Da Strobel - Cima Falzarego

Access to starting point:
A) Access from Gorenjska: From Rateče or Predel we cross the border to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on the highway in the direction of Videm / Udine to exit Tolmezzo. From Tolmezzo we follow the road in the direction of village Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo Mauria. The road then descends and it brings us to a crossroad, where we continue left (possible also right) in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At all next crossroads, we follow the signs for Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo then we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo di Falzarego. Some hundred meters before the mountain pass, we park on a parking lot by the restaurant Ristorante Grill da Strobel. Nearby is also the mountain hut Rifugio Col Gallina.
B) From Primorska: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Venezia. At town Portogruaro we leave the highway towards Venice and continue right on the highway towards Pordenone. At the next highway junction near Conegliano, we continue right towards Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Further, we follow the description above.

Path description:
We go on a larger parking lot by the restaurant Ristorante Grill da Strobel and at the end of the parking lot, we will notice signposts, which point us on a footpath. The path soon crosses a smaller bridge and then starts ascending through dwarf pines. Nice views also start opening up on mountains south from the mountain pass Falzarego. After the ascent through dwarf pines path brings us to a crossing where from the left side joins the path from the mentioned mountain pass.
We continue right on a military mule track, which leads us past the ruins of military hospital from the time of the first world war. From the ruins we continue on a mule track few ten meters after that a little before signposts for secured path „Ferrata degli Alpini“ we continue left on an unmarked path.
Unmarked path runs a little left from the mentioned secured path. From the crossing, we are ascending towards the northeast and the path soon brings us in steep valley on the west side of the mountain Col dei Bos. After the crossing of little steeper slopes we cross also a smaller stream and then we are for quite some time steeply ascending through the valley upwards. On the path, there is quite a lot of gravel therefore on some spots also some caution is needed. At the ascent we have otherwise a nice view towards the mountains south from the mountain pass Falzarego and to mountain walls of the nearby peaks, in the walls of the peak Col dei Bos is clearly visible also secured climbing path. We are still ascending on a steep valley all the way to the saddle between the peaks Col dei Bos and Cima Falzarego.
On the saddle where there is an unmarked crossing we continue left towards the summit Cima Falzarego. To the right leads the path towards the summit Col dei Bos, and if we continue straight we join the marked path towards the mountain hut Rifugio Lagazuoi. So from the saddle we continue left and we start ascending on the more and more panoramic slope. The footpath in the last part of an ascent vanishes, and we continue on a mostly grassy terrain to the top on which there is a smaller cross.
We descend on the ascent route or we continue towards the north where we soon join a marked path towards the mountain hut Rifugio Lagazuoi.

On the way: Ospedaletti (2160m)

Trip can be extended to: Col dei Bos