Lago Scin - Rifugio Faloria (Ferrata Sci Club 18)
Starting point: Lago Scin (1336 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.54533°N 12.16605°E 
Path name: Ferrata Sci Club 18
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: extremely difficult marked way
Ferrata: D
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 787 m
Altitude difference (by path): 800 m
Map: Tabacco 03 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
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 right towards Auronzo. Further, we follow the signs for mountain pass Tre Croci. From the mountain pass, we continue good 8 km in the direction towards Cortina d'Ampezzo, and then we park on a parking lot near the restaurant Ristorante Lago Scin, which is situated on the right side of the road.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we cross the road and at the lake Lago Scin by the main road, we will notice signposts, which point us to the left in the forest. The path immediately at the beginning turns a little to the right and even though there is quite a lot of blazes on the path we still need to pay attention, because there is quite some side paths and cart tracks, which are better beaten than marked path. After a short initial ascent then path brings us to a cart track where we continue right. Cart track then slightly descends and it brings us to motocross polygon, which is already overgrown a little. We continue on a footpath which further runs through the forest on a little swampy terrain. Later, the path ascends a little and brings us on an indistinct saddle where there is a lot of blazes on the trees.
Here is quite poorly visible crossing. We leave the main path and we go left where small caption on blaze (Ferrata S.C.18) point us to. A little worse beaten footpath then out of the forest brings us into dwarf pines. The path through dwarf pines then brings us to a crossing where on the path number 206 join paths from the mountain hut Rio Gere and from the mountain hut Mandres where there is a midway station of the cable car.
At the crossing, we continue straight towards the walls of Faloria following the signs »Ferrata Sci Club 18«. The path is then quite steeply ascending mostly through dwarf pines all the way to the entry into a climbing part of the path.
In front of the entry into a climbing part of the path, we must equip ourselves with a helmet and self-belay set.
Already in the very beginning climbing path vertically ascends and we get help from only few stemples (difficulty D). After an initial demanding part path turns to the right and then follows a little easier crossing to the right. The path then turns to the left and is then for some time steeply ascending by the steel cable (C). Difficulty again a little decreases and then follows a short vertical ascent (D). Further there are for some time taking turns difficulties from B to C. After that, the path turns a little to the right and then it is ascending a little right from the cable car. Because climbing path is all the time well visible also from the cable car, which runs towards the mountain hut Faloria. The path again becomes demanding and is steeply ascending by the steel cable (C and C/D) and meanwhile ascends also over short ladder. The path continues to run a little to the right and brings us into a gully. Here the path turns to the left and then follows less difficult crossing on a narrow ledge. The path then also slightly descends and again brings us below the cable car.
Here follows longer almost vertical ascent and we get help from few stemples (C/D). In the last part then climbing path turns to the right and crosses a short gully and then it ascends on a narrow ridge (difficulty from A to C). At the end follows only diagonal ascent (C/D) and the path brings us on gentle slopes in front of the mountain hut.
At the end of the climbing path we continue on a gentle path towards the mountain hut Faloria, which we already see in front of us.
The described path is extremely demanding and it is appropriate only for experienced mountaineers with enough strength in arms. Climbing path is relatively new because it was made in the year 2009.
We descend on an easier path number 212 towards the mountain hut Mandres. A little before the mentioned mountain hut where there is a midway station of the cable car we go right on the path 210 towards the starting point at the lake Lago Scin.
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