Landro - Rifugio Locatelli

Access to the starting point:
Via Border crossing Rateče, take the road to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where you take the motorway towards Udine. Leave the motorway at the exit for Tolmezzo and follow the road to the above-mentioned place. From Tolmezzo, continue in the direction of Ampezzo and the Passo della Mauria mountain pass. The road then begins to descend and leads into the Cadore valley, where you continue to the right (Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo on the left) in the direction of Auronzo. After a few more kilometres, you reach the next major crossroads, where you turn right towards Misurina (left Tre Croci Pass). From here you follow the road down to a major crossroads, where you turn right towards Toblach / Dobbiaco (left Cortina). From the crossroads continue past Lago di Landro / Dürrensee. From the lake, follow the main road for about a kilometre and then turn right into a large gravel parking area.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head east on the dirt road (route 102) past the signs "Rif. Locatelli". After a few dozen metres, you reach a crossroads where you continue straight ahead on the dirt road. Here, the path opens up to a fine view of the Cristallo mountain group and the nearby Monte Piano.

As we get a little closer to the slopes of Monte Piano, we are at the crossroads again. The path to the right branches off towards the summit and Lago di Landro, and we continue slightly to the left, following the signs 'Rif. Locatelli". We continue along the dirt road that runs through the Valle della Rienza/Rienztal valley along the Rienza Nera stream. Later, the path to the climbing nursery branches off to the left, and shortly afterwards the path to mountain pasture Malga Rinbianco branches off to the right. At the crossroads, we continue along the sloping road, which offers very nice views of the surrounding peaks above the valley.

Then to the left, we take the road No 10 to the Passo Grande dei Rondoi and on to the Tre Scarperi hut, we continue on the dirt road, which soon turns into a track. The trail continues along the Rienza Nera stream and leads through a rare larch forest.

When we reach a small grassy clearing, a less well-beaten track branches off to the right towards the Langalm Hütte. Here we continue straight on, following the signs for Rifugo Locatelli. The path then leads out of the woods and then climbs in long switchbacks through dwarf pines. Later, you will come to steeper slopes where you will also see a waterfall along the way. The path is also protected by a fence at this point. There is a short climb, and then we reach the flatter grassy slopes, from which we have a wonderful view towards Trem Cinam.

To the right, the trail No 105 soon branches off towards the Langalm hut and on towards the Auronzo hut. At the crossroads, we continue straight on towards the Locatelli hut and start climbing a little steeper up a very scenic path. As we approach the slopes of Monte Paterno, a wide path from the Lavaredo hut joins us on the right. At the crossroads, continue left and there is a slightly steeper climb up to the Locatelli hut.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Laghi dei Piani, Sasso di Sesto / Sextnerstein, Torre di Toblin / Toblinger Knoten (1 h 20 min), Monte Paterno, Lastron dei Scarperi / Schusterplatte (3 h 20 min)

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