Passo Pordoi - Col da Cuch

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 the pass. At the pass, you reach a crossroads, where you follow the road on the left towards Marmolada and the village of Arabba (Alta Badia on the right). The road descends for some time, then leads to a crossroads, where you continue on the right towards Passo Pordoi (Marmolada on the left). Follow the relatively wide and ascending road until you reach the pass, where you park in a large parking lot.
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 at the pass, continue south-east past the Savoia hut, after which you will see signs. The signs will direct you to the footpath towards hut Rifugio Fredarola. The wide path initially runs south-east and leads to the chapel. Here the path turns to the right and then climbs gently under the eastern slopes of Sas Bece. From the trail we have a very nice view, especially of the nearby peaks of the Sella mountain group. The trail then soon leads to a saddle on the north side of the Sas Bece peak, from where we also have a view towards Marmolada.
At the saddle where the crossroads are, continue straight ahead, and to the left of the ski slope the path leads to the Rifugio Sass Bece hut. The path from the saddle first crosses the grassy slopes to the south and then leads to a macadam road.
At the crossroads, turn slightly left and then follow the footpath which crosses a short grassy slope. The path leads to the left along the road towards the Sass Bece hut, and down to the right towards the Belvedere hut and on to the summit of Col di Rosc. After a short crossing, the path leads to a wider macadam path where you continue left.
The wide path then runs eastwards and climbs gently along slightly steeper grassy slopes with fine views towards Marmolada. Following this path, you will soon reach the Rifugio Fredarola hut.
At the hut where the crossroads are, follow the dirt road eastwards, following the "Viel del Pan" signs. The road then quickly leads to another marked crossroads.
At the crossroads we continue slightly left on the ridge path (Sentiero Attrezzato delle Creste), and to the right an easier path called the Bindelweg leads to hut Rifugio Viel del Pan and on to the Porta Vescovo saddle. From the crossroads, the path follows the north side of the ridge and quickly leads to slightly steeper slopes with a very nice view towards the Sella mountain group and Alta Badia. The path soon turns right from the northern slopes and climbs towards the ridge. We continue to climb up the ridge for some time, and then the path leads us to the 2563 metre high peak Col da Cuch, from which we have a view of the entire Padon ridge and the Lago di Fedaia lake. Descend along the ascent route or continue along the ridge and descend to the Rifugio Viel del Pan hut. From there, follow the Bindelweg to the Rifugio Fredarola hut and back to the starting point at Passo Pordoi.

On the way: Rifugio Fredarola (2370m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Porta Vescovo (2 h 30 min), Sas Ciapel ( 50 min), Belvedere (2 h)

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