Passo Giau - Corvo Alto

Access to the starting point:
a) Access from Gorenjska: Via Border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then along the motorway towards Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. From Tolmezzo, follow the road towards Ampezzo and the Passo della Mauria mountain pass. The road then descends and leads to a crossroads where you turn left (possibly right) towards Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all subsequent junctions, follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.

In Cortina d'Ampezzo, follow the signs for the Passo di Falzarego Alpine pass. Follow this ascending road to a crossroads at about 1400m. At the crossroads, turn left towards the Passo di Giau and the Marmolade. Park in the large parking lot on the Passo di Giau.

b) From the coastal side: Take the motorway towards Venice/Venezia. At Portogruaro, leave the motorway towards Venice and turn right on the motorway towards Pordenone. At the next motorway junction near Conegliano, turn right towards Belluno. The motorway ends near Belluno and we continue towards Cortina d'Ampezzo at the next junctions. Continue as described above.

Path description:
From the pass, continue left (south) on the path that passes the chapel on the left. The path marked 436 initially leads through rolling meadows with fine views of the surrounding peaks, and then leads to a small notch called Forcella Zonia. Descend a little from the notch and then cross the steep slopes above the Valle di Zonia. After crossing, the path leads to the Forcella Col Piombin notch where there is another crossroads.
To the right, the slightly less beaten path Sentiero Alpinistico del Cernera branches off, leading to the Monte Cernera and Monte Verdal peaks. We continue left from the stumps along the well-trodden 436 route. The path from the notch begins to descend and initially crosses slightly steeper slopes. The slopes then become flatter and the path turns left to the east and continues gently downhill. The trail then begins to climb again and leads to a crossroads below the precipitous walls of Monte Formin.
At the crossroads, where the path from the slightly lower starting point joins us on the left, continue to the right towards the Forcella Giau notch. Here the path begins to climb a little more steeply, and the views of the Tofana and Sella mountain groups start to get better and better. This path then leads us to the aforementioned stumps, where we can see Monte Pelmo to the south.
At the notch where the crossroads are, the well-trodden path 436 branches off to the left towards the Forcella Ambrizola notch, and we turn right onto the less visible path 465. The poorly visible path here starts to descend on grassy slopes and leads us to a crossroads.
The marked trail here turns right towards the Val Cernera valley, and we take a slight left onto an unmarked archaeological trail that leads past large boulders towards the small lake Lago delle Baste, which has been visible from the trail for some time. The trail continues to descend until it reaches the lake.
On the other side of the lake, where the path towards mountain pasture Malga Mondeval di sopra and the Mesolithic archaeological site turns left, we turn right onto a slightly less visible path along the ridge. We continue to climb along the ridge towards the summit of Corvo Alto. The path follows the eastern left side of the ridge, where the slopes are grassy and relatively gentle, while the western right side of the ridge is precipitous. Continue along the increasingly scenic path along the ridge to the summit.

On the way: Forcella Zonia (2229m), Forcella Col Piombin (2239m), Forcella Giau (2360m), Lago delle Baste (2281m)

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