Ristorante Pietofana - Rifugio Ra Valles

Access to the starting point:
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 where a narrower road branches off to the right towards the Pie Tofana restaurant and the Col Druscie hut. The crossroads are at the bottom of the road towards the Passo Falzarego pass. At this junction, turn right and follow the asphalted road until you reach the large parking lot of the Pietofana restaurant.
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 parking lot, continue along the asphalted road and then turn left onto the dirt road after the signs "Rifugio Pomedes, Forcella Ra Valles". The dirt road, which is closed to traffic, begins to climb and quickly leads to a marked crossroads.
At the crossroads, leave the road and turn right onto a footpath marked 'Forcella Ra Valles'. The path then climbs through the forest for some time, so the view is rather limited. Later the path crosses a ski slope and starts to climb through dwarf pines. Here we start to get better and better views of the surrounding peaks and the path soon leads us from dwarf pines to the scree. The path then turns slightly to the right and crosses the scree on the ascent. This path leads to a ski slope which is then ascended. The ski slope then becomes quite steep and, because of the debris on the path, a little care is needed. Higher up, the ski slope curves to the left, and then the footpath briefly gives way to the ski slope on the left-hand side. Once rejoining the ski slope, there is only a short climb to the Forcella Ra Valles notch, which offers views towards Tofana di Mezzo and Tofana di Dentro.
After a short climb, you reach a slightly less visible crossroads, with a path to the right leading to Tofani di Dentro and Cima Formenton, and we continue left up the ski slope. From the crossroads it is only a few minutes climb to the Ra Valles hut.

On the way: Forcella Ra Valles (2300m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Cima Formenton (2 h 55 min), Bivak Baracca degli Alpini (3 h 5 min), Tofana di Dentro, Tofana di Mezzo

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