dwarf pines and from the right a footpath from the Fodara hut also joins us.
The road further becomes somewhat gentler and soon we come to a junction where to the right branches off the road towards the huts Rifugio Ra Stua and Rifugio Biella. At the junction we continue left and to the Rifugio Sennes hut only some walking on a level road remains.
From the hut we continue on the macadam road following the signs »Munt de Sennes«. Instead of the road, we can also continue on the footpath, which runs left of the road below the slopes of the peak Col de Lasta. The road from the hut starts to ascend and brings us to a marked junction where to the right branches off the path towards the Rifugio Biella hut (Seekofelhütte).
We continue on the road, which becomes gentler and quickly brings us to another junction. This time to the right branches off the path towards the notches Forcela de Riciogogn and Ju de Senes. We continue further on the road, then from the left a footpath also joins us and to the Munt de Sennes hut only a short descent remains.

On the way: Rifugio Sennes (2126m)

Trip can be extended to: Muntejela de Sennes (1 h 40 min)