Fuciade, Passo San Pellegrino - Sasso Vernale

Access to starting point:
Highway between Trst and Venice we leave in Portogruaro and we follow the highway in the direction of Pordenone, Conegliano and Belluno, where we leave the highway and we continue through Belluno, Ponte nelle Alpi, Agordo, Falcade, direction Passo san Pellegrino. About kilometer before we come on the mountain pass, we turn at the signpost for Baita Flora Alpina right towards grazing mountain pasture Malga Boer (1808 meters) and cirque Fuciade. After about a kilometer of steep road past the mountain pasture we park on a marked parking lot by the bridge over Rio Cigole. The road goes further to holiday cottages, cattle pen and mountain hut Fuciade, but a sign prohibits further driving.
It is also possible to go on foot from the very mountain pass past the hotel Miralago.
Second possible access is through Karawanks – Spittal – Lienz – Cortina d'Ampezzo – Falzarego – Alleghe – Falcade – Passo san Pellegrino.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on gentle, at first asphalt cart track over nice pastures in the direction of the wall above the valley Val Cigolè, above which reign peaks Cima Uomo, Punta Cigolè, and Sasso di Valfredda, past idyllic cottages to the mountain hut / hotel Rifugio Fuciade, 1974 meters (20 minutes).
At the crossing behind the mountain hut, we leave a wide mule track and then over pastures we follow the path number 607. Comfortable, even zig-zags offers views on distant Pale di San Martino and on the nearby towers of Cima Tascia and Torre Enrica. On the top of grassy ridge we enter on a wide scree in Val Cirelle, over which runs comfortable footpath with numerous zig-zags. At the signpost for Cima Uomo valley continues straight, and we turn sharply right and we follow comfortable zig-zags on huge scree to mountain pass Cirelle (2683 meters, from the mountain hut 2 hours and a half to 3 hours, cross / chapel).
On the mountain pass a view opens up into the upper part of valleys Contrin and on elegant pyramid Sasso Vernale (3054 meters), which reigns above a little lower ridge Ombretta, and behind it is wide south mountain wall of Marmolada and left from it Gran Vernel. From the mountain pass are possible easy half an hour tours on unmarked, but well visible paths, on left eastern peak Cima Cadine (2885 meters), and on the right Punta Cigolè (2815 meters).
The path from the mountain pass few meters follows signs for mountain hut Rifugio Contrin, and then we go on with red dots marked footpath 612 towards the mountain hut Falier (a sign on rock). The footpath few times ascends and descends on slopes of Punta Cigolè and Cima Ombrettola. We cross some snow tongues, which stay late in the summer, and on a crumbly gravel, almost lunar terrain in steeper ascent we reach small ridge above the mountain pass Passo Ombretta, 2864 meters, (1 hour from the mountain pass Cirelle), from which we look into a valley Vallon d'Ombrettola below the mighty walls, which are proudly displayed by Sasso di Valfredda, Formenton, Monte la Banca, Fop, Civetta and Pelmo.
On the mountain pass blazes end. We descend few meters towards the mountain hut in the direction of Ombrettola, we put on a helmet, we leave the path below lowest point of saddle, and we look for the path by south ridge, which follows remains of military path from the first world war. Relatively easy path with some exposed spots is because of crumbly rock covered with thin gravel, so we carefully follow the most logical and obvious passages and remains of military barriers to the summit (cairn, 40 minutes - 1 hour from the mountain pass Ombrettola). A view in good weather is phenomenal. Return (3h) offers with express delivery on just right soft scree from the mountain pass Cirelle almost to the starting point.

On the way: Koča Rifugio Fuciade (1974m), Prelaz Passo Cirelle (2683m), vrh Cima Uomo (3011m), vrh Punta Cigole (2815m), vrh Cima dell Bachet (2800m), vrh Cima Cadina (2885m)