Rifugio Auronzo - Rifugio Locatelli

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the Rateče border crossing we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we head onto the highway in the direction of Udine / Videm. We leave the highway at the Tolmezzo exit and follow the road to the mentioned settlement. From Tolmezzo we continue in the direction of the settlement Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then starts descending and brings us into the Cadore valley, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. After a few additional km of driving we come to the next major crossroad, where we turn right in the direction of Austria and Tre Cime (left Cortina d'Ampezzo). We leave the road towards Austria after another few 100 m, because signs for Tre Cime direct us right onto a toll mountain road which after 7 km brings us to a large parking lot near the mountain hut rifugio Auronzo.
From Primorska side: We drive on the highway which leads through the Sežana border crossing to Trst / Trieste. Further we drive on the Italian highway in the direction of Padova, but only to the highway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Auronzo. When the road brings us into the Cadore valley we come to a major crossroad, where the road towards Cortina d'Ampezzo goes left, towards Auronzo right. Here we continue right towards Auronzo. Further we follow the above description.

Route description:
At the mountain hut Auronzo we head onto the macadam road which leads towards the mountain hut Lavaredo slightly to the east. After approximately 20 minutes of walking on a very panoramic road which leads below the mighty walls of Tre Cime we arrive at the Lavaredo hut.
From the hut we continue slightly to the left and start to ascend the scree towards the notch (Forcella Lavaredo) between Monte Paterno and Tre Cime. At the notch where there is a path junction we take the wide path, which from the notch starts to descend slightly towards the north. To the right branches off the path which leads to Monte Paterno from the south side and path 104, which starts to descend towards the east. During the descent towards the Locatelli hut we can choose the lower wide path or the upper somewhat more difficult one, which crosses the slopes below the western wall of Monte Paterno. At the hut from where there is a very nice view of Monte Paterno and Tre Cime both paths join again.

Along the route: Rifugio Lavaredo (2344m), Forcella Lavaredo (2454m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Laghi dei Piani ( 5 min), Sasso di Sesto / Sextnerstein ( 20 min), Torre di Toblin / Toblinger Knoten (1 h 20 min), Monte Paterno (1 h), Lastron dei Scarperi / Schusterplatte (3 h 20 min)

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