Fiames - Punta Fiames (Via Ferrata Strobel)

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we go on a highway in the direction of Videm / Udine. We leave the highway at exit Tolmezzo and we follow the road to the mentioned settlement. 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 a valley Cadore, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. After few additional km of driving, we come to the next bigger crossroad, where we go right in the direction of the settlement Misurina (left mountain pass Tre Croci). From here we descend on the road to a bigger crossroad where we continue left towards Cortina d'Ampezzo (right Austria). Few kilometers before Cortina d'Ampezzo we come in the settlement Fiames. At the very beginning of the settlement Fiames (at the sign, which marks the settlement) we will on the left (eastern) side of the road notice a smaller parking lot on which we park. And on the right side of the road is situated hotel and few more parking lots.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a marked path through the forest in the direction towards the southeast. After a short ascent, we come on a macadam road on which we continue right. The mentioned road, we quickly leave and we go left upwards following the signs »Ferrovia, Ferrata Strobel«. Here the path is slightly ascending through the forest and then joins another macadam road (path 208), which is very popular among cyclists. We continue right on a gently sloping macadam road which we already after few meters leave and we go left upwards towards the secured path Via Ferrata Strobel.
The path here at first runs through the forest and starts ascending steeply. Forest then soon ends and the path turns slightly to the left and is ascending mostly through dwarf pines by the riverbed of a torrent. Here we are ascending towards wide gully, and when we get very close to precipitous walls path turns right on the ledge.
At the beginning of the ledge we will in a wall also notice a sign which marks that the path is dedicated to mountain guide Michielli Albino Strobel. The path on the ledge is slightly ascending and crosses the wall to the right. Here the path isn't secured yet, and then turns to the left and it brings us to the first fixed safety gear. The secured path at the beginning few times very steeply ascends by the steel cable and some strength in arms is also needed. From the path, we have otherwise increasingly beautiful views on the nearby mountain group Tofana and on a valley of river Boite. Further, the path turns slightly to the left and few times steeply ascends by the steel cable. Higher, the path turns to the right and brings us on less steep slopes. After that, the path crosses a slope to the right and soon a view opens up towards the mountain group Sorapiss. The path here becomes again demanding and it vertically ascends with the help of few stemples. Next follows less demanding crossing to the left, which brings us in front of relatively long vertical ladder. After the ladder follows an ascent on some stemples, and then the path becomes slightly less steep and is for some time still ascending by the steel cable. Higher, the path turns to the right and then follows an ascent on a less steep slope by rare dwarf pines. Later, the path again turns to the left and follows only the last a little steeper ascent by the steel cable. Fixed safety gear then end and the path brings us on less steep north slopes of the mountain where there is a crossing.
We continue right upwards towards the summit, and to the left leads the path downwards towards the notch Forcella del Pomagagnon. From the crossing, we slightly ascend on a rocky slope, and then we soon reach the panoramic peak.
We descend on the path over notch Forcella del Pomagagnon. From the notch, we then descend through the gully on the south side and from there back to the starting point. From the notch Forcella del Pomagagnon we can descend also on less steep but a little longer path, which from a notch descends on the northern side through the valley Val Pomagagnon.