Ossario del Pordoi - Ütia Franz Kostner

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Via MP Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Videm / 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 crossroads, where we continue left (also right possible) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all following crossroads, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo we then follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. We follow this ascending road to the mentioned pass. At the pass we come to a crossroads, where we continue on the left road in the direction of Marmolada and settlement Arabba (right Alta Badia). The road ahead descends for quite some time, then brings us to a crossroads, where we continue right in the direction of pass Passo Pordoi (left Marmolada). We follow the relatively wide and ascending road all the way to the mentioned pass. At the pass we then turn right onto the narrow asphalted road towards the ossuary of German soldiers (Cimitero Militare Germanico). We park on the parking lot at the end of the mentioned road.
From the Primorska side: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. Near 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. Near Belluno the highway ends, and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further, we follow the above description.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a well-maintained path towards the ossuary where 8582 German soldiers are buried, who fell in the First World War, and 849 soldiers who fell in the Second World War. At the ossuary, we then continue left, where signposts for the climbing path Via Ferrata Cesare Piazzetta direct us. The path then leads us along a panoramic grassy slope and soon begins to ascend somewhat more steeply. For a short time, the path then crosses a steeper slope to the right, then resumes ascending the slope upwards. The path, which is mostly marked with red arrows, then ascends until we approach the mighty crag, where we join path 626.
Here we continue right and after a short traverse, the path brings us to a sign that marks the start of the extremely demanding path Via Ferrata Cesare Piazzetta. We continue on the easy path, which crosses slopes below vertical walls towards the east. The path then crosses such a slope for quite some time and in doing so slightly ascends and descends a few times. From the path, a view towards the hut Ütia Franz Kostner soon opens up, and after a short descent we reach a marked junction.
To the left upwards, path 638 branches off, which via the gully Rissa di Pigolerz leads towards summit Piz Boè. At the junction, we continue on path 626, which continues crossing slopes below precipitous walls. Along the path we will also notice some ruins from the time of the First World War, and the path leads us past a smaller lake. The path then turns slightly left and after a short descent brings us to another junction.
This time, path Lichtenfels (path 672) branches off to the left towards summit Piz Boè, while we continue right towards hut Ütia Franz Kostner. From the junction, the path descends a little more and to the right downwards another path branches off towards Arabba. Then follows only a short ascent to the hut, which we can see from the path for some time already.

Trip can be extended to: Pizes dl Valun , Piz Lech Dlace , Cresta Strenta , Piz Boe