from Località Frotten
Nice and popular hike, which allows you to reach a shelter at the center of an amphitheater of peaks:
To get to the starting point, reach Palù del Fersina, Val dei Mocheni, going up the SP8.
Then take the road that goes to Località Frotten, until you reach a large car parking area:
Always follows path 343. At the beginning there are various forks and crossroads. Then you cross a stream, and going through the woods, you come to a clearing, the location named Baiti del Laner:
Still going up, the trail climbs into the coast with a few bends, in a beautiful pine forest:
You reach Croce del Laner:
Go on, until you reach the refuge:
From here, there are several possible routes, including the Sasso Rotto, either by normal path or Sentiero Giuliani, or the crossing towards Lake Erdemolo on two possible paths.
Same trail.
■ gb, 2013-05-18