Rifugio Pederü - Lavarella

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 town, 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 Longega we turn left towards the settlement San Vigilio. In San Vigilio then at the crossroad we turn left following the signs »Pederü«. After approximately 200 meters we then turn right also following the signs »Pederü«. We follow this road all the way to a large parking lot in front of the mountain hut Rifugio Pederü.
B) From Nova Gorica, we drive to Italy and drive forward on a 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 at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of 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 the mountain pass Valparola and forward towards Val Badia. In the settlement La Villa we turn right towards the settlement Brunico. We then follow the road to the settlement Longega where we turn right towards the settlement San Vigilio. In San Vigilio then at the crossroad we turn left following the signs »Pederü«. After approximately 200 meters we then turn right also following the signs »Pederü«. We follow this road all the way to a large parking lot in front of the mountain hut Rifugio Pederü.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue to a crossing behind the mountain hut. Signposts point us slightly right on a footpath towards huts Lavarela and Fanes, left leads the path towards the mountain hut Fodara Vedla. A gently sloping path at first crosses a stream and a road, and then it starts ascending a little steeper through dwarf pines. After an initial a little steeper part path further becomes less steep, and on a shorter part it also descends a little. The path few times also for a short time joins the road, and then again runs mostly through dwarf pines on the right side of the valley.
Further, the path turns a little to the right and also increasingly beautiful views are starting to open up on surrounding peaks. Later we again join the mountain road, that runs by the stream Rü dal Plan. The slightly ascending road then brings us to a crossroad.
Left leads the road towards the mountain hut Rifugio Fanes (5 minutes), and we continue right towards the mountain hut Rifugio Lavarela. The road still leads by the stream and pastures and soon brings us to the hut.
At the mountain hut, we continue right and after a short ascent on a grassy slope, we come to a crossing. We continue left on the bottom path (path number 12), which leads towards the saddle Ju dla Crusc and Forcela de Medesc, and right leads upper path (path number 7), which later joins bottom path and also leads towards the mentioned saddles.
From the crossing, the path for a short time still leads on a grassy slope past a shepherd hut, and then starts ascending through thin mostly pine forest. The path here runs towards the west and runs by a smaller stream. Later trees are becoming rarer and the path brings us on an indistinct saddle from where a view opens up towards the peaks Sasso delle Dieci and Sasso delle Nove.
Here panoramic path starts descending a little and leads us past the lake Le Parom, which is situated a little left from the path below the slopes of the peak Lavarella. After that, the path turns slightly to the right and brings us into a small valley, where from the right joins the upper path (path number 7).
We continue left through a grassy valley and we are quickly again at the crossing. Straight leads the path towards the saddle Ju dla Crusc and forward towards the summit Sasso delle Dieci, and we go left towards the notch Forcela de Medesc. The path further is not that steep and runs towards the southeast. When we get closer to slopes of the peak Piz de Medesc the path ascends a little steeper and it brings us to a crossing where from the right side joins the path from the saddle Ju dla Crusc.
At the crossing, we continue left on the path 12b and on the path which is slightly ascending we soon come to the notch Forcela de Medesc.
On the saddle where from the right side joins the path through the valley Val Medesc, we continue slightly left following the signs La Varella. The path on the scree soon brings us to little steeper slopes of the peak La Varella. Further, the path becomes demanding and runs on steep western slopes of the mountain. On some spots, the path steeply ascends, and then follows an ascent on quite wide ledge on which there is a lot of crumbly gravel. The path isn't secured and quite some caution is needed. We have to be especially careful at the descent, because the path is dangerous for slipping. From the ledge path turns a little to the left and steeply ascends on a rocky slope. After that, the path becomes again less demanding and it brings us to a crossing little below Lavarella. We continue left and on a panoramic ridge we soon reach the peak.

On the way: Rifugio Lavarella (2042m), Forcella de Medesc (2533m)