Rifugio Dibona - Rifugio Pomedes

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Through the border crossings Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Vidma / Udine to the exit Tolmezzo. 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 right possible) 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. We follow this ascending road to the place where the road to the hut rifugio Dibona branches off to the right (the turn-off is at an altitude of approx. 1700 m). The initially asphalted road brings us higher to a crossroad, where we continue on the left lower road (right hut Duca d'Aosta) and follow it to the parking lot for the hut Dibona.
From the Primorska side: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At Portogruaro we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards Pordenone. At the next highway crossroad near Conegliano we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and at the following crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further we follow the above description.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the hut Dibona we continue right on path 421. The path first crosses scree and begins to ascend slightly. Here the path runs towards the east and soon brings us to a somewhat wider torrent gully. At the gully the path turns left and begins to ascend more steeply beside the gully. Due to the slippery sand, some caution is also needed on this section. The path then crosses the gully and continues to ascend quite steeply.
Later a direct path to the hut Rifugio Duca d'Aosta branches off fairly unnoticeably to the right, and shortly after that the secured path Via ferrata Astaldi joins us from the left. From the junction the path then ascends for some time through dwarf pines and soon brings us to the hut Rifugio Pomedes.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Rifugio Ra Valles (1 h 45 min), Punta Anna (2 h 5 min), Cima Formenton (3 h 20 min), Bivacco Baracca degli Alpini (3 h 30 min), Torre Aglio (3 h 35 min), Tofana di Dentro (4 h 20 min), Tofana di Mezzo

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, panorama