San Martino - Cima Vezzana (via Rifugio Rosetta)

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 the settlement 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. An ascending road then leads us through the settlement San Martino. From the sign, which marks the end of the settlement San Martino we continue for approximately 1km, and then we will on the left side of the road notice a smaller parking lot where we park.

Path description:
At the starting point, we will on the right side of the road notice a signpost, which points us right on a footpath towards the mountain pasture Malga Pala. The path quickly brings us into the forest through which it is then for quite some time slightly ascending. Later, the path turns to the right and after a short ascent, it brings us to a marked crossing.
Left leads the path towards the mountain pass Passo Rolle, and we continue right towards the mountain pasture Malga Pala. The path further crosses slopes towards the southeast and from the path nice views open up towards the settlement San Martino and surrounding peaks. After that, the path turns a little to the left and starts ascending a little steeper in zig-zags through the forest. Later, the path becomes slightly less steep and still run through the forest. Such a path then a little before the mountain pasture brings us to a crossing where from the right side joins the path from a little lower starting point in the settlement San Martino. From the crossing then only a short ascent follows to cottages on the mountain pasture Malga Pala.
On the mountain pasture, we continue right on a gentle road which soon brings us to a ski slope. Here we continue slightly left and a short ascent follows to the hut Colverde where there is the station of a cable car.
At the mountain hut where there is a crossing, we continue by following the signs for »Rif. Rosetta«, left upwards leads the path towards the climbing path Via Ferrata Bolver Lugli. The path at first leads us through a short and thin lane of a forest and then the path with increasingly beautiful view is for quite some time ascending in zig-zags on slopes below peaks Croda della Pala and Cima Corona.
Higher when from the left side joins the path from the mountain pass Passo Rolle, our path turns a little to the right and crosses a slope below the cable car. Further, the path starts again ascending a little steeper, and on some spots is also slightly exposed. Ascent in spite of that doesn't cause bigger problems, because the path is very well secured, on exposed spots also with the fence. Here we are mostly ascending in zig-zags, and from the path, we have all the time a nice view towards the nearby peak Rosetta and other peaks above the valley Val Cismon. Higher, the path turns left towards the northeast and is becoming gradually less steep. Such a path then brings us on a saddle Passo di Rosetta where there is also a marked crossing.
To the right leads the path towards the summit Rosetta and the upper station of the cable car, and we continue left on a gentle path towards the mountain hut Rosetta, to which there is only few minutes of easy walking.
From the mountain hut, we continue left following the signs »Cima Vezzana, Biv. Fiamme Gialle«. The path here slightly ascends towards the northwest and then crosses slopes below the summit Cima Corona. Later from the left joins a little more demanding and worse beaten path.
At the crossing, the path turns to the right and then it is ascending mostly on the scree all the way to a saddle Passo Bettega.
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: Rifugio Malga Pala (1897m), Rifugio Colverde (1965m), Passo di Rosetta (2572m), Rifugio Rosetta (2581m), Passo Bettega (2667m), Passo del Travignolo (2985m)