Passo di Giau - Rifugio Nuvolau (via Rifugio Averau)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (you can get there via the border crossing at Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. From Tolmezzo, we follow the road in the direction of the village Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then descends and brings us to a junction, where we continue left (right is also possible) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all following junctions, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo. Or from the Primorska side, where we drive on the highway in the direction of Trst / Trieste. Further, we drive on the Italian highway in the direction of Padova, but only to the highway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno, the highway ends, and at the next junctions we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and then follow the signs for the Alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. We then follow this ascending road to a junction at an altitude of approximately 1400 m. At the junction, we continue left in the direction of the Alpine pass Passo di Giau and Marmolada. We park on the large parking lot on the mentioned Alpine pass.

Route description:
From the mountain pass, we continue on a wide path past the mountain hut Rifugio Passo Giau. After a short ascent on a wide path we come to a junction, where path 443 branches off to the right. We continue on the wide path upwards, then the path becomes narrower and turns slightly left to the west side of mountain Ragusela. Here the path starts to descend and crosses scree towards the north. Later, the path starts to ascend on a quite steep and also slightly crumbly slope, which brings us to grassy slopes. From the grassy slopes we soon join the wide path from mountain hut Rifugio Fedare (2000m) and a shorter ascent to hut Averau follows.

At the hut, we continue to the right towards the south and soon come to a junction where path 439 branches off to the left towards mountain hut Rifugio Scoiattoli (2225m). We continue on the wide ridge towards the south all the way to mountain hut Nuvolau.

Along the route: Rifugio Averau (2413m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Averau ( 55 min)

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