Passo Pordoi - Sass de Forcia di Mezzo

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (one can get here via 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 settlement 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 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. At the mentioned 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 the 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 the town Belluno, where at the larger crossroad we continue right in the direction of the town Agordo. From the mentioned town onward we follow the signs for the 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 onto path no. 627 (direction Piz Boe). The path first ascends somewhat more steeply over a panoramic grassy slope, then it flattens and brings us into more rocky terrain. The path ahead turns slightly to the left and begins 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, over which we ascend along a fairly wide path. Higher up the path flattens once more and brings us to a marked junction.

We continue straight on path no. 627 in the direction of hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi and Rifugio Boe (right Ferrata C. Piazzetta). The path ahead transitions onto increasingly steep scree, which takes quite some energy from us. We follow this path, which in the upper section is also exposed to falling rocks, all the way to the alpine hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi, which we reach upon ascending to the top of the aforementioned scree.

From the hut we continue right in the direction of the summit and hut Piz Boe. Ahead a very wide and gentle path, then for some time it crosses the slopes to the east, after which it brings us into more plateau-like terrain, where we arrive at a marked junction. Straight slightly right the path leads in the direction of summit Piz Boe, left the path to hut Piz Boe. At the marked junction we leave the marked path and head sharply right onto pathless terrain (towards the south). After a short ascent we turn a bit further right, and a shorter ascent follows on easy terrain to the summit where a cairn is erected.

On the way: Rifugio Forcella Pordoi (2848m)