Passo di Fedaia - Porta Vescovo

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (to get here it is possible via the border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of 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 (possible also right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all next crossroads, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo and then we follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. Already in the first part of the ascent towards the pass Falzarego we will come to a crossroads, where signs for pass Passo di Giau (2233 m) and Marmolada direct us to the left. The road behind the pass Giau starts descending and we follow it through the settlements in the lower part in the direction of Marmolada or pass Passo di Fedaia. The road, which then again starts ascending, brings us higher to the pass Fedaia where we park on the parking lot at the hut Rifugio Fedaia.
Access from Primorska: We drive on the highway in the direction of Padova, but only to the highway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and we follow the road ahead in the direction of Belluno, where at the larger crossroads we continue right in the direction of the town Agordo. From the mentioned town onwards we follow frequent signs for Marmolada or pass Passo di Fedaia. When we arrive at the mentioned pass, we park on the parking lot at the hut Rifugio Fedaia.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the hut Rifugio Passo Fedaia we head onto the macadam road towards the hut Rifugio Padon. The macadam road first crosses the main road over a bridge and then ascends along and across the ski slope. The road then turns slightly to the right and brings us to the slopes below the cable car that leads towards the hut Padon. From the path we have all the time a wonderful view of the nearby Marmolada. The macadam road continues ascending near the cable car all the way to the saddle Passo Padon.
On the saddle where there is a junction we continue left along the road to the hut which we have already seen from the path for some time.
From the hut we continue on the footpath following the signs "Porta Vescovo". The path then crosses fairly steep grassy slopes to the west and initially also descends slightly. Further on, the path starts to ascend and crosses the slopes to the west for some time. Later from the left an unmarked path from Lake Fedaia joins us, and we continue crossing the grassy slopes from which we have a nice view of Marmolada all the time. A little before the saddle Porta Vescovo below the slopes of the peak Bech da Mesdi the path brings us to a junction where the path Ferrata delle Trincee branches off to the right upwards.
We continue straight ahead and on the path, which descends slightly, we soon reach the saddle Porta Vescovo.

On the way: Passo Padon (2369m), Rifugio Padon (2407m)

Trip can be extended to: Belvedere