Fiames - Punta Fiames

Access to starting point:
Via the Rateče border crossing we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we head onto the motorway in the direction of Vidma / Udine. We leave the motorway at the exit for Tolmezzo and follow the road to the mentioned town. From Tolmezzo we continue in the direction of the settlement Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then starts descending and brings us into the Cadore valley, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. After a few more km of driving we come to the next major intersection, where we turn right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left pass Tre Croci). From here we descend the road to a major intersection where we continue left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo (right Austria). A few kilometres before Cortina d'Ampezzo we arrive in the village Fiames. At the very beginning of the village Fiames (at the sign marking the village) we will notice on the left (eastern) side of the road a small parking lot where we park. On the right side of the road there is a hotel and a few more parking lots.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the marked path through the forest in the southeast direction. After a short ascent, we reach a macadam road along which we continue right. We quickly leave the mentioned road and head left uphill following the signs »Ferrovia, Ferrata Strobel«. Here the path gently ascends through the forest and then joins another macadam road (path 208), which is very popular among cyclists. We continue right along the gently sloping macadam road and already after a few metres the path to the secured climbing route Via Ferrata Strobel branches off to the left. We continue walking along the macadam road all the way to the marked junction where the signposts direct us left into the forest on path 218 following the signs »Punta Fiames«.
The path further runs mostly through pine forest towards the south and from the path views open up several times on the Tofana mountain group and on the Boite river valley. Such a path then brings us to a junction where the path from the village Vera joins from the right.
At the junction we continue left and begin to ascend somewhat more steeply. The path then takes us out of the forest into dwarf pines and increasingly beautiful views of the surrounding peaks begin to open up. As we approach the walls of the peaks the path turns right and crosses the slopes towards the southeast. On the path we also cross a few torrent gullies, then we soon reach a marked junction.
Right downhill path 202 leads towards the village Vera, straight ahead path 218 leads, but we head left uphill on path 202 towards the notch Forcella Pomagagnon. The path further ascends on scree beside increasingly sparse dwarf pines and brings us to another marked junction.
Right branches off path Terza Cengia (only for experienced), but we continue left uphill and look for the passage that crosses the torrent bed (cairns help us). The path then ascends on scree for a long time and later crosses a few more beds, where some caution is needed at the crossings. From the path, which runs along a wide gully below the precipitous walls of the peak Croda del Pomagagnon, we have a nice view all the time on the precipices above us and towards the Sorapiss mountain group. The path along the gully runs on scree all the way to the notch Forcella Pomagagnon where a view opens to the north towards the summit Croda Rossa.
At the notch we continue left and then, in a gentle ascent, cross the slopes on the north side of the peak Punta Fiames. In the final section the path turns left and follows the ascent on a rocky slope to the panoramic summit.
We descend via the ascent path or via a somewhat longer but gentler path, which from the notch Forcella Pomagagnon descends to the north side along the Val Pomagagnon valley.

On the way: Forcella Pomagagnon (2178m)