Pian dei Spiriti - Rifugio Fonda Savio

Access to starting point:
A) Access from Gorenjska: Over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we go on the 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 towards the mountain pass Misurina and Tre Cime (left mountain pass Tre Crocci). From the mountain pass Misurina the road starts descending and it quickly brings us to a crossroad where signs for Tre Cime point us to the right on the mountain road towards the mountain hut Auronzo. We follow this road to a crossroad where a macadam road marked with the caption »Rifugio Fonda Savio« branches off to the right. We can park on a macadam parking lot at the beginning of the mentioned road. One more parking lot is located also a little higher, if we continue on a macadam road. The mountain road to here isn't payable.
B) From Primorska side: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At town 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. Near Belluno the highway ends, and we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Auronzo. When the road brings us into a valley Cadore we will get to a bigger crossroad, where the road goes towards Cortina d'Ampezzo left, and towards Auronzo right. Here we continue right towards Auronzo. Further, we follow the description above.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which starts ascending through the forest and on a smaller clearing from the left joins an unmarked path from a little higher starting point. The road here turns to the right and then brings us to the mountain pasture Pian dei Spiriti where there is one more parking lot.
On the mountain pasture where there are signposts, we go slightly left on a footpath 115 towards the mountain hut Rifugio Fonda Savio. The path again brings us into the forest through which we are then ascending for some time. Forest is becoming thinner and a little higher, the path turns to the right. After that, the path in ascent crosses a slope towards the southeast and brings us on more panoramic slopes below the cargo cableway. The path here turns to the left and is then for some time ascending in zig-zags below the cableway. Higher terrain flattens and a view opens up towards the mountain hut Rifugio Fonda Savio and on surrounding precipitous peaks. The path again turns to the left and leads us on a relatively gentle and mostly grassy terrain towards the northeast. When we come below precipitous slopes of the peak Cima Ciadin dei Toce path turns slightly to the right and then it is ascending on the left side of the valley. Further, we are ascending on the more and more rocky terrain and a little before the mountain hut path brings us to a marked crossing.
The path towards the notch Forcella del Diavolo and mountain hut Rifugio Col de Varda branches off to the right, and we go left towards the mountain hut Rifugio Fonda Savio. To the hut then follows only shorter a little steeper ascent. At the last ascent, there is also a steel cable for help, which isn't urgently needed. At the mountain hut, which is situated on a saddle Passo dei Tocci below the slopes of the peak Torre Wundt also a view opens up towards the northeast.
We descend on the ascent route.

On the way: Pian dei Spiriti (1896m), Passo dei Tocci (2358m)

Trip can be extended to: Cima Cadin Nord Est (2 h)