Rifugio Valparola - Les Pizades
Starting point: Rifugio Valparola (2175 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,53169°N 11,98868°E |
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Time of walking: 1 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain, easy marked way
Altitude difference: 90 m
Altitude difference po putu: 300 m
Map: Tabacco 07 1:25.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Via Border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then along the motorway towards Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. From Tolmezzo, follow the road towards Ampezzo and the Passo della Mauria mountain pass. The road then descends and leads to a crossroads where you turn left (possibly right) towards Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all subsequent junctions, follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo, follow the signs for the Passo di Falzarego Alpine pass. Follow this ascending road to the pass and then turn right towards Passo Valparola. At the pass, park in one of the car parks near the Rifugio Valparola hut.
From the coastal side: Take the motorway towards 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. Continue as described above.
Path description:
From the Rifugio Valparola, continue south-west following the "Settsass" signs. The path then crosses the grassy slopes on the right side of Lake Lago di Valparola and leads to a crossroads. Continue right on path 24, which leads to the top of Setsas.
The trail then begins to climb gently up the still mostly grassy slopes on the south side of the summit of Piz Ciampei. This trail then leads to a nondescript saddle where you cross a grazing fence.
The path then becomes a little more level for a while and leads to the foot of the slopes of Le Pale de Gerda, where there are some ruins from the First World War. The path then turns slightly to the right and climbs gently a few times before descending a little further and crossing under the northern slopes of the Setsas peak. Here the path offers a very fine view of the Val Badia valley and the Puez and Lavarella mountain groups. The trail, which descends about 200 metres, then passes through a short lane of larch forest and leads to the grassy slopes on the north-west side of the Setsas peak. The path here again starts to climb steeply and leads to a crossroads.
The path to the left leads to the summit of Setsas, and we continue to the right following the 'Pralongia' signs. From the crossroads, we climb slightly and the path leads us to a saddle from which we have a view of the Sella Group.
A few metres before the saddle, we leave the marked path and head right onto a trackless road. From the marked path, it is only a relatively short climb along the ridge to the summit of Les Pizades.
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