Rifugio Ra Stua - Lago di Fosses

Access to starting point:
Via the Rateče border crossing we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we head onto the highway in the direction of Udine. We leave the highway at the Tolmezzo exit 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 junction, where we go right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left Tre Croci pass). From here we descend along the road to a bigger junction where we continue left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo (right Austria). From the mentioned junction we continue approximately 10 km towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, then in a sharp left turn we go right onto the road towards the mountain hut Rifugio Ra Stua. We follow the narrow asphalt road all the way to the larger parking lot at the mountain hut.

Path description:
From the mountain hut Rifugio Ra Stua we continue on a macadam road which is closed to traffic. Already immediately at the beginning a footpath towards the notch Forcella Lerosa and Gotres valley branches off to the right. A little later the path towards Valbones valley and towards bivouac Helbig Dall'Oglio also branches off to the right.
We continue on the gently sloping macadam road, which for some time still runs along pastures, then brings us into the forest. Further on we walk for some time through the forest along the Boite stream, then come again onto grassy slopes where there is also a junction.
To the left the road towards mountain hut Rifugio Fodara Vedla branches off, we continue straight on the macadam road towards mountain hut Rifugio Sennes. Already after a few tens of metres we come to another junction.
This time we turn right onto the footpath towards lake Lago di Foses and mountain hut Rifugio Biella, further along the road the path leads towards mountain hut Rifugio Sennes. From the junction the path first leads us across grassy slopes on which a footpath from mountain hut Ra Stua joins us from the right. The path then brings us into dwarf pines through which we start to ascend more steeply. Through the dwarf pines we quickly gain altitude and soon views open towards the mountain group Tofana and towards Monte Pelmo. Later the path turns slightly to the left and brings us onto somewhat gentler slopes. From the dwarf pines the path brings us onto more grassy terrain where from the right a somewhat less trodden trail joins, running below the slopes of peak Monte Geralbes. The increasingly panoramic path here runs towards the northwest and leads us past the smaller lake Lago di Remeda Rossa. The path then slightly descends and a view opens towards summit Croda del Becco (Seekofel). The path then leads past lake Lago Piccolo and brings us to the larger lake Lago di Fosses.

On the way: Lago di Remeda Rossa (2120m), Lago Piccolo (2146m)

Trip can be extended to: Rifugio Sennes ( 55 min) , Rifugio Biella / Seekofel Hütte ( 30 min) , Roter Turm (1 h 30 min) , Remeda Rossa / Rote Wand (1 h 25 min) , Croda del Beco / Seekofel (1 h 45 min) , Piccola Croda Rossa / Kleine Gaisl (2 h 10 min)