San Martino - Il Nuvolo (via Rifugio Rosetta)

Access to starting point:
From Nova Gorica, we drive to Italy and continue on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At 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. We follow the highway to the exit for Belluno; after Belluno we follow the road in the direction of Feltre and then towards Transacqua and mountain pass Passo Rolle. An ascending road then leads us through San Martino. From the sign which marks the end of San Martino we continue for approximately 1 km, then we will notice a smaller parking lot on the left side of the road where we park.

Path description:
At the starting point, we will notice a signpost on the right side of the road, which directs us right onto a footpath towards the mountain pasture Malga Pala. The path quickly brings us into the forest through which it then ascends slightly for quite some time. Later, the path turns right and after a short ascent brings us to a marked junction.
Left leads the path towards the mountain pass Passo Rolle, and we continue right towards the mountain pasture Malga Pala. The path further crosses slopes towards the southeast and from the path nice views open up towards San Martino and surrounding peaks. Then the path turns a little to the left and starts to ascend somewhat more steeply in zigzags through the forest. Later, the path becomes a shade less steep and continues through the forest. Such a path then brings us a little before the mountain pasture to a junction where a path from a somewhat lower starting point in San Martino joins from the right. From the junction only a short ascent follows to the hut on the mountain pasture Malga Pala.
On the mountain pasture we continue right on a gentle road, which soon brings us to the ski slope. Here we continue slightly left and a short ascent follows to the hut Colverde where there is the station of the cable car.
At the hut where there is a junction we continue following the signs »Rif. Rosetta«, left upwards leads the path towards the via ferrata Bolver Lugli. The path first leads us through a short and sparse belt of forest, then the increasingly scenic path ascends in zigzags on the slopes below the peaks Croda della Pala and Cima Corona for quite some time.
Higher, when the path from the mountain pass Passo Rolle joins us from the left, our path turns somewhat to the right and crosses the slope below the gondola cable car. Further on, the path starts to ascend somewhat more steeply again, and at some points it is also slightly exposed. The ascent nevertheless causes no particular difficulties, as the path is very well secured, on exposed points also with railing. Here we mostly ascend in zigzags, and from the path we have a nice view all the time towards the nearby peak Rosetta and other peaks above the valley Val Cismon. Higher the path turns left towards the northeast and gradually becomes less steep. Such a path then brings us to the saddle Passo di Rosetta where there is also a marked junction.
Right leads the path towards the peak Rosetta and the upper station of the gondola cable car, and we continue left on the gentle path towards the hut Rosetta, to which there are only a few minutes of easy walking.
From the hut we continue left following the signs »Cima Vezzana, Biv. Fiamme Gialle«. The path here ascends slightly towards the northwest and then crosses slopes below the peak Cima Corona. Later a somewhat more demanding and less trodden path joins us from the left.
At the junction the path turns right and then ascends mostly over scree all the way to the saddle Passo Bettega.
On the saddle we continue straight and the path descends slightly through the valley between the peaks Cima Corona and Croda della Pala. Later the path turns somewhat to the left and starts descending on a fairly steep slope where quite some caution is needed. After the steep descent the path turns a little more to the left and starts ascending through the valley Valle dei Cantoni. Initially the path runs over scree and is still relatively gentle, later a somewhat steeper ascent follows on the rocky slope. Here the path runs left of the steep gully and is mostly marked with red lines. The slope later becomes less steep again and an ascent to the saddle Passo del Travignolo follows.
On the saddle where there is a junction we continue right following the signs »Cima Vezzana«, left leads the path towards bivouac Fiamme Gialle (10 minutes). From the saddle we start to ascend on fairly steep scree upwards. The path then turns right and brings us to a smaller saddle below the peak Il Nuvolo.
Left leads a marked path towards the peak Cima Vezzana, and we at the mentioned saddle turn right towards the peak Il Nuvolo. A poorly visible trail is marked with cairns and quickly brings us along the ridge to the summit.

On the way: Rifugio Malga Pala (1897m), Rifugio Colverde (1965m), Passo di Rosetta (2572m), Rifugio Rosetta (2581m), Passo Bettega (2667m), Passo del Travignolo (2985m)