Da Strobel - Col dei Bos (Via ferrata degli Alpini)

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 for few ten meters and then we get to a marked crossing. We go slightly left following the signs „Ferrata degli Alpini“, even more to the left through the valley leads unmarked path on which we can later descend.
From the crossing, the path is slightly ascending towards the east and brings us below the slopes of the peak Col dei Bos where there is the beginning of the secured path.
At the beginning of the secured path, we equip ourselves with a helmet and self-belay set, it is also highly recommended to use climbing gloves. Already in the very beginning secured path almost vertically ascends and for the ascent also some strength in arms is needed. Follows an ascent through a steep groove, and then difficulty slightly decreases. Occasionally we still steeply ascend and we also get help from few stemples. In the second part secured path again steeply ascends, but there are a little more holds available, so that climbing is slightly easier as in the very beginning. In the last part, the climbing is mostly a little less demanding, but there are still some spots where we almost vertically ascend.
On grassy slope little below the summit secured path ends. Here we continue left and we quickly come to an unmarked crossing. The left path bypasses the peak and brings us on northwestern side of the mountain from where we can then descend into a valley. We continue slightly right and then follows an undemanding ascent on very panoramic path to the top.
From the top, we descend towards the northwest and then we descend on an unmarked path which runs below the western slopes of the mountain. Bigger part of this path we could already see when climbing on a secured path. From the top, we have also an option to continue towards the mountain hut Rifugio Lagazuoi, but this path is unmarked as well.
The secured path Ferrata degli Alpini is otherwise relatively new path, because it was made in the year 2009.

On the way: Ospedaletti (2160m)