Rifugio Dibona - Rifugio Pomedes (Via ferrata Astaldi)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (you can get there 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 the mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then descends and brings us to a crossroads, 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. Or from the Primorska side, where we drive on the highway in the direction of Trst / Trieste. Further, we drive on the Italian highway in the direction of Padova, but only to the highway junction, where we continue in the direction of the region Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and then follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. We follow this ascending road to the spot where the road to the mountain hut rifugio Dibona branches off to the right (turn-off at approx. 1700 m). The initially asphalted road brings us higher to a crossroads, where we continue on the lower left road (right hut Duca d'Aosta) and follow it to the parking lot for the hut Dibona.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road past a gate. We follow this road to a crossroads with signposts, where we go right on a wide mule track following the signs »Rif. Camillo Giussani«. The wide path then slowly ascends and in the left bend brings us to a marked junction.
Ahead upwards runs the path towards the hut Camillo Giussani, but we go right towards the hut Pomedes. The path first crosses scree slopes under steep walls towards the east and quickly brings us to the beginning of the secured path Via ferrata Astaldi. The secured path on ledges crosses the south wall of the peak Punta Anna. The path is well secured with a steel cable and technically not overly demanding. The secured path soon ends and from the right joins the easier path (no. 421) from the hut Dibona. This is followed by an ascent amid dwarf pines and the panoramic path soon brings us to the hut Pomedes.

Trip can be extended to: Rifugio Ra Valles (1 h 35 min) , Punta Anna (1 h 55 min) , Cima Formenton (3 h 10 min) , Bivacco Baracca degli Alpini (3 h 20 min) , Torre Aglio (3 h 25 min) , Tofana di Dentro (4 h 10 min) , Tofana di Mezzo