Passo Pordoi - Rifugio Viel del Pan (Bindelweg)

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 Videm / 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. We then follow this ascending road to the mentioned pass. At 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 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 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 otherwise have a very nice view mainly on the nearby peaks in the mountain group Sella. The path then soon brings us to a saddle on the northern 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, 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 to the footpath that crosses a short grassy slope. Left ahead along the road the path leads towards the hut Sass Bece, right downwards 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 nice 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 continue right at the junction towards the hut Rifugio Viel del Pan, left leads the ridge path (Sentiero Attrezzato delle Creste) towards the summit Sas Ciapel and further towards the saddle Porta Vescovo. From the junction we walk along the wide path that runs on the right side of the ridge and crosses slopes towards the east. The path then begins to descend slightly and continues to cross relatively steep grassy slopes below the summit Col da Cuch. From the path we have here a nice view of the mountain group Marmolada, soon a view also opens up towards the hut Viel del Pan. Later the path begins to ascend very slightly and brings us to the hut.

On the way: Rifugio Fredarola (2370m)

Trip can be extended to: Porta Vescovo (1 h 10 min)