Hiking route
Lago di Braies – Rifugio Sennes
Braies / Prags · South Tyrol · Italy
Challenging
Rated by IDM Südtirol-Alto Adige
Pragser Wildsee / Lago di Braies or by car: P4 car park
- Duration
- 4:30h
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Status today
- Season: June – October · out of season
Elevation profile
123
Along the route
- 1
Hotel Lago di Braies
Photo: Luca Lorenzi, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
- 2
Rowing boat hire (la palafitta)
- 3
Rifugio Biella
Photo: Llorenzi, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
About the route
Along the west shore to the south end of the lake, up through Buco Giavo to the Porta Sora al Forn and the Rifugio Biella, then on a wide path across the pastures down to the Rifugio Sennes. Trails 1 and 6A; one way. Official grade "very demanding" in the tour text.
Nearby
Cortina d'Ampezzo Ski Area Photo: Acquario51, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Tre Cime di Lavaredo: Loop from the Auronzo Hut Photo: Chris Henry / Unsplash
Val Gardena: Seceda Photo: Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Sources (11) · last checked October 2026
Route data checked: October 2026
- Tourist Info Valle di Braies (prags.bz) — route, access, rules, season and opening
- dolomiti.org — route, access, season and opening
- Hotel Lago di Braies (lagodibraies.com) — season and opening, history
- la palafitta (la-palafitta.com) — season and opening
- Tourist Info Prags / Braies (prags.bz) — access, season and opening
- Cortina d'Ampezzo tourism board (cortina.dolomiti.org) — season and opening
- Deutscher Alpenverein (alpenverein.de) — emergency numbers
- Ministero della Salute — emergency numbers
- IDM Südtirol-Alto Adige (suedtirol.info) — route, time, difficulty
- Braies (Outdooractive) — difficulty
- OpenStreetMap