Passo Campolongo - Cresta Strenta (Lichtenfels)

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards Spittal and onwards towards Lienz (a little after Spittal the highway ends). Further, we drive on a relatively nice and wide road through the Drau 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 there is a bypass, we turn left into the Val Badia valley. Further, we drive through the mentioned valley past the places La Vila and Corvara. Next follows an ascent towards the mountain pass Passo Campolongo. A few hundred meters before the mountain pass, we will notice on the left side a macadam parking lot where we park. The parking lot is located behind the Hotel Laguscei opposite the bus station. By the road there is also the lower station of the chairlift. A smaller parking lot is also on the right side of the road before the bus station.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue by the main road (towards the south) to Hotel Boe, which is located on the right, western side of the road. At the hotel where there are also signposts we turn right onto a macadam road following the signs »Rifugio Lago Boe«. Behind the hotel, the road turns to the right and slightly descends, and then starts ascending and crosses the ski slope. Further, the road ascends for a short time through the forest and then brings us to the mountain pasture Malga Plan Fisti.
We continue on the road across the mountain pasture and a little after the mountain pasture we come to a marked junction where the footpath towards the mountain hut Kaiser Hütte branches off to the left. We continue right and continue to ascend on the road. After a short ascent to the right also branches off path 638A towards the summit Crep de Munt. We continue left on the road from which beautiful views open up towards Marmolada and on mountains above the valley Val Badia. The road here ascends a little steeper and again brings us to a ski slope. A little higher the road turns to the right and continues to ascend along mostly grassy slopes. The road then becomes gentler and soon brings us to the hut Rifugio Lago Boe. To the hut also runs a circular cabin cableway from the place Corvara in Val Badia. Near the hut there is also the lower station of the chairlift, which leads towards the summit Vallon (2530 m). Both cableways operate also in the summer months.
Near the hut where there is a junction we continue left along the ski slope where signs direct us to the lake Lech de Boe and hut Ütia Franz Kostner. The path runs along the right edge of the ski slope and after a short ascent brings us to the mentioned lake, which is located to the right of the ski slope below the rocky ridge.
From the lake we still continue on path 638, which turns to the left and crosses the ski slope. Further, the path then runs somewhat to the left of the ski slope on partly grassy terrain. The path soon brings us to a marked junction where path 636 towards the mountain hut Kaiser Hütte (Rifugio Bec de Roces) branches off to the left. We still continue on the path, which ascends on the slope parallel to the ski slope and soon to the right also branches off path 646A towards the summit Boeseekofel (Piz da Lech). We still continue on the path, which runs to the left of the ski slope and slowly beautiful views begin to open up towards the hut Ütia Franz Kostner and on the precipitous walls of nearby peaks in the mountain group Sella. Further the slope becomes somewhat gentler and the path brings us to a marked junction.
To the right branches off the path towards the upper station of the cableway Vallon and further towards the summit Boeseekofel (Piz da Lech), and we continue left on path 638 towards the hut Ütia Franz Kostner. Wide and panoramic path runs towards the west and quickly brings us to yet another junction.
If we do not visit the hut we can at the junction continue straight on path 638, otherwise we turn left and after a short ascent reach the hut Ütia Franz Kostner.
At the hut we turn right onto path 637 and after a short descent come to a junction. To the left downwards leads path 637 towards the place Arabba, and we continue right on path 638. After some tens of meters then to the right branches off the path towards the secured path Via Ferrata Vallon and towards path Roda de Valun. This time we continue left and the path begins to ascend transversely across the scree. After a short ascent we are again at a junction.
To the left leads the path towards the pass Passo Pordoi and path 638 towards the summit Piz Boe. At the junction we turn right upwards onto path 672 (Lichtenfels), which also leads towards the summit Piz Boe. From the junction the path begins to ascend across the scree and runs on the right side of the valley upwards. At the end of the valley the path turns right into the rocks and becomes more demanding. The path, which is well secured with steel cable here runs on a steep rocky slope and ascends somewhat steeper several times. More experienced mountaineers will manage the ascent also without self-belaying. The relatively short secured section then ends and the path becomes less demanding.
Further the path then turns to the left and then for some time mostly in a gentle ascent crosses steep slopes on the eastern side of the peak Pizes dl Valun. After the crossing the path brings us to less steep slopes where we come to a marked junction.
At the junction we continue right on path 672 (Lichtenfels), straight leads the path, which later joins path 638. Our path then ascends somewhat to the left of the wide and relatively gentle valley and runs towards the west. When we come to the southwest side of the peak Pizes dl Valun the path turns still somewhat to the left and brings us to a wide ridge from which a nice view opens up towards the summit Piz Boe. We still continue towards the west and soon come below the slope of the peak Piz Lech Dlace. Here the path moves away from the ridge to the right side and after a short ascent across the scree the secured path Via Ferrata Vallon joins us from the right side.
At the junction the path turns to the left and ascends steeper rocky slope. On a shorter section steel cables also assist us. On the ridge we then continue right and soon reach the summit Piz Lech Dlace on which there is a larger cairn.
From the summit we continue along the ridge and after a short descent come to a saddle where there is a junction. From the right another path from the secured path Via Ferrata Vallon joins us here. Likewise to the right also branches off the transverse path towards the hut Rifugio Boe, from the left an unmarked trail past the lake Eissee joins us.
We continue straight and again begin to ascend the rocky slope. Somewhat higher the path slowly turns to the left and brings us to the ridge from where a view opens up towards the west. We continue along the ridge towards the south and then cross steeper slopes along the ridge. On a shorter section a steel cable also assists us. When we come again to the ridge we reach the somewhat less known summit Cresta Strenta, which with 3124 meters is the second highest summit in the mountain group Sella.

On the way: Malga Plan Fisti (1930m), Rifugio Lago Boe (2185m), Lago Boe (2252m), Ütia Franz Kostner (2500m), Piz Lech Dlace (3009m)

Trip can be extended to: Piz Boe