Across the Alps of Rodengo towards Cima Lasta: an easy hike among huts and tops
- Starting-point: Zumis-parking (1725 m)
- At a glance: Zumis-parking - Rifugio Roner - Pianer Kreuz - Rifugio Campoforte/Starkenfeld- Malga Lasta/Astalm- Cima Lasta/Astjoch (top) - Rifugio Prato Croce/Kreuzwiesenhütte- Malga Sasso/Steineralm - Pianer Kreuz - Zumis - parking
- Altitude difference: 470 m
- Highest point: Cima Lasta/Astjoch (2194 m)
- Difficulty: four climbing-boots hike*
We go by car from Rio Pusteria/Mühlbach, located in Val Pusteria/Pustertal, to the parking in Nanders zum Zumis (1725 m). Here we follow the huts/tablelands' road, we turn left on the "Cofinweg" and we cross the wood and the plain fields towards Rifugio Roner (1832 m; refreshment available; ¾ an hour).
Footpath number 2 proceeds eastwards along a light ascent across the wood till the Pianer Wegkreuz (1901 m) and then reaches the Rifugio Rastner (1931 m), and, after the crossing of some fields, Rifugio Campoforte/Starkenfeld (1936 m; 1 hour from Rifugio Roner).
Now a hut road brings us to a light hollow nearby Malga Lasta/Astalm and then arrives at a road fork: here we go right and up to footpath.67, which begins on the left of the ridge and goes eastwards over the steep wood till the Cima Lasta/Astjoch top's cross (2194 m; about 1 hour far from Rifugio Campoforte/Starkenfeld).
Here we enjoy a beautiful view, then we go down on the southern side of the mount till the Rifugio Prato Croce/Kreuzwiesenhütte (1924 m) Now we cover footpath number 2 across the marvellous fields till the Raffreid Alm and Malga Sasso/Steineralm (1 hour).
After a while we return to the hollow of Malga Lasta/Astalm, from where we can return to the starting-point outstripping Campoforte/Starkenfeld and Rifugio Roner (1 hour and ½).
Useful advice: easy but long hike that covers mainly some flat pastures located in the beautiful expanses of Rodengo/Rodeneck and Luson/Lüsen; the only exacting stretch is the cross of spectacular Cima Lasta/Astjoch.
* Four climbing-boots hikes: hard hikes; length approximately between 4 and 6 hours; many times impracticable terrain; footpath often are covered with gravel; steepness up to 1000 metres; good physical conditions and resolution in movements required; sturdy, comfortable, anti-slide shoes required.
