Malga Crocifisso - Rifugio Baita Cuz

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards Spittal and forward towards Lienz (a little after Spittal the highway ends). Further, we drive on a relatively nice and wide road through the Drava Valley, which brings us to Italy. The road further leads past Dobbiaco / Toblach and Brunico / Bruneck. Only a little after the last-mentioned town, past which leads a bypass road, we turn left into the Val Badia valley. Further, we drive through the mentioned valley past the settlements La Vila and Corvara. Next follows an ascent over the passes Passo Campolongo and Passo Pordoi. From the pass Passo Pordoi, we then descend on the west side into the Val di Fassa valley. In the settlement Pozza di Fassa, at the roundabout, we continue left in the direction of Val San Nicolo. We follow this road to the mountain pasture Malga Crocifisso. From the mountain pasture, we can continue a little less than a kilometer on the road and then turn left (marked with the sign "Ferrata") over a small bridge where we park.
From the Primorska side: From Nova Gorica, we drive to Italy and continue on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At Portogruaro, we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards Pordenone. At the next highway junction near Conegliano, we continue right towards Belluno. We follow the highway to the exit for Belluno. When we leave the highway, we come to a larger roundabout, which we leave at the exit for Belluno and the town of Feltre. In the smaller roundabout in Belluno, we then continue right towards Agordo. We follow this road all the way to Pozza di Fassa in the Val di Fassa valley. In Pozza di Fassa, at the roundabout, we continue right in the direction of Val San Nicolo. We follow this road to the mountain pasture Malga Crocifisso. From the mountain pasture, we can continue a little less than a kilometer on the road and then turn left (marked with the sign "Ferrata") over a small bridge where we park.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue left on the road which ascends through a strip of forest and soon brings us to a ski slope. We continue on the mentioned road which further runs on the ski slope from which beautiful views start to open up on the peaks above the Val di San Nicolo valley.
When the ski slope turns to the left, we leave the road which runs on the ski slope and head slightly right onto a cart track which leads into the forest. If we miss the junction, we can also continue on the ski slope, which also leads towards the Rifugio Buffaure hut. From the junction, we continue on the cart track which starts to ascend through the forest and soon we will notice a wildlife feeder on the right side. We continue straight ahead and the cart track turns into a path. The path then turns to the right and then mostly ascends in zigzags through the forest. The path is marked with red-white blazes, which are relatively rare. During the ascent, the path occasionally brings us to short clearings from which a nice view opens up on the surrounding peaks. Such a path continues all the way until we come out of the forest onto grassy slopes from which a view opens towards the Rifugio Buffaure hut. The path then turns left and follows the last ascent to the hut.
From the hut, we continue right on a gentle wide path from which a beautiful view opens up towards the Catinaccio (Rosengarten) mountain group. The path quickly brings us to a junction where we continue right on path 613 following the signs »Col de Valvacin, Sas d'Adam«, straight ahead the path leads towards the upper station of the cable car.
From the junction, we walk on a gentle road that runs on the ski slope. Later the road turns slightly to the right and starts to ascend more steeply. Such a path soon brings us to the Rifugio Baita Cuz hut.
We descend along the ascent path.

Along the route: Rifugio Alpino Buffaure (2044m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Col de Valvacin ( 35 min), Sas de Adam ( 55 min)

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