Ampezzo · Veneto · Italy
Lago Federa
A still lake under the Croda da Lago wall beside a mountain hut, reached through forest.
At a glance
The place
Overview
Used inDolomites, 13 nights
For your group
Who it suits
- From about 8
- 45 min–1.5 h on site
- No stroller access
- Wheelchair: not accessible
- For a child: A still lake beside Rifugio Croda da Lago, mirroring the Croda da Lago wall; reached only on foot.
12 things we have not checked yet
Carrier, access detail, accessible toilet, accessible parking, capacity, distance, climb, descent, surface, swimming, entry, water temperature.
On foot
The route
Trail guide: Open trail page
Logistics
How to get there
Directions
To Ru Curto roadside parking
46.50610,12.07950
Ponte de Rucurto, Passo Giau roadTrailhead
- Elevation
- 1,700 m
- Point
- 46.50584,12.07888
Ru Curto roadside parkingParking
- Fee
- Free
- Capacity
- Small and often full
- Point
- 46.50610,12.07950
Ru Curto roadside, west sideParking
- Point
- 46.50577,12.07846
- Walk from the car
- 4000 mcommunity reports · read 19 Oct 2026
Sources
- Escursione del Lago Federa - EC News - Area fiscale · ecnews.it · read 19 Oct 2026
Not checked yet: public transport
Season and light
When to go
Access · our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026
Filled: open all monthOutlined: part of the monthDashed: not open
Not checked yet: best time of day, best weeks
On site
Facilities
- Food
- Hutcommunity reports · read 18 Oct 2026
Not checked yet: toilets, shade, picnic
Plan around it
Nearby, worth adding
Same corridor
Visual record
Photos
- Lago di Federa with the Becco di Mezzodi peak behindGnopera83 (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Rocky shore and clear water at Lago di FederaYreen (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Lago di Federa in larch autumn colours with the peaks behindScosse (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Path along the shore of Lago di Federa toward Rifugio Croda da LagoYreen (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
Official and booking
Links
Route6
- OSM relation 3170182 (path 437) (opens in a new tab)
- Hut GPX: Rucurto to Croda da Lago (zip) (opens in a new tab)
- Lake Federa via Pian del Pantan (opens in a new tab)
- Rifugio Croda da Lago loop (opens in a new tab)
- Outdooractive: Ru Curto to Lago Federa (opens in a new tab)
- Tabacco 03 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1:25,000 (opens in a new tab)
Conditions3
Not checked yet: official site
Provenance
Facts and sources
- Climb
- 466 msame route; the hut FAQ says about 300 m and 2 h one way, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Time
- 3 hsame route: 3:05 h, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Difficulty
- moderatesame route: T2, medium difficulty, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
Why it is worth the trip
Our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026: A hike-in lake beside a CAI hut, inside the UNESCO Dolomites; visitors staying in Cortina add it.
UNESCO World Heritage Site: The Dolomites
- Unverified. Approximate position, not checked against OpenStreetMap yet.
- Prices and hours from 2026; check before you go. Figures were read in 2026 and are used as a pattern for 2027.
We have checked 23 of 25 facts
2 facts are still to check.
Not checked yet: permit or booking, closures and conditions, altitude; options and prices