Rifugio Ra Stua - Muntejela de Sennes

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 km of driving, you reach the next major crossroads, where you turn right towards Misurina (left Tre Croci Pass). From here, follow the road down to a major crossroads, where you turn left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo (right Austria). From this crossroads, you continue for about 10 km towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, and then, at a sharp left turn, you turn right onto the road towards the Rifugio Ra Stua hut. Follow the narrow asphalted road until you reach the large parking lot at the hut.

Path description:
From the Rifugio Ra Stua hut, continue along the macadam road, which is closed to traffic. Right at the start, a footpath branches off to the right towards the Forcella Lerosa and the Gotres valley. A little later, a path branches off to the right towards the Valbones valley and the Helbig Dall'Oglio bivouac.
We continue along the gravel road, which continues for a while along the pastureland, and then leads into the woods. We continue through the woods along the Boite stream for a while, and then come back to the grassy slopes where there is a crossroads.
A road branches off to the left towards the Rifugio Fodara Vedla hut, and we continue straight ahead on a dirt road towards the Rifugio Sennes hut. After a few dozen metres we reach another crossroads. This time, the footpath to the right branches off towards Lago di Foses and hut Rifugio Biella (Seekofelhütte).
This time we continue along the road that runs through the Val Salata valley and starts to climb a little steeper. Later, the road turns slightly to the left and a footpath branches off straight ahead, rejoining the road later. Higher up, the trees become scarcer and scarcer, and the road increasingly offers beautiful views of the nearby peaks, where Croda Rossa stands out in particular. Later, the road crosses a barrier and leads out of the Dolomites d'Ampezzo Nature Park into the Fanes Sennes Braies Nature Park.
The road soon turns left towards the Rifugio Pederü hut, and we continue straight on along the dirt road towards the Rifugio Sennes hut. After a short climb, the road leads us to another crossroads. This time, the road branches off to the right towards the Rifugio Biella hut, and we continue straight ahead again. The road then becomes more level and soon leads us along grassy slopes to the Rifugio Sennes hut.
From the hut, continue along the dirt road, following the signs "Munt de Sennes". Instead of the road, you can also follow the footpath that runs to the left of the road under the slopes of the Col de Lasta. The road starts to climb from the hut and leads to a marked crossroads where a path branches off to the right towards hut Rifugio Biella (Seekofelhütte).
We continue along the road, which becomes more level and quickly leads us to another crossroads. This time, the path branches off to the right towards the Forcela de Riciogogn and Ju de Senes. Continue along the road, then a footpath joins from the left and there is only a short descent to the Munt de Sennes hut. From the hut, continue north-west following the "Muntejela" signs. From the hut, the path initially descends gently on grassy slopes, then begins to climb and leads into a narrow valley called Val de San Berto. After climbing up the valley for some time, at the end of the valley the path leads to a marked crossroads.
To the right, the path leads to the Ju de Senes saddle, and we continue slightly to the left on route 27, following the signs for 'Muntejela de Senes'. From the crossroads, the path runs north-westwards and starts to climb slightly steeper up the valley on the east side of Muntejela. At a higher altitude, when a faint path from the Ju de Senes saddle joins from the right, the path turns left and climbs a slightly steeper and slightly more crumbly slope. The steepness of this short section requires a little caution. The path then leads to the west side of the ridge where it continues to the right and then climbs up the grassy slopes along the ridge. In the last part of the trail, the grass is replaced by a rocky slope, which soon leads to a scenic peak.

On the way: Rifugio Sennes (2126m), Rifugio Munt de Sennes (2176m)

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