Passo Pordoi - Col da Cuch

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine to the exit Tolmezzo. 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 crossroad, 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.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo then we follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. This ascending road we then follow to the mentioned pass. On the pass, we come to a crossroad, 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 crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of the pass Passo Pordoi (left Marmolada). We follow the relatively wide and ascending road all the way to the mentioned pass, where we park on a large parking lot.
From Primorska: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At the town Portogruaro we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards the town Pordenone. At the next highway junction near the town Conegliano, we continue right towards the town Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further, we follow the description above.

Path description:
From the parking lot on the pass we continue towards the southeast past the hut Savoia behind which we will notice signposts. The signposts direct us to the footpath towards the hut Rifugio Fredarola. The wide path initially runs towards the southeast and brings us to the chapel. Here the path turns right and then slightly ascends below the eastern slopes of the peak Sas Bece. From the path we have otherwise a very nice view mainly on the nearby peaks in the mountain group Sella. The path then soon brings us to the saddle on the north side of the peak Sas Bece from where a view towards Marmolada also opens up.
On the saddle where there is a junction we continue straight ahead, to the left along the ski slope leads the path towards the hut Rifugio Sass Bece. The path from the saddle first crosses grassy slopes towards the south and then brings us to a macadam road.
At the junction we continue slightly left and then head to the footpath which crosses a short grassy slope. To the left ahead along the road leads the path towards the hut Sass Bece, to the right downwards towards the hut Belvedere and further towards the peak Col di Rosc. After a short crossing the path brings us to a wider macadam path where we continue left.
The wide path then runs towards the east and slightly ascends along somewhat steeper grassy slopes with beautiful views towards Marmolada. Along such a path we then soon reach the hut Rifugio Fredarola.
At the hut where there is a junction we continue along the macadam road towards the east following the signs »Viel del Pan«. The road then quickly brings us to another marked junction.
We at the junction continue slightly left onto the ridge path (Sentiero Attrezzato delle Creste), to the right leads an easier path named Bindelweg towards the hut Rifugio Viel del Pan and further towards the saddle Porta Vescovo. The path from the junction runs along the northern side of the ridge and quickly brings us to somewhat steeper slopes from which we have a very nice view towards the mountain group Sella and towards Alta Badia. The path from the northern slopes soon turns right and ascends towards the ridge. In the continuation we ascend along the ridge for some time, then the path brings us to the 2563 meters high peak Col da Cuch from which a view opens up on the entire Padon ridge and towards the lake Lago di Fedaia.
We descend along the ascent path or continue along the ridge and descend to the hut Rifugio Viel del Pan. From there we then return along the gentle path Bindelweg towards the hut Rifugio Fredarola and back to the starting point on the pass Passo Pordoi.

On the way: Rifugio Fredarola (2370m)

Trip can be extended to: Porta Vescovo (2 h 30 min) , Sas Ciapel ( 50 min) , Belvedere (2 h)