Rifugio Ra Stua - Rifugio Sennes (via Lago di Fosses)
Starting point: Rifugio Ra Stua (1668 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.62501°N 12.09918°E 
Path name: via Lago di Fosses
Time of walking: 2 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 458 m
Altitude difference (by path): 520 m
Map: Tabacco 03 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
Via the Rateče border crossing we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we turn 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 place. From Tolmezzo we continue in the direction of the settlement Ampezzo and the 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 larger intersection, where we turn right in the direction of the place Misurina (left Tre Croci pass). From here we descend the road to a larger intersection where we continue left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo (right Austria). From the mentioned intersection we continue approximately 10 km towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, then in a sharp left turn we turn 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 right at the beginning a footpath branches off to the right towards the notch Forcella Lerosa and Gotres valley. A little later the path also branches off to the right towards Valbones valley and bivouac Helbig Dall'Oglio.
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 Boite stream, then we come again to grassy slopes where there is also a junction.
To the left the road branches off towards the mountain hut Rifugio Fodara Vedla, we continue straight on the macadam road towards the mountain hut Rifugio Sennes. Already after a few tens of meters we come to another junction.
This time we turn right onto the footpath towards the lake Lago di Fosses, further along the road the direct path leads towards the mountain hut Rifugio Sennes. From the junction the path first leads us over grassy slopes on which a footpath from the mountain hut Ra Stua joins us from the right. The path then brings us into dwarf pines through which we begin to ascend more steeply. Through the dwarf pines we quite quickly gain height and soon views open up towards the Tofana mountain group and towards Monte Pelmo. Later the path turns slightly to the left and brings us to somewhat gentler slopes. From the dwarf pines the path brings us to more grassy terrain where a somewhat less trodden trail joins us from the right, running below the slopes of the peak Monte Geralbes. The increasingly scenic 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 up towards the summit Croda del Becco (Seekofel). The path then leads past Lago Piccolo and brings us to the larger lake Lago di Fosses.
At the smaller shepherd hut where there is a junction we continue left, right past the lake the path leads towards the mountain hut Rifugio Biella. From the junction the path first leads on gentle grassy slopes, then turns decisively to the left and ascends somewhat more steeply. From the path we have here an increasingly beautiful view back towards the lake and the nearby peaks above the lake. The path then becomes gentler again and turns slightly to the right. Occasionally from the path a view opens up on the Tofana and Lavarella mountain groups, then our path soon joins the macadam road leading towards the mountain hut Rifugio Biella.
At the junction we continue left and begin to descend gently along the scenic road. For some time we still walk on such a road, later the road descends somewhat more steeply and brings us to a junction.
At the junction where the direct path from the mountain hut Rifugio Ra Stua joins from the left we continue right and the gentle road along the grassy slopes soon brings us to the mountain hut Rifugio Sennes.
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