Rifugio Pederü - Rifugio Sennes (via Rifugio Fodara Vedla)

Access to starting point:
A) From Kranjska Gora over Korensko sedlo to Austria, where at the first major junction we continue left towards Podklošter / Arnoldstein and Trbiž / Tarvisio. At the end of the settlement Podklošter signs for Šmohor / Hermagor direct us right onto the 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 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 on, we cross the border between Austria and Italy, and 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 along the mentioned valley and in the settlement Longega we turn left towards the settlement San Vigilio. In San Vigilio, 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 into Italy and further along the motorway towards Venice / Venezia. Near the town Portogruaro we leave the motorway towards Venice and continue right along the motorway towards Pordenone. At the next motorway junction near Conegliano we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the motorway ends, and at the following 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 in the direction of 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, 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 mountain hut Rifugio Pederü we continue left on a macadam road where signposts for the mountain hut direct us. The road, which is closed to traffic, at the beginning starts to ascend very steeply in zigzags and beautiful views of the surrounding peaks begin to open up. Further on, the road becomes a shade 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.
Left leads the direct path to the Sennes mountain hut, while we continue ahead on the road to the Fodara mountain hut. At the junction we can also continue on the footpath that runs parallel to the road. The road continues to ascend gently, later it turns left and is followed by a short descent to the hut.
At the junction a little before the hut we continue left following the signs »Sennes«. We walk on the road for a short time longer, then arrive at another marked junction where we turn right onto the footpath. Further on, the path runs mostly along scrub and ascends gently for the most part. Here beautiful views begin to open up gradually, and the footpath then rejoins the road.
The road further on is fairly level and soon we reach a junction where the road to the Rifugio Ra Stua and Rifugio Biella huts branches off to the right. We continue left at the junction and to the Rifugio Sennes hut only a short walk on the level road remains.

On the way: Rifugio Fodara Vedla (1980m)

Trip can be extended to: Rifugio Munt de Sennes ( 10 min) , Col de Lasta ( 20 min) , Rifugio Biella / Seekofel Hütte ( 50 min) , Roter Turm (2 h 25 min) , Remeda Rossa / Rote Wand (2 h 20 min) , Muntejela de Sennes (1 h 50 min) , Croda del Beco / Seekofel (2 h 5 min) , Piccola Croda Rossa / Kleine Gaisl (3 h 5 min)