Passo Pordoi - Piz Boe

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (you can get here via the border crossing at Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine to the Tolmezzo exit. From Tolmezzo, we follow the road in the direction of the village Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then descends and brings us to a crossroad, 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. At the mentioned pass, we come to a crossroad, where we continue on the left road in the direction of Marmolada and settlement Arabba (right Alta Badia). The road ahead descends for quite some time, then brings us to a crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of the pass Passo Pordoi (left Marmolada). We follow this relatively wide and ascending road all the way to the mentioned pass, where we park on a large parking lot.
Access from Primorska: We drive on the 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 we follow the road ahead in the direction of Belluno, where at the larger crossroad we continue right in the direction of the town Agordo. From the mentioned town onwards, we follow the signs for settlement Arabba and alpine pass Passo Pordoi, which is also the starting point for our tour.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we first carefully cross the road, then head to path no. 627 (direction Piz Boe). The path first ascends somewhat more steeply across a panoramic grassy slope, then flattens and brings us into rockier terrain. The path ahead turns slightly to the left and begins to ascend more steeply again. After a few minutes of further walking, we finally leave the grassy slopes, and the path transitions into gravel terrain, across which we ascend on a fairly wide path. Higher up, the path flattens once more and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue straight on path no. 627 in the direction of the hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi and Rifugio Boe (right Ferrata C. Piazzetta). The path ahead transitions into increasingly steep scree, which takes quite some energy from us. We follow this path, which in the upper part is also exposed to falling rocks, all the way to the mountain hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi, which we reach by ascending to the top of the aforementioned scree.
From the hut, we continue right in the direction of the summit and hut Rifugio Boe. Ahead, a very wide and gentle path, then it crosses the slopes toward the east for some time, bringing us into more plateau-like terrain, where we reach a marked junction. We continue slightly right in the direction of summit Piz Boe (left hut Rifugio Boe) on a path that moderately ascends for a short time, then brings us to very flat terrain. Further on, we ascend barely noticeably on the path, which besides the markers is also marked with numerous larger cairns. The path ahead gradually begins to ascend and quickly brings us to the southwestern ridge of summit Piz Boe, along and beside which we then ascend. The path ahead becomes steeper, and along the path we even encounter some fixed protections (undemanding), which are placed here mainly due to mass visitation (since a cable car brings people near hut Rifugio Forcella Pordoi, on the path we can also notice those wearing only sandals, and there are quite a few of them). We follow this wide and locally steeper path all the way to summit Piz Boe, which we reach without major difficulties.

Along the route: Rifugio Forcella Pordoi (2848m)

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