Pederu is 16km up the road from San Vigillio and you have to pay to park. After a quick coffee we took the 4 wheel drive road up to the Refugio Senes, which sits in a high mountain pasture. The road is a continuous series of switchbacks which climbs besides a sheer rocky cliff and is quite a feat of engineering.
From Senes we continued on easy tracks climbing to Refugio Biella alla Croda del Beco. This is a delightful area with alpine meadows and the flowers were in full bloom. We heard the shrill cry of the Marmot and spotted them watching us whilst perched on rocks above us.
The Refugio is the same colour as the mountain, so is quite hard to spot, despite it's large size. Carolina's Mum sunbathed on the col above the refugio whilst we climbed the steep east ridge to the summit of Croda del Beco. The drops to the south were vertical and there was one long chain section on the most exposed part of the climb. On the summit itself there are fabulous views in all directions. We stopped on the top for lunch and to sign the visitors book.
Once back down at the col we carried on down past Lago Gran de Foses to create a circuit. We headed back down to Pederu with more stunning views across to Tofana and met Carolina's cousins on the way down.
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