Rifugio Valparola - Col di Lana (eastern way)

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Via border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the motorway in the direction of Vidma / Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. From Tolmezzo we follow the road in the direction of the village Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then descends and brings us to a crossroad, where we continue left (possible also right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all next crossroads we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo we then follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. We follow this ascending road to the mentioned pass, then we continue right towards the pass Passo Valparola. On the pass we park on one of the parking lots near the hut Rifugio Valparola.
From the Primorska side: We drive on the motorway towards Venice / Venezia. At Portogruaro we leave the motorway towards Venice and continue right on the motorway towards Pordenone. At the next motorway junction near Conegliano we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the motorway ends and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further we follow the above description.

Route description:
From the hut Rifugio Valparola we continue southwest following the signs »Settsass, Col di Lana«. The path then crosses grassy slopes on the right side of the lake Lago di Valparola and brings us to a junction. We continue left on path no. 23, right leads path no. 24 towards the summit Setsas.
From the junction the path slightly descends on a grassy slope and then brings us to somewhat steeper slopes on the south side of the ridge of summits Setsas and Le Pale de Gerda. On a shorter section fixed safety gear also helps us. The path then starts to ascend slightly and crosses slopes towards the west. From the path we have a nice view all the time on the precipitous south walls of the summit Setsas, nicely visible is also the ridge of summits Monte Sief and Col di Lana. The path then soon brings us to another junction, where to the right upwards a path branches off leading under the precipitous walls to the west side of the summit Setsas.
We continue slightly left on the lower path and further mostly in a slight ascent cross slopes towards the west. Such a path then brings us to grassy slopes below the summit Picco Setsas from which a wonderful view opens towards the mountain group Sella. Here we continue left and on the path leading along the fence descend to the saddle Passo Sief.
On the saddle where there is a junction we continue left on the path Teriol Ladin and cross the fence. The path then crosses grassy slopes and starts to descend somewhat more steeply below the slopes of the summit Monte Sief. Later the path turns slightly to the left and below the slopes of the summit Col di Lana starts to ascend slightly again. Further the path leads by sparse shrubbery and brings us to a junction near the saddle between the summits Col di Lana and Cenglei.
At the junction where a view opens towards the south we continue sharply right on path 21B. The narrow path then steeply ascends for some time on the grassy slope along the ridge. Higher the path turns to the left and follows a slightly less steep ascent to the bivouac where path 21A joins us from the left. From here only a short ascent past the chapel to the summit follows.

Along the route: Lago di Valparola (2140m), Passo Sief (2209m)

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