Passo di Fedaia - Rifugio Serauta (via ski slope)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (to here possible over a border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on a highway in the direction of Videm / Udine to exit Tolmezzo. From Tolmezzo we follow the road in the direction of village Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo Mauria. The road then descends and it brings us to a crossroad, where we continue left (possible also right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all next crossroads, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo and then we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo di Falzarego. Already in the first part of the ascent towards the mountain pass Falzarego we will get to a crossroad, where signs for mountain pass Passo di Giau (2233 meters) and Marmolada point us to the left. The road behind the mountain pass Giau starts descending and lower we follow it through the settlements in the direction of Marmolada or mountain pass Passo di Fedaia. The road which then again starts ascending higher brings us on the mountain pass Fedaia where we park on a parking lot at the mountain hut Rifugio Fedaia.
Access from Primorska: We drive on a highway in the direction of Padova, but only to a highway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and we follow the road ahead in the direction of Belluno, where at the larger crossroad we continue right in the direction of the town Agordo. From the mentioned town ahead we follow frequent signs for Marmolada or mountain pass Passo di Fedaia. When we get to the mentioned mountain pass, we park on a parking lot at the mountain hut Rifugio Fedaia.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the mountain hut we go left on a macadam road (transport road), which leads by a cableway. The road is ascending on a ski slope below the slopes of the peak Sass del Mul and soon a nice view opens up towards the lake Fedaia. We still walk on the road which is ascending through the valley between the peaks Punta Serauta and Sas da les Unesc. The road on a ski slope then turns a little to the left below the slopes of the peak Punta Serauta. Further, we for some time walk on the road which is ascending near the cableway, and then the road soon ends.
At the end of the road, we continue left towards precipitous walls of the peak Punta Serauta. On this part, the path is poorly visible, but ascent isn't difficult, because the slope is still relatively gentle. Next follows a little steeper ascent on the left side of the valley, which brings us to the beginning of a glacier.
Here we equip ourselves with ice axe and crampons and we continue with an ascent on a ski slope. Further, we are for quite some time ascending on a ski slope on the left side of the valley towards the saddle Serauta where there is a midway station of the cable car. When we come near the saddle on the left we notice a tunnel, which leads from the ski slope towards the mountain hut Rifugio Serauta. We go through the mentioned tunnel and follows only some easy walking to the hut where there is a midway station of the cable car.
In case if we are ascending to the hut in time, when cable car doesn't operate (after 15th September), door at the end of the tunnel can be locked. In this case from the ski slope to the hut some climbing is needed.