Passo Campolongo - Piz Lech Dlace (Via Ferrata Vallon)

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 a bypass road leads, 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 pass Passo Campolongo. A few hundred meters before the pass, we will notice on the left side a gravel parking lot on which 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 the hotel Boe, which is located on the right west side of the road. At the hotel where there are also signposts, we turn right onto the macadam road following the signs »Rifugio Lago Boe«. Behind the hotel, the road turns right and slightly descends, 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 pasture Malga Plan Fisti.
We continue on the road across the pasture and a little after the pasture we come to a marked junction where the footpath to the hut Kaiser Hütte branches off to the left. We continue right and continue ascending on the road. After a short ascent, the path 638A towards the summit Crep de Munt also branches off to the right. We continue left on the road from which beautiful views open towards Marmolada and the mountains above the Val Badia valley. The road here ascends somewhat steeper and brings us again to the ski slope. Somewhat higher, the road turns right and continues ascending along mostly grassy slopes. The road then becomes gentler and soon brings us to the hut Rifugio Lago Boe. A circular cable car from Corvara in Val Badia also runs to the hut. Near the hut there is also the lower station of the chairlift that goes towards the summit Vallon (2530m). Both cableways also operate in the summer months.
Near the hut where there is a junction, we continue left on the ski slope where signs direct us to the lake Lech de Boe and the 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 continue further on path 638, which turns left and crosses the ski slope. Further, the path then runs somewhat left of the ski slope on partly grassy terrain. The path soon brings us to a marked junction where path 636 towards the hut Kaiser Hütte (Rifugio Bec de Roces) branches off to the left. We continue further on the path, which ascends the slope parallel to the ski slope and soon path 646A towards the summit Boeseekofel (Piz da Lech) also branches off to the right. We continue further on the path, which runs left of the ski slope and gradually beautiful views also open towards the hut Ütia Franz Kostner and the sheer walls of nearby peaks in the Sella mountain group. Further, the slope becomes somewhat gentler and the path brings us to a marked junction.
To the right, the path to the upper station of the Vallon cableway and further to the summit Boeseekofel (Piz da Lech) branches off, while we continue left on path 638 towards the hut Ütia Franz Kostner. The wide and panoramic path runs towards the west and quickly brings us to another junction.
To the left there is only a short ascent to the hut Ütia Franz Kostner. If we also visit the hut, we then return to the junction and continue right on path 638. A little after the junction, the path turns left and ascends towards the scree where we are again at a junction.
This time we leave path 638 and turn right onto the path named Roda de Valun. The path then runs towards the northwest and through scree brings us into a valley surrounded by sheer peaks. Here the path first crosses the scree on the left side of the valley in ascent and then brings us to flatter terrain where there is also a junction.
To the right leads the easy circular path Roda de Valun, while we continue left towards the secured climbing path Via Ferrata Vallon where a larger inscription on the rock directs us. The path, which here is marked with red-blue markers, then ascends through the scree and brings us to the wall where the secured path begins. Before entering the secured section of the path, we equip ourselves with a helmet and self-belay kit.
The secured path in the initial part turns right and steeply ascends several times along the steel cable. The steel cables in this part are quite loose and the distance between the pegs to which the cables are attached is also relatively large. The path then briefly turns somewhat left and brings us below even steeper slopes. Here we continue right again and after several diagonal ascents on the exposed slope, the path brings us to a suspension bridge. Across the bridge we cross a smaller waterfall and then the ascent becomes somewhat more demanding. Behind the bridge, the path ascends almost vertically left upward and some arm strength is also needed for progress (difficulty C). The demanding part is otherwise relatively short and the secured path then soon ends and brings us to gentler slopes where there is also a small lake.
Here the path turns right and ascends an easy slope from which a view opens towards the summit Piz Boe and numerous other nearby peaks. The path then turns left and gently ascends the rocky slope on the right side of the valley. On the left side, we will also notice a somewhat larger lake here, which is located below the western slopes of the peak Pizes dl Valun. We continue further on the relatively gentle path towards the south, which gradually turns slightly right. When we approach the summit Piz Lech Dlace, we come to a junction.
The right path bypasses the summit Piz Lech Dlace on the west side and then joins path 672. We continue left and cross the slope towards the east side of the mentioned summit. When we join path 672, the slope becomes somewhat steeper and an ascent towards the ridge follows. Here on the shorter section of the path, 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.

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

Trip can be extended to: Cresta Strenta , Piz Boe