Rifugio Pederü - Col Bechei

Access to the starting point:
a) From Kranjska Gora via the Koren saddle to Austria, where at the first major junction continue left towards Podkloštro / Arnoldstein and Trbiz / Tarvisio. At the end of Podklošter, the signs for Šmohor / Hermagor direct you to the right on the regional road, which takes you past this town to the end of the Ziljska valley, or more precisely to Kötschach-Mauthen, where you turn right towards Oberdrauburg. The road continues over the Gailbergsattel Alpine pass (982 m), after which you descend into the above-mentioned town. After crossing a bridge over the River Drava, turn left towards Lienz. At the main roundabout in Lienz, turn left towards Sillian and Itali. Next we cross the national border between Austria and Itali, and we follow the main road past Dobbiaco / Toblach, Villabassa / Niederdorf, Monguelfo - Tesido / Welsberg - Taisten, Brunico / Bruneck. Just after the last mentioned town, which is passed by a bypass road, we turn left into the Val Badia valley. Continue along the valley and turn left at Longega towards San Vigilio. In San Vigilio, turn left at the crossroads after the "Pederü" signs. After about 200 metres, turn right, also after the 'Pederü' signs. Follow this road until you reach the large parking lot in front of the Rifugio Pederü.

b) From Nova Gorica, exit into Itali and follow the motorway to Venice/Venezia. At Portogruaro, leave the motorway towards Venice and turn right on the motorway towards Pordenone. At the next motorway junction near Conegliano, turn right towards Belluno. The motorway ends near Belluno and we continue towards Cortina d'Ampezzo at the next junctions. When you arrive in Cortina d'Ampezzo, follow the signs for the Passo Falzarego Alpine pass. At the Passo Falzarego (2105 m), turn right towards the Valparola Pass and continue towards Alta Badia. At La Villa turn right towards Brunico. Follow the road to Longega and turn right towards San Vigilio. In San Vigilio, turn left at the crossroads after the "Pederü" signs. After about 200 metres, turn right, also after the "Pederü" signs. Follow this road until you reach the large parking lot in front of the Rifugio Pederü.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue to the crossroads behind the cottage. Signposts point slightly right on the footpath towards the Lavarela and Fanes huts, while the path to the left leads to the Fodara Vedla hut. The level path first crosses a stream and a road, then begins a slightly steeper climb through dwarf pines. After an initial slightly steeper section, the path becomes flatter further on, and also descends slightly for a short section. The path briefly joins the road a few times, and then rejoins the road, passing mainly through dwarf pines on the right side of the valley.

The path then turns slightly to the right and the views of the surrounding peaks start to open up. Later, we rejoin the mountain road, which runs along the Rü dal Plan stream. The road then climbs gently and leads to a crossroads.

The road to the right leads to hut Rifugio Lavarella (5 minutes), and we continue left at the crossroads. The road then climbs slightly and soon leads to the hut.

At the hut, take route 10 towards the Limo Pass and the mountain pasture Gran Fanes. At first, the ascent is a little steeper, following a footpath through the forest, which leads back to the road. Continue right along the scenic road. A little higher up, the road turns to the left and leads along grassy slopes to the Ju de Limo saddle (Passo di Limo in Italian, Limopass in German).

The road descends slightly from the saddle and quickly leads to Lake Lago di Limo
After the lake, where there is a crossroads, leave the macadam road and turn left onto the footpath towards the top of Col Bechei. The trail first leads us along the lake and then begins to climb the slope on the east side of the lake. Here the path follows a mainly grassy slope and turns slightly to the right at a slightly higher altitude, leading to the southern slopes. There are also a few benches along the way and a spring with drinking water. Further on, we climb up a small valley to the east and from the path we start to get better and better views, especially to the south where the Tofana mountain group is clearly visible. We continue to climb on mostly grassy terrain eastwards to a small saddle on the south side of the Col Bechei peak where there are also signposts.

At the crossroads where we join the slightly less beaten eastern path, continue left towards the top of Col Bechei where we are also directed by signposts. From the crossroads we start to climb a little steeper up the grassy slope, which turns into rocky terrain a little higher up. The trail turns slightly to the right here and follows a slightly steeper slope. As there is quite a bit of rubble on the path, some caution is needed here. Technically, the ascent is not difficult. The path then leads us to a ridge from where we open up a view of the north side and to the top, which we can already see in front of us followed by only a short climb.

On the way: Rifugio Fanes (2060m), Ju de Limo (2174m), Lago di Limo (2159m)

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