Passo Pordoi - Punta de Joel

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (you can get here via the border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of 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 junction, where we continue left (also possible right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all following junctions, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.


In Cortina d'Ampezzo we then follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. At the mentioned pass we come to a junction, 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 junction, 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, where we park on a large parking lot.
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 junction we continue right in the direction of the town Agordo. From the mentioned town onwards we follow the signs for settlement Arabba and alpine pass Passo Pordoi, which is also the starting point for our tour.

Path description:
From the parking lot first we carefully cross the road, then we head on path no. 627 (direction Piz Boe). The path first ascends somewhat more steeply across a panoramic grassy slope, then it flattens and brings us into more rocky terrain. The path ahead turns slightly to the left and starts to ascend more steeply again. After a few minutes of further walking we finally leave the grassy slopes, and the path transitions into gravelly terrain, through which we ascend on a fairly wide path. Higher up the path flattens once again and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue straight on path no. 627 in the direction of the hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi and Rifugio Boe (right Ferrata C. Piazzetta). The path ahead transitions into increasingly steep scree, which takes quite some energy. We follow this path, which in the upper part is also exposed to falling stones, all the way to the mountain hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi, which we reach when we ascend to the top of the already mentioned scree.
From the hut we continue right in the direction of the summit and hut Piz Boe. Further a very wide and easy path, then for some time it crosses the slopes towards the east, which brings us into more plateau-like terrain, where we come to a marked junction. We continue slightly right in the direction of summit Piz Boe (left hut Piz Boe) on the path, which moderately ascends for a short time, then brings us to very flat terrain.
Right at the spot where the slope completely flattens, we leave the marked path and continue right on a poorly beaten little path, on which in good 5 minutes of further walking we ascend to an indistinct summit.

On the way: Rifugio Forcella Pordoi (2848m)