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Passo Falzarego - Col Galina

Starting point: Passo Falzarego (2105 m)

Latitude/Longitude:

46,5186°N 12,0096°E

Destination: Col Galina (2372 m)

Walking time: 50 min

Difficulty: easy unmarked way

Elevation gain: 267 m

Elevation difference along the route: 267 m

Map:

Recommended equipment (summer):

Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons

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Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (possible via the border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. 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 junction, where we continue left (right also possible) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all following junctions 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 Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and at the next junctions we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and then follow the signs for the alpine pass Passo di Falzarego. We then follow this ascending road to the large parking lot on the mentioned pass.
To Cortina d'Ampezzo we can also come from the direction of Austria (direction Karawanks Tunnel, Spittal, Lienz, Sillian, Dobbiaco / Toblach, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Passo Falzarego).

Route description:
From the Passo Falzarego we head towards the south on path 441 (direction Rifugio Averau and Rifugio Nuvolau), which starts to ascend gentle grassy slopes. After a short ascent we come to an unmarked junction, where a less noticeable path branches off to the right, leading towards the summit or ridge of Col Galina. We head onto the mentioned path (the straight path leads towards the Averau hut), which first crosses the slopes towards the right, then temporarily brings us into flatter terrain, where we step onto a transport rescue road. We continue on the mentioned "road", which further ascends on the right side of the ski lift, more precisely on the ski slope. We then follow this occasionally steeper path to the main ridge, where the "road" turns left, but we leave it here and continue right on a poorly beaten but well-visible path. The path ahead immediately ascends steeply and quickly brings us to a very panoramic ridge, along and beside which we then ascend to the summit, reaching it after approximately 10 minutes of walking from the place where we left the ski slope.