Grego Brothers Hut - Jôf di Sompdogna
This small relief that does not even reach an altitude of 2000 meters had a certain importance during the First World War as a control post on the Italian-Austrian front. On the top there are still the remains of the artifacts erected by the Italian soldiers also settled on the facing Jôf di Miezegnót, works that now provide shelter in case of rain: due to its orographic characteristics, the top of Sompdogna, cut in half by the old border, was the Köpfach (peak with many heads) before becoming entirely Italian in 1918. The peak then took on the Italian name (literally "above Dogna") and straddles two valleys, that of Dogna and Saisera, offering a suggestive panoramic balcony towards the imposing north walls of the Jôf di Montasio. The wonderful beech and coniferous woods that you cross from the valley floor of Val Saisera to reach the Fratelli Grego Refuge - inaugurated in 1927 by the Giulie Alpine Society and named in memory of four heroic brothers from Trieste - allow for a cool excursion during the hot summers and a pleasant forest bathing journey both outward and return, returning via the Fossa di Carnizza at the foot of the Montasio Glacier, while the small lake, located at the bottom of a small glacial basin near the saddle, allows for an idyllic break in open field. The summit requires a little attention because it is more exposed but in general the whole circular route requires a medium effort, while it is always possible to return by the same ascent route.
A first glimpse
Some impressions of the tour
Directions
From near the Malga Saisera car park (for a fee in the summer) go around the small chapel dedicated to the memory of a young local girl, Laura Florit, taking the path marked Cai 611 which climbs directly towards a wooded ridge, almost on the edge of the Vallone Plania, dominated to the north by the wild Monte Nero and Strechizza and, further to the west by the Jôf di Miezegnót, thus avoiding the numerous hairpin bends of the long forest track which gives access to the Fratelli Grego refuge (1389 m). The walk takes place among magnificent trees, especially beech trees with gnarled roots exposed by the many passages on the path and the Cai 611 trail sign leaves just behind the refuge, which deserves a stop to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the Nabois and the Spragna (1 hour).
Resume the path now following the Cai 651 trail that climbs directly into the woods ignoring both the road that goes to the right and the path that goes to the left and you will soon reach the plateau where the pond lies on its left bank. Continuing in a southerly direction, you cross the path that arrives from the Sella di Sompdogna with CAI 610 trail sign and follow it to the left, finding yourself in front of a steep section that goes up the northern slope of the Sompdogna and leads to a kind of suspended basin where you meet other barrack artifacts from the war. Among mountain pines and sparse larches you now continue more gently in view of the summit, on which stands a summit run, following a wartime mule track. The last stretch rears up again towards the summit and the summit (1889 m, 2.30 hours), meeting other war positions and the small observatory of the 36th Field Artillery Regiment.
From the top you begin the descent heading south and continuing on the same trail you descend zigzagging into the thick mugheta until you reach the Foran de la Grave crossroads with the path marked 652 which you follow to the left continuing to descend. At an altitude of 1609 you come across a track that bends sharply to the left where a track with red and white trail signs descends towards the Fossa di Carnizza. Less expert hikers can instead follow, as an alternative to this less easy track, the main one that descends in the traverse to an altitude of 1400, from where the path with trail sign 611 branches off, which descends to the bottom of the Fossa di Carnizza. From here you can choose to continue along the 611 going carefully back into the woods, with some steep sections, up to the Grego refuge and from here to the car. Or you can take the path marked Cai 639 which runs along the orographic left of the Fossa di Carnizza with some gravel crossings. Paying attention not to lose track in the woods and the red-and-white trail signs, with sections on steep slopes, you reach the final track of a forest track at an altitude of about one thousand metres. Follow it until you come to the large bed of the Saisera torrent and the CAI 616 trail sign which you follow to the left, after about a kilometre, regaining the parking lot where you left your car. (4.30 hours)
Point of arrival
The Tarvisio tourist destination is located in Friuli Venezia Giulia, on the border with Austria and Slovenia
