Rifugio Pederü - Muntejela de Sennes

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 mountain hut Rifugio Pederü we continue left on a macadam road where signposts behind the mountain hut point us to. The road which is closed for traffic at the beginning starts very steeply ascending in zig-zags and beautiful views start to open up on surrounding peaks. Further, the road becomes slightly less steep and runs mostly through the forest. After a good half an hour of walking from the starting point road brings us to a marked crossing.
Straight leads the road towards the mountain hut Fodara, and we continue left following the signs »Rif. Sennes Hütte«. At the crossing, we slightly descend and cross a stream. The path is here for some time quite gentle and then turns left and in ascent crosses steep slopes towards the northwest. Higher, the path turns to the right and we soon join road from the mountain hut Fodara.
Further, we walk on the road which is all the time slightly ascending, and slowly increasingly beautiful views also start opening up. Forest by the road is replaced by dwarf pines and from the right joins also a footpath from the mountain hut Fodara.
The road further becomes a little less steep and we soon come to a crossroad where the road towards huts Rifugio Ra Stua and Rifugio Biella branches off to the right. At the crossroad, we continue left and to the hut Rifugio Sennes follows only some walking on a gentle road.
From the mountain hut, we continue on a macadam road following the signs »Munt de Sennes«. Instead on the road we can continue also on a footpath which runs left from the road below the slopes of the peak Col de Lasta. The road from the mountain hut starts ascending and it brings us to a marked crossing where the path branches off to the right towards the mountain hut Rifugio Biella (Seekofelhütte).
We continue on the road which becomes less steep and it quickly brings us to another crossing. This time path branches off to the right towards notches Forcela de Riciogogn and Ju de Senes. We still continue on the road, then from the left joins also a footpath and to the cottage Munt de Sennes only a short descent follows.
From the cottage, we continue towards the northwest following the signs »Muntejela«. From the cottage, the path at first slightly descends on grassy slopes, and then starts ascending and brings us into a narrow small valley named Val de San Berto. For some time we are then ascending through the mentioned valley at the end of the valley, the path brings us to a marked crossing.
To the right leads the path towards the saddle Ju de Senes, and we continue slightly left on the path 27 following the signs »Muntejela de Senes«. The path from the crossing runs towards the northwest and starts ascending a little steeper through the valley on the eastern side of the mountain Muntejela. Higher when from the right joins poorly visible footpath from the saddle Ju de Senes, the path turns left and it ascends on a little steeper and a slightly crumbly slope. On this otherwise short part because of crumbly terrain some caution is needed. The path then brings us on the west side of the ridge where we continue right and we are then ascending on grassy slopes by the ridge. In the last part of the path grass is replaced by rocky slope on which we soon reach the panoramic peak.

On the way: Rifugio Sennes (2126m), Rifugio Munt de Sennes (2176m)