Rifugio Tolazzi - Rauchkofel

Access to starting point:
From Trbiž/Tarvisio we go on the highway towards Videm/Udine. We leave the highway at exit for Tolmezzo. At Tolmezzo we then also leave the road which runs towards the mountain pass Passo di Croce Carnico / Plöckenpass and go towards Villa Santina. In Villa Santina at the roundabout, we go straight following the signs Ovaro, Sappada. We follow this road all the way to Forni Avoltri, where we turn right following the signs Collina. We then follow the asphalt road all the way to the parking lot before the mountain hut Tolazzi.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the mountain hut Rifugio Tolazzi we continue on the road following the signs Rif. Lambertenghi-Romanin. After a short ascent, we come to a crossroad, where we continue left on a narrower road (path 144), right leads the road towards the mountain hut Marinelli. We soon leave the road and we go right on a footpath which starts ascending through the forest. The path runs on the right side of the valley and occasionally a nice view opens up to mountain walls of Monte Coglians / Hohe Warte on the right and Monte Capolago / Seekopf on the left side of the valley. When we come out of the forest, we will in front of us already notice a saddle Volaia / Wolayer Pass, where there is also the mountain hut Rifugio Lambertenghi-Romanin. The path is then ascending for some time by the cargo cableway, after that from the right joins the path 145 from the mountain hut Rifugio Marinelli. A short ascent follows and we soon come to a poorly visible crossing, where the path on Monte Capolago / Seekopf branches off to the left, and we continue straight and we soon reach the mountain hut Rifugio Lambertenghi-Romanin.
From the mountain hut, we have then for approximately 5 minutes of walking to the lake, which is situated on the Austrian side of the saddle Volaia / Wolayer Pass, and to the mountain hut Wolayerseehütte also additional 5 minutes.
From the mountain hut, we continue right, on a marked path in the direction of the summit Rauchkofel. The path which is at first ascending gently, quickly becomes steeper and is then ascending over relatively steep grassy slopes. The path higher flattens and turns slightly towards the left, where then in a moderate ascent brings us on a smaller saddle, where there is a crossing. We continue left on a relatively steep path, which is ascending on grassy slopes of the mountain. The path higher turns slightly to the left and it brings us on the main ridge. We continue slightly right on an increasingly steep path, which is further ascending on very steep grassy slopes. Further, the path brings us to steel cables, with the help of which we then in few minutes of additional walking ascend on a panoramic peak.
Rifugio Tolazzi - Wolayer See 1:45, Wolayer See - Rauchkofel 1:30.

On the way: The lake Wolayer See (1951m)