Landro - Monte Piano

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we go on a highway in the direction of Videm / Udine. We leave the highway at exit Tolmezzo and we 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 a valley Cadore, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. After few additional km of driving, we come to the next bigger crossroad, where we go right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left mountain pass Tre Croci). From here we descend on the road to a bigger crossroad where we continue right towards the settlement Toblach / Dobbiaco (left Cortina). From the crossroad, we continue past the lake Lago di Landro / Dürrensee. From the lake, we follow the main road for approximately a kilometer, and then we turn right on a larger macadam parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go towards the east on a macadam road (path 102) following the signs »Monte Piano«. Already after few ten meters, we come to a crossroad where we continue straight on a gently sloping macadam road. Here from the path a nice view opens up on the mountain group Cristallo and on the nearby Monte Piano.
When we get a little closer to slopes of the mountain Monte Piano we are again on a crossing. Straight leads the path towards the mountain hut Locatelli, and we continue right on the path number 6 following the signs »Monte Piano«. From the crossing, we walk on a gently sloping macadam road and we soon come to a crossroad where from the right joins also the path from the lake Lago di Landro.
At the crossing, we continue straight and we soon come near the stream where the road ends. Here, the footpath over a wooden bridge crosses the stream and soon brings us to another crossing. This time we continue on the left upper path.
Further, we are then long time ascending in zig-zags on the old military path from which a view is opening up on the valley Valle di Landro with the lake Lago di Landro and on the mountain group Cristallo. The path here runs mostly through dwarf pines and thin larch forest, and occasionally we also cross a little steeper slope. The path all the time runs slightly towards the southeast and higher brings us on little steeper slopes where we also get help from some steel cables. Next again follows the ascent through dwarf pines, which brings us to the vantage point by which there are placed crosses in the memory of the fallen soldiers.
Further dwarf pines is becoming rarer and the path soon brings us to a marked crossing.
Left leads secured climbing path, and we continue straight on an easier path. From the crossing, the path brings us below precipitous walls of the peak Monte Piano and then crosses a slope on quite wide ledge. After the crossing, the path brings us on a less steep slope, which is vegetated with dwarf pines. Here the path turns a little to the left and again starts ascending. Higher, the path leads us past some military ruins and tunnels and brings us on less steep slopes on a plateau of Monte Piano. On plateau we soon come to a marked crossing on which we continue left following the signs »Monte Piano«. From the crossing, only a short ascent follows on gentle and panoramic slope to the top.