Rifugio Pederü - Piccola Croda Rossa / Kleine Gaisl

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, Seekofelhütte«. The road ascends a little steeper and soon brings us to a marked crossing. At the crossing, we continue right on a footpath following the signs »Rif. Biella, Seekofelhütte«. The path is then ascending for some time and a nice view opens up towards the summit Muntejela de Sennes and on the mountain group Tofana. Further, the path becomes less steep and runs on grassy slopes below the summit Croda del Beco (Seekofel). Later, the path starts slightly descending and from the natural park Fanes Sennes Prags brings us in nature park Ampezzo. After gentle descent we come to a marked crossing where we again join the macadam road.
At the crossing, we continue left on a macadam road and then follows a light ascent on panoramic road to the mountain hut.
At the mountain hut, we continue towards the east and the path quickly brings us to a marked crossing. The path branches off to the right downwards towards the lake Lago di Fosses and mountain hut Rifugio Ra Stua, and we continue left towards the notch Forcela Cocodain.
The path from the crossing runs towards the east and it is slowly ascending towards the ridge. When we come on the ridge, a beautiful view opens up towards the north. The path further runs on a ridge and later also slightly descends. Such a path then brings us to the notch Forcela Cocodain.
The marked path on notch turns left, and we go right on an unmarked path and we descend towards the scree below the slopes of the peak Remeda Rossa (Rote Wand). When we come on the scree, we will on the right side notice a little less steep slope on which we go. On this part, the footpath is also visible, which is marked with numerous cairns. The path here runs towards the south and later brings us on a ridge where a view opens up towards the summit Piccola Croda Rossa. We continue left and we are ascending on less steep slopes on the right side of the ridge. On this part footpath vanishes, but orientation isn't too demanding because we get help from numerous cairns. A short ascent follows by a wide ridge and we soon come on peak Remeda Rossa.
From the top, we continue on the ridge and at first slightly descend to the saddle between the peaks Remeda Rossa and Piccola Croda Rossa. From the saddle, we then start ascending on the western slopes of the peak Piccola Croda Rossa. Rocky slope on which we are ascending is relatively gentle and doesn't cause problems, and at orientation we get help from numerous cairns. Further, we are still ascending on the west side of the peak from where we have a very nice view of a larger part of Dolomites. When we notice a cross on the top of the mountain, only a short ascent follows on even less steep terrain to the top. On the summit also a breathtaking view opens up on neighbouring peak Croda Rossa.

On the way: Rifugio Sennes (2126m), Rifugio Biella / Seekofel Hütte (2327m), Forcella Cocodain (2332m), Remeda Rossa / Rote Wand (2605m)