Escursione al Rifugio Città di Fiume

The open and sunny location on the gentle grassy slopes of the Col de la Puìna, the superb view of the vertiginous north face of the Pelmo and the easy access routes make the shelter Città di Fiume a particularly appreciated destination for hikers and simple tourists.

It is a stop along the Alta Via delle Dolomiti n. 1. It is an opportunity to experience the traditional hospitality. It was inaugurated on September 20, 1964, being converted from the Durona hut, built around 1600, although it has been remodeled several times.

It has always been owned by the CAI section of Fiume which, after the events of the Second World War, has its headquarters in Padua. How to get there:

1 - From Val Fiorentina path n° 467 hours 1 - S.S. della Val Fiorentina between Selva di Cadore and Forcella Staulanza (parking 1663 m.), along a forest road (forbidden to traffic) you arrive at the shelter passing by the malga Fiorentina (1799 m.) - shelter Città di Fiume (1917 m.)

2 - From Forcella Staulanza (1766 m.) path n° 472 hours 1,15 - From Forcella Staulanza a path starts with a short ascent reaches path n° 472 that leads to the Venezia and Città di Fiume shelter. At the fork on the left the path goes along the screes at the base of the Pelmetto - shelter Città di Fiume (1917 m.)

3 - From Borca di Cadore/Serdes - path n° 468 that climbs gently to the west to the meadows around Taulà de Tiera (1271 m.), where there is a wonderful view of Pelmo, Sorapis, Marmarole and Antelao. Take the road on the left, above Val Orsolina, which climbs up the wooded slopes of Crepe de Ruton, sometimes with hairpin bends, in a westerly direction, until you reach a junction at Ponte intrà les Agnes (1379 m.), at the confluence of Rio Faon and Rio Corotto. Turn left and continue on the stony path n. 468 in Val de Forada, climbing steeply through scrub and sparse woodland in a south-westerly direction (Casera Corotto, in ruins, remains on the right), until the limit of the vegetation. Then go up the valley through meadows and mugo pines, then climb steeply to Forcella Forada, 1977 m. Beyond this, on the path n. 468 on the flanks of the Crèpes dei Bèche, initially climbing in a westerly direction, then heading north up to the shelter Città di Fiume, (1917 m.).

4 - From Passo Giau path n° 436 hours 3,30 - after passing first Forcella Col Piombin and then Forcella Giau (2360 m.), go down to the splendid plateau of Mondeval under the south face of the Lastoi de Formin. We then go up to Forc. Ambrizzola (2277 m.) - Forc. Col Duro (2293 m.) - Malga Prendera (2148 m.) - Forc. Roan (1999 m.) - Forc. della Puina (2034 m.) - shelter Città di Fiume (1917 m.)

5 - From the Croda da Lago shelter G.Palmieri (2046 m.) - path n° 434, hours 2,30 - Forc. Ambrizzola (2277 m.) - Forcella Col Duro (2293 m.) - Malga Prendera (2148 m.) - Forc. Roan (1999 m.) - Forc. della Puina (2034 m.) - shelter Città di Fiume (1917 m.)

6 - From the Shelter A.M. de Luca/Venezia (1947 m.) - path n° 472 hours 3,30 in direction of Forc. Staulanza (1766 m.) keep right always path n° 472 - Shelter Città di Fiume (1917 m.)