Trekking to Monte Altissimo – Rifugio Damiano Chiesa

San Giacomo (1196 m a.s.l.)

Start out to the right of the San Giacomo hotel. Follow signpost No. 622 and you will quickly pass through Mas dei Girardei, then a meadow and then into a forest that rises rather steeply. Always on trail No. 622, exit out onto a meadow and climb up a narrow trail until you cross the road (Malga Campo locality, 1635 m a.s.l.) that connects Malga Campo (to the right) with Rifugio Graziani (to the left). Continue straight ahead (signpost No. 633) in the direction of Bocca Paltrane. Go up a rather steep meadow until you reach the Bocca at an altitude of 1831 m a.s.l.

At Bocca Paltrane, continue along the trail keeping to the left and, after another ascending section, you reach Rifugio Damiano Chiesa, just a few steps away from the panoramic summit of Monte Altissimo (2059 m a.s.l.).

After a rest at the mountain hut, descend the trail by following signpost No. 651 that for a while joins a mule track. After crossing the road a few times the trail goes down to the recently restored mountain hut/hotel Graziani.

At this point you are exactly at Bocca di Creer (1617 m a.s.l.). Ignore the tarmac road that leads to San Valentino and take to the left along trail No. 633; this starts out in a meadow and then crosses through a forest until it reaches a tarmac road which, after a gentle climb about 300 m long takes you back to hotel San Giacomo.