Fuciade, Passo San Pellegrino - Cima Ombrettola

Access to starting point:
We leave the highway between Trst and Venice at Portogruaro and follow the highway in the direction of Pordenone, Conegliano and Belluno, where we leave the highway and continue through Belluno, Ponte nelle Alpi, Agordo, Falcade, direction Passo San Pellegrino. About a kilometer before we come to the mountain pass, we turn at the signpost for Baita Flora Alpina right towards the grazing mountain pasture Malga Boer (1808 m) and cirque Fuciade. After about a kilometer of steep road past the mountain pasture, we park on a marked parking lot by the bridge over Rio Cigole. The road goes further to holiday cottages, cattle pen and mountain hut Fuciade, but a sign prohibits further driving.
It is also possible to go on foot from the very mountain pass past the hotel Miralago.
Second possible access is through Karavanks – Spittal – Lienz – Cortina d'Ampezzo – Falzarego – Alleghe – Falcade – Passo San Pellegrino.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a gentle, at first asphalt cart track over nice pastures in the direction of the wall above the valley Val Cigolè, above which reign peaks Cima Uomo, Punta Cigolè, and Sasso di Valfredda, past idyllic cottages to the mountain hut/hotel Rifugio Fuciade, 1974 m (20 minutes). At the crossing for the mountain hut, we leave the wide mule track and then over pastures we follow path no. 607. Comfortable, even zig-zags offer views on distant Pale di San Martino and on the nearby towers Cime Tascia and Torre Enrica. On the top of the grassy ridge we enter a wide scree in Val Cirelle, over which runs a comfortable footpath with numerous zig-zags, but below very vertical walls. At the signpost for Cima Uomo the valley continues straight, and we turn sharply right and follow comfortable zig-zags on huge scree to the pass Cirelle (2683 m, from the hut 2.5 to 3 hours). On the pass a view opens into the upper part of valleys Contrin and on elegant pyramid Sasso Vernale (3054 m), which reigns above a somewhat lower ridge Ombretta, behind it the wide south wall of Marmolada.
From the pass are possible easy half-hour trips on unmarked but well-visible paths, to the left to eastern peak Cima Cadina (2885 m), to the right to Punta Cigolè (2815 m). We also spot our goal to the right of pyramidal Sasso Vernale.
The path from the pass for a few meters follows signs for hut Rifugio Contrin, then we continue on the path 612 marked with red dots towards hut Falier (sign on rock). The footpath rises and falls several times on slopes of Punta Cigolè and Cima Ombrettola. Below notch Forcela del Bachet we cross some snow tongues that persist late into summer, and through crumbly, cluttered, almost lunar terrain in a steeper ascent we reach a small ridge above pass Passo Ombrettola, 2864 m (1 hour from pass Cirelle), from which we look into valley Vallon d'Ombrettola below mighty walls proudly displayed by Sasso di Valfredda, Formenton, Monte la Banca, Fop, Civetta and Pelmo.
On the pass we leave the path and go straight across or along one of several tracks to the 15 minutes distant summit, rounded from this side, precipitous from the other, with panoramic views.
Even nicer is the direct access along the ridge from notch Forcela del Bachet, which is somewhat steeper pathless terrain, on which we seek the easiest passages, first to a few meters lower forepeak and then to the main peak.

Along the route: koča Rifugio Fuciade (1974m), Prelaz Passo Cirelle (2683m), Punta Cigole (2815m), vrh Cima Cadina (2885m), Škrbina Forcela del Bachet (2736m), vrh Bachet (2800m)

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