Koča Pordenone - Monte Pramaggiore

Access to starting point:
Valley Cimoliana above the settlement Cimolais we reach on local roads, which branch off from the highway exit Videm / Udine (Sud or Nord – in both cases we follow signposts for Spilimbergo and Maniago), or also from Longarone at the end of the highway Venice – Cortina d'Ampezzo. In Cimolais we turn on partly asphalted road which in some parts runs on huge deposits of gravel, around 10 km through the valley to the parking lot below the mountain hut Pordenone. From Gorica to Cimolais is at least 119 km (closest variant) or 148 km (fastest, partly highway variant).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the gate on a cart track number 361 towards the mountain pasture Casera Meluzzo. On wide gravel terrain we follow cairns and we orient by nice wooden signposts of natural park Friulian Dolomites, which by the end of gravel terrain point us on the path 362. The path runs by the stream, turns in the forest, where changes into comfortable, shady footpath. At only crossing we turn right on the path 366 and on botanically rich side moraine of former glacier, below the walls Croda del Sion and Il Castiela we reach notch Sidon. All the time behind us views are opening up and in nice weather we can admire Friulian, and also real Dolomites. There stand out Monfalconi, Laste, Duranno and Cima dei Preti, and behind them Pelmo. Above the notch joins the secured path from the mountain hut Flaiban-Pacherini (or from Forni di Sopra). The path runs at the juncture of the wall and the scree, then few meters with the help of a steel cable ascends on a ridge. A view opens up on two-thousanders above Val Setimana, on which runs one of accesses on our mountain. Red dots lead us through easiest passages on steeper terrain, where we occasionally help ourselves with arms. On the summit surprises us a small cross, or maybe even some ibex.

On the way: Ricovero Casera Meluzzo (1163m)