Ristorante Pietofana - Rifugio Duca d'Aosta

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 tarmac 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 where a path forks off to the right towards the Forcella Ra Valles notch.
At the crossroads, we continue straight ahead on the road which leads us out of the forest to the ski resort. Here we climb alongside the cable car for a while and then the road turns left across the ski slope. When the road crosses the ski slope, pay attention as here our path branches off to the right onto the ski slope. The path along the ski slope is at first quite faint and leads you back to the right side of the ski lift. The trail continues to climb quite steeply up the ski slope, all the time passing slightly to the right of the cable car. The fairly steep ski slope turns slowly to the left, and then becomes flatter as you get near hut Rifugio Duca d'Aosta.
From here, turn left off the slope and it's an easy walk to the hut, from which you can enjoy a beautiful view of the mountains above Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The hut can also be reached by chairlift.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Rifugio Pomedes ( 35 min), Ra Bujela, Rifugio Ra Valles (2 h 20 min), Cima Formenton (3 h 55 min), Bivak Baracca degli Alpini (4 h 5 min), Tofana di Mezzo (6 h 25 min)

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