Rifugio Dibona - Tofana di Dentro
Starting point: Rifugio Dibona (2083 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5326°N 12.0703°E 
Time of walking: 5 h
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Ferrata: B/C
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1155 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1310 m
Map: Tabacco 03 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Via the border crossings at Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then continue on the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. 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. 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. We follow this ascending road to the place where the road branches off to the right in the direction of the hut Rifugio Dibona (the junction is at approx. 1700 m altitude). 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.
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 we continue in the following junctions in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further, follow the above description.
Path description:
From the parking lot at the hut Dibona we continue right on path 421. The path first crosses scree and begins to ascend slightly. The path here runs towards the east and soon brings us to a somewhat wider torrent gully. At the gully the path turns left and begins to ascend more steeply beside the gully. Due to the slippery sand, some caution is also needed on this section. The path then crosses the gully and continues ascending quite steeply.
Later a direct path to the hut Rifugio Duca d'Aosta branches off quite unnoticeably to the right, and shortly after that the secured path Via ferrata Astaldi joins us from the left. From the junction the path ascends for some time through dwarf pines and soon brings us to the hut Rifugio Pomedes.
At the hut we continue north following the signs »Sentiero Attrezzato Giuseppe Olivieri« and first descend slightly, then cross scree above the ski slope. The path then brings us below the crags on the eastern side of the peak Punta Anna and ascends several times along the steel cable. In continuation, the path ascends diagonally above somewhat steeper slopes and then also crosses some exposed gullies.
Later the path becomes somewhat more demanding and ascends over a vertical ladder and then steeply ascends several times along the steel cable. The path then turns somewhat to the left and ascends a less steep slope. From the path we have all the time a very nice view mainly on the peaks above Cortina d'Ampezzo, and to the south views towards Monte Pelmo and Civetta also begin to open. In continuation follows again a somewhat steeper section of the path, where a ladder and some steel cables assist us again. The path then becomes less demanding and brings us to the ski slope from which a view towards Tofana di Mezzo opens.
At the marked junction we continue right downhill towards the hut Rifugio Ra Valles, left the path leads towards the peaks Punta Anna and Tofana di Mezzo. The path then mostly descends slightly and brings us to the hut Ra Valles where there is also the station of the gondola cableway.
From the hut we continue north, descend slightly, then continue left below the crags of the peaks Tofana di Mezzo and Tofana di Dentro. The path then ascends diagonally for some time and soon we enter the natural park Parco Naturale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo. The path then continues towards the north for some time and brings us to a marked junction.
Right leads the path downhill along the valley Canalon de Ra Ola, we continue slightly left and ascend the scree below the walls of the peak Tofana di Dentro. The path through the scree brings us to military ruins from the First World War. Here we continue slightly right and the path through a window brings us to steeper slopes. The path then turns somewhat to the left and mostly ascends in steep zigzags up the steep slope. The slope is quite steep here and occasionally a steel cable assists us. The path then turns right and follows a somewhat exposed traverse, which brings us to the saddle on the south side of the peak Cima Formenton.
On the saddle where a view opens towards the west we continue left and then ascend the slope along the ridge. At some points a steel cable assists us, then the path turns somewhat to the left and after the traverse brings us to the bivouac Baracca degli Alpini.
From the bivouac after a short traverse the path soon brings us to the ridge along which we then ascend for some time. In continuation the path from the ridge brings us to scree on the eastern side of the peak Tofana di Dentro. First we cross scree towards the south in ascent, then the path turns right and follows an ascent on relatively steep scree all the way to the very panoramic summit Tofana di Dentro.
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