Sella di Razzo - Bivera (via Forcella Chiansaveit, Monte Clapsavon, Forcella de Bivera)
Starting point: Sella di Razzo (1730 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.47933°N 12.60982°E
Path name: via Forcella Chiansaveit, Monte Clapsavon, Forcella de Bivera
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 744 m
Altitude difference (by path): 940 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
Drive to Tolmezzo, then to Villa Santina, and Ovaro. After Ovaro take left to the valley Val Pesarina. At the end of Val Pesarina keep right, i.e. direction for Lazzo di Cadore, but only until the mountain pass Sella di Razzo.
Sella di Razzo can be reached also via Sauris (in Villa Santina turn left for Ampezzo, in Appezzo follow the signs for Sauris, and then for Sella di Razzo).
From the Dolomites side drive to Lazzo di Cadore, and there turn in the direction to Sella di Razzo.
Path description:
DIRECTION DESCRIBED HERE IS BETTER SUITED AS A RETURN TRIP FROM MONTE BIVERA!
Take a 4 km long stroll via descending mountain road to Casera Chiansaveit. The road is paved with concete only at some steeper parts. You will pass several mountani streams, and at least three locations with several bee hives.
Just before Casera Chiansaveit turn right and follow the path no. 210. Look for an orientation point - a huge rock just below the forest. Pass left by the rock and follow the trail into the forest. At an unmarked section follow a trail that branches off to the left. The trail can be slippery when wet. Larch trees block the view at first, but with height the views open up as the trail leads you among flowering globeflowers ( June / July) and occasional dwarf mountain pines to the grassy ridge (in the vicinity of the saddle Forcella Chiansaveit, 2018 m). Turn left and follow the ridge to the mountain slopes, where the trail covered with scree leads to the summit.
From the summit head east, and after few minutes you will reach the eastern ridge of the mountain which narrows. Airy sections are secured with rope. This section ends at Forcella del Bivera at 2332 m and is demanding in technical terms (some UIAA I).
At the saddle keep straight in the direction east to Monte Bivera. The direction is easy to follow, if the weather allows it, even though the markings are scarce from here on, and the difficulty to the top is partly demanding.
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