Crode dei Longerin

.the Valleys To the North-West, together with the Mountain Group of the West Border Line, the Longerin form the Val di Melin, while to the North-East, together with M.Palombino, they create the Val di Londo. To the east they face undisturbed on the Val Visdende, and to the west they meet the M. Spina going to form the Val Digon. To the South West they border with M. Zovo, while and South East they descend with a ridge that rises again in M. San Daniele and together with M. Schiaron they form Val Vissada, a small pearl of Comelico that is still used in summer pasture for heifers.

.the Rivers The presence of water is generally good and is mostly on the north side, that is, the one that gives on the Val di Melin–Val di Londo, valleys crossed respectively by the Rio Melin and the Londo torrent. On the south side, towards Val Vissada, the presence of water is guaranteed by several sources which, as we descend towards Val Visdende, form the Rio di Vissada. In the North West part the Rio Saletta descends towards the Digon torrent and further south. The Rio Longerin flows into the Giao Storto and flows together along the Forest of The Ferrera.

.from S.la dei Pradetti From South-West the C.de dei Longerin can be tackled starting from the Sella dei Pradetti. This route first involves the crossing of Monte Zovo. You can go up from the town of Costalissoio and, after leaving the car in La Baita, continue to climb the paved and steep forest road along the Forest of Giavi until you reach (1610 m a.s.l.) and cross the Coston of Sasso Grigno (1834 m a.s.l.); from here you walk in a false plane approaching M. Zovo until you reach the crossroads for Costa village (1896 m a.s.l.) where you descend in a north-easterly direction up to the altitude of 1757 m a.s.l. of The Sella dei Pradetti, travel time 10min by car and 1h30min on foot (6.2Km and 7.7Km). At Sella dei Pradetti you can also go up from the village of S.Nicolo’ di Comelico. By car you reach Costa, fraz. of S.Nicolo’, and go up through Fir woods along an asphalted road until you reach the locality Fronta’ (1573 m a.s.l.), travel time 16min-8.8 Km. Leaving the car go up through meadows along a dirt road up to the junction for Costalissoio, under the summit of Monte Zovo (1896 m a.s.l.), from here go down to the Sella dei Pradetti (1757 m a.s.l.), distance 1h-4.3Km.

The climb to Cima Sud (2523 m a.s.l. from F.la Zovo continues on a path with CAI-169 trail along Val Vissada to F.la Longerin (2044 m a.s.l.), while from the Ciadon junction to M.ga Londo along the path with the CAI-167 trail and along the Val dei Longerin up to F.la Longerin along the path with the CAI-169 trail. From M.ga Melin, however, you go up the path with the CAI-165 trail to P.so Palombino (2035 m a.s.l), then go along the scree slopes under the Torrioni dei Longerin towards the east and, crossing the latter on steep little fork at the end, you come to cross the path with the CAI-195 trail that climbs to the summit from the Piani di Vissada. P.so Palombino can also be reached from the hairpin bend for Aiaredo by going up the path with the CAI-142 sign, passing close to F.la Poipera and continuing horizontally to the pass. Finally from S.la dei Pradetti go up along the path with the CAI-165 trail, pass Col dei Pradetti and reach the upper part of the Piani di Vissada at an altitude of 2073 m a.s.l. As soon as you begin to descend towards the plains, turn left through the mountain pines along a path without a signpost that climbs along the southern ridge of the mountain, with a not always well marked trail, up to the summit.