Passo Pordoi - Rifugio Fredarola

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the border post at Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then continue on the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine to the exit Tolmezzo. From Tolmezzo we follow the road in the direction of the settlement Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then descends and brings us to a crossroads, where we continue left (also possible right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. In all following crossroads, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo we then follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. We follow this ascending road to the mentioned pass. At the pass we come to a crossroads, 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 crossroads, 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 the large parking lot.
From the Primorska side: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At Portogruaro we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards Pordenone. At the next highway junction near Conegliano, we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further, we follow the above description.

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 onto 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 otherwise have 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.
At the saddle where there is a junction we continue straight ahead, while to the left along the ski slope the path leads 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 onto the footpath that crosses a short grassy slope. To the left further along the road the path leads towards the hut Sass Bece, to the right downhill towards the hut Belvedere and further towards the summit 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.

Trip can be extended to: Rifugio Viel del Pan ( 40 min) , Porta Vescovo , Sas Ciapel (1 h 20 min) , Col da Cuch ( 30 min) , Belvedere (2 h 30 min)