Piano Fiscalino / Fischleinboden - Monte Paterno (Ferrata De Luca-Innerkofler)

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana through the Karawanks Tunnel to Spittal. Next we drive towards Lienz, where at the roundabout we continue in the direction of the village Sillian and Italy. On the Italian side of the border, we quickly come to San Candido, where we continue left in the direction of the tourist town Sesto / Sexten. Just a little after the town Sesto we come to San Giuseppe / Moss, where signs for Val Fiscalina / Fischleintal point us to the right. Further, we drive on an ascending road, which we follow to a large paid parking lot.
Free parking is approximately 2 km lower, by the bottom station of the circular cabin cable car "Alta Pusteria".

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue a few tens of meters along the main road and a little before the hotel Dolomitenhof we turn right onto a narrow road that is closed to traffic. Initially still asphalted, the road soon becomes macadam. From the road, we later turn left onto a wide footpath that leads further through a scenic valley. Along a gentle path, we soon reach the mountain hut Talschlusshütte / Rifugio Fondo Valle.
At the mountain hut, we continue right following the signs »Rif. Tre Cime« and »Rif. Comici«. After a few minutes of walking on a wide trail we come again to a marked junction. At the junction, where there is a magnificent view of the northern wall of the peak Einserkofel / Cima Una (2698m), we continue right on path 102, where signs direct us to the mountain hut Rifugio Locatelli / Drei Zinnen Hütte; left leads the path to the mountain hut Rifugio Comici / Zsigmondy Hütte.
Further on, the path starts to ascend somewhat more steeply along the right side of the valley Alteinsteinertal / Valle Sasso Vecchio and mostly runs along dwarf pines. The path then approaches the stream a few times and a view towards Monte Paterno begins to open up. When we approach the waterfall of the stream Altensteiner Bach, the path turns slightly right and begins to ascend below the slopes of the peaks Punta Slawina Lunga / Langlahn spitze (2770m) and Sasso Vecchio / Altsteinspitze (2909m). The path leads us out of the dwarf pines and ascends towards the northwest. Later, when the path brings us to gentler grassy slopes, it turns left and takes us past the lakes Laghi dei Piani to the Locatelli hut.
From the hut, we continue slightly left and begin to ascend along the northern ridge of Monte Paterno. Soon we enter a tunnel from the First World War. For the ascent through the tunnel, we will definitely need a headlamp, as the tunnel is more than 500 meters long. Occasionally, wonderful views open up through the windows in the tunnel towards Tre Cime and the lakes Laghi dei Piani. From the tunnel, we then reach the eastern slopes of the mountain and soon enter the climbing section of the path. The path first ascends steeply to the right, then turns left and ascends on a well-secured path towards the notch Forcella del Camoscio. At the notch, where our path joins the other two, we turn right. With the aid of steel cables, we climb over an almost vertical wall. This section of the path is short but demanding, so the use of self-belaying is highly recommended. The path then becomes less demanding and, through nice passages on the summit slope of the mountain, we soon reach the very panoramic summit.

Along the route: Dolomitenhof (1454m), Rifugio Fondo Valle / Talschlußhütte (1548m), Rifugio Locatelli (2405m), Forcella del Camoscio (2650m)

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