Malga Fosse - Cima Vezzana
Starting point: Malga Fosse (1936 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.28933°N 11.79916°E
Time of walking: 6 h 10 min
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1256 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1690 m
Map: Tabacco 22 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
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. We follow the highway to exit Belluno, after the settlement Belluno we follow the road in the direction of the settlement Feltre and then towards the settlement Transacqua and mountain pass Passo Rolle. A little before the mountain pass, we will on the right side of the road notice a larger parking lot at mountain pasture Malga Fosse on which we park.
Path description:
From the starting point on the mountain pasture Malga Fosse we continue towards the southeast following the signs »Rifugio Rosetta, Col Verde«. The path at the beginning slightly descends on grassy slopes, after that mostly in a gentle ascent crosses the slopes below the summit Cimon della Pala. The path named Sentiero dei Finanzieri later ascends a little steeper and brings us on a less steep grassy slopes. The path further starts slightly descending and it brings us to a marked crossing. Right downwards leads the path towards the ski slope Col Verde, left upwards there is the beginning of the climbing path Via Ferrata Bolver Lugli, and we continue straight following the signs »Rif. Rosetta«.
Further, the path for quite some time crosses slopes below the walls of the peak Croda della Pala and then again brings us to a marked crossing. Right downwards leads the path towards the settlement San Martino, and we continue straight following the signs »Rif. Rosetta«. After a short crossing, the path again brings us to the signposts by the path. Here from the right joins another path from the settlement San Martino, straight leads a little easier path past the mountain hut Rosetta, and we go left upwards on a little poorly visible footpath.
The path quickly brings us to very demanding ascent, where we have to almost vertically ascend over a rocky jump. This part is otherwise very short, but the use of self belaying in spite of that still recommended. The further path is then for some time ascending on the left side of the gully upwards and then turns right and crosses a slope on an exposed ledge. Above the ledge is also rocky overhang, so that on the ledge we have to crawl a little. The path further turns a little to the left and then is for quite some time ascending on a steep slope upwards. Because on the path is quite a lot of the slippery sand quite some caution is needed. After that, the path is becoming gradually less steep and from the right joins a little easier path past the mountain hut Rosetta.
From the crossing, we are then ascending mostly on the scree all the way to a saddle Passo Bettega, which is located below the summit Cima Corona.
On the saddle, we continue straight and the path descends a little through the valley between the peaks Cima Corona and Croda della Pala. Later, the path turns a little to the left and starts descending on a quite steep slope where quite some caution is needed. After the steep descent path turns a little to the left and starts ascending through the valley Valle dei Cantoni. At first, the path runs on the scree and is not that steep, and later follows a little steeper ascent on a rocky slope. Here the path runs left from a steep gully and is mostly marked with red lines. Slope later again becomes less steep and then follows an ascent to a saddle Passo del Travignolo.
On the saddle where there is a crossing, we continue right following the signs »Cima Vezzana«, left leads the path towards the bivouac Fiamme Gialle (10 minutes). From the saddle, we start ascending on quite steep scree upwards. The path then turns to the right and it brings us to a smaller saddle below Il Nuvolo. We continue left and we are then for some time ascending on a rocky slope upwards. In the last part, the path again turns a little to the left and follows an ascent by the panoramic ridge to the top.
On the way: Passo Bettega (2667m), Passo del Travignolo (2985m)
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