Forni di Sopra - Casera Tartoi (via Malga Varmost)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče to Trbiž / Tarvisio (to here possible also over the border crossing Predel) and further on a highway towards Videm / Udine. We leave the highway at settlement Tolmezzo, from where we continue driving towards the settlement Ampezzo and forward towards Alpine mountain pass Passo della Mauria (1298 meters). Still before the mentioned mountain pass we will come in the settlement Forni di Sopra, where approximately 100 meters before the bottom station of four-seater chairlift, we turn right on narrow and higher also quite steep road. On the mentioned road, we drive above the settlement, and there at the smaller crossroad we park on an appropriate place (road continues towards the ski slope Forni di Sopra and is with a traffic sign closed for public traffic). From Kranjska Gora to the starting point, there is approximately 122 km.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a steep macadam road in the direction of the mountain hut Som Picol. Pretty steep road (angle to 30%) at first leads through the forest and then it brings us to the cableway, which runs to the hut Som Picol. Here the road turns a little to the right and is slightly flattens. Higher beautiful views start to open up on surrounding mountains, and the path brings us below the steep cliffs of the peak Clap Varmost (1751 meters). Here our path which continues on the road, on a ski track, turns to the left and it brings us to a trough with water. From here we continue for few minutes and the path brings us to the mountain hut Rifugio Som Picol, which is situated by the upper station of four-seater chairlift, which leads from the settlement Forni di Sopra to the hut Som Picol.
Only a little above the mountain hut or after stations of the nearby four-seater chairlifts, the road splits into two parts. We continue on the right a little narrower and also steeper road (left road leads to the near restaurant), which is ascending on a ski track. Higher, the road becomes a little steeper and with a view on two artificial lakes and surrounding mountains brings us to the right turn, where we leave ski track. The road then goes into the forest and it brings us to left turn, in the middle of which climbing path on Clap Varmost branches off to the right. From here we still continue on the road, from which soon another path branches off to the right on Clap Varmost. A short ascent follows on the road which brings us to a crossing. To the right leads the path towards the mountain pasture Casera Tartoi, and we continue left towards the mountain pasture Varmost. The more and more panoramic road further crosses a ski slope and follows an ascent to the upper station of other four-seater chairlift of the ski slope Forni di Sopra.
At the upper station of the cableway, we continue right on the path number 211 following the signs »Cra Tartoi«. At first, we cross a grazing slopes to the right, and then the path turns slightly to the left and it brings us into the forest. After that, the path crosses the fence and brings us on little steeper slopes. Further, the path mostly crosses slopes towards the northeast and occasionally slightly ascends and descends. Later, the path turns a little to the right and starts descending a little steeper through the forest. Such a path then brings us to a crossing where from the right side joins the direct path from the mountain hut Som Picol.
At the crossing, we continue left and we mostly in a gentle descent cross slopes covered with a forest. Later, the path twice crosses the stream and brings us out of the forest. Follows an ascent on panoramic grassy slopes to the cottage on the mountain pasture Tartoi.

On the way: Rifugio Som Picol (1466m), Malga Varmost (1758m)