Sass de Pordoi - Punta de Joel

Access to the starting point:
First, drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (you can get here via Border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then take 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. At this 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 before reaching a crossroads where you continue on the right towards Passo Pordoi (Marmolada on the left). Follow the road, which is relatively wide and ascending, all the way to the pass, where you park in a large parking lot. Then buy a lift ticket to take you to your starting point at 2950 m.

Access from Primorska: Take the motorway towards Padua, but only as far as the motorway junction, where you continue towards Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the motorway ends and we follow the road towards Belluno, where at a major junction we turn right towards Agordo. From there, follow the signs for Arabba and the Passo Pordoi Alpine pass, which is the starting point of our tour. We then buy a lift ticket to take us to our starting point at 2950 m.

Path description:
From the top station of the cable car at Sass de Pordoi, follow the path towards the Rifugio Forcella Pordoi hut. The wide and much-visited path begins to descend more visibly and, after about 15 minutes' walk, leads to the aforementioned mountain hut, where the path from the Passo Pordoi pass joins us on the right.

From the hut, continue straight on towards the summit and hut Piz Boe. The path is very wide and winding, then crosses the slopes to the east for a while, before leading into a flatter world, where you come to a marked crossroads. Continue slightly right towards the summit of Piz Boe (to the left, hut Piz Boe) on a path which climbs moderately for a short distance, then leads to a very flat world.
Just at the point where the slope completely flattens out, leave the marked path and continue right along a less well-trodden track, which takes you to an undistinguished summit in just over 5 minutes of further walking.

Sass de Pordoi - Rifugio Forcella Pordoi 0:15, Rifugio Forcella Pordoi - Punta de Joel 0:45.

On the way: Rifugio Forcella Pordoi (2848m)

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