Passo Gardena - Jimmy Hütte

Access to starting point:
A) From Kranjska Gora over Korensko sedlo to Austria, where at the first larger crossroad, we continue left towards Podklošter / Arnoldstein and Trbiž / Tarvisio. By the end of the settlement Podklošter signs for Šmohor / Hermagor point us to the right on a regional road, on which past the mentioned settlement we drive to the end of the valley Gailtal, or more precisely to the settlement Kötschach-Mauthen, where we turn right towards the settlement Oberdrauburg. The path ahead leads us over an Alpine mountain pass Gailbergsattel (982 meters), after which we descend into the mentioned settlement. After we cross the bridge through river Drau, we continue left towards the settlement Lienz. In the main roundabout in Lienz we continue "left" in the direction of the settlement Sillian and Italy. Further, we cross the border between Austria and Italy, and we follow the main road past settlements Dobbiaco / Toblach, Villabassa / Niederdorf, Monguelfo - Tesido / Welsberg - Taisten, Brunico / Brunec. Only a little after the last-mentioned settlement, past which leads a bypass road, we turn left into a valley Val Badia. Further, we drive through the mentioned valley and in the settlement La Villa we turn right towards the mountain pass Passo Gardena. Further, we follow an ascending road all the way to the mountain pass Passo Gardena, where we park on a payable parking lot (4€ – June 2012).
B) From Nova Gorica, we drive to Italy and drive forward on the highway to the settlement Portogruaro, where at the highway junction we turn in the direction of the settlement Belluno. We follow the highway to its end (we don't turn in the direction towards Belluno), and then we continue driving towards Cortina d'Ampezzo. When we get into Cortina d'Ampezzo, we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo Falzarego. On the mountain pass Passo Falzarego (2105 meters) we turn right in the direction of Val Badia and at first ascend on the neighbouring mountain pass Passo Valparola (2192 meters), from there we descend into the mentioned valley. In the settlement La Villa we turn left towards the mountain pass Passo Gardena. Further, we follow an ascending road all the way to the mountain pass Passo Gardena, where we park on a payable parking lot (4€ – June 2012).

Path description:
From the mountain pass Passo Gardena we go towards the north on a footpath following the signs »Baita Jimmy Hütte«. The path leads us on grassy slopes from which is a breathtaking view on a mountain group Sella on the south and towards Sassolungo on the west. The path on grassy slopes then soon brings us on the road. We continue right on a macadam road which we follow all the way to the mountain hut Jimmy Hütte.

Trip can be extended to: Lech de Crespeina (1 h 20 min) , Col Turont (1 h 35 min) , Rifugio Puez (2 h 35 min) , Col Toronn (1 h 35 min) , Muntejela de Puez (3 h 5 min) , Sas Ciampac (1 h 35 min) , Col de Puez / Puezkofel (3 h 35 min) , Piz de Puez / Puezspitz (4 h 5 min)