Passo Giau - Monte Formin

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. This ascending road we then follow to a crossroad at an altitude of approximately 1400m. At the crossroad, we continue left in the direction of Alpine mountain pass Passo di Giau and Marmolada. We park on a large parking lot on the mountain pass Passo di Giau.
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:
From the mountain pass, we continue left (towards the south) on the path which on the left side bypasses the chapel. The path with mark 436 at first leads us on gently sloping meadows with beautiful views on surrounding peaks, and then it brings us on a smaller notch named Forcella Zonia. From the notch, we descend a little and then we cross steep slopes above the valley Valle di Zonia. After the crossing, the path brings us to the notch Forcella Col Piombin where there is another crossing.
A little less beaten path Sentiero Alpinistico del Cernera, which leads towards the peaks Monte Cernera and Monte Verdal branches off to the right. From the notch, we continue left on a well-beaten path 436. The path from the notch starts descending and at first crosses little steeper slopes. Slopes then become less steep and the path turns to the left towards the east and continues slightly descending. The path further again starts ascending and it brings us to a crossing below the steep mountain walls of the peak Monte Formin.
At the crossing where from the left path from a little lower starting point joins, we continue right towards the notch Forcella Giau. The path here starts ascending even a little steeper, and from the path increasingly beautiful views are starting to open up on the mountain groups Tofana and Sella. Such a path then brings us to the already mentioned notch where a view towards the south opens up, where Monte Pelmo stands out.
On the notch where there is a crossing worse beaten path 465 branches off to the right, and we continue left on a well-beaten path 436 towards the notch Forcella Ambrizola. Our path then starts descending on grassy slopes towards the east. From the path, we have here very nice view towards the nearby precipitous walls of the peak Monte Formin and on other peaks nearby. The path is still slightly descending and a little lower runs by a smaller stream which then also crosses. Such a path then brings us to a crossing where archaeological path branches off to the right towards the mountain pasture Malga Mondeval di sopra and archaeological finds from mesolithic.
We continue on the left better beaten path, which soon starts ascending again. The path is then ascending on panoramic grassy slopes all the way to a crossing where we join the path from the notch Forcella Ambrizola.
At the crossing, we continue left towards the notch Forcella Rossa and the path soon starts ascending steeper. The path here runs through the valley below precipitous walls of the peak Cima Ambrizola. The increasingly panoramic path is then still quite steeply ascending all the way to the notch Forcella Rossa, where a view opens up towards the mountain group Tofana.
On the notch, we then leave the marked path and we go left on not that steep slopes towards the summit Monte Formin. Here we walk on pathless terrain, but ascent isn't demanding and we also get help from cairns by the path. When we reach indistinct secondary peak on which there are numerous cairns and obelisks, a view towards the summit Monte Formin opens up.
From the secondary peak, we then slightly descend, and we continue with an ascent on the more and more panoramic slopes. In the last part of the ascent, we turn slightly to the right, so that we reach the peak from the north side. On the left (south) side in the last part there are some cracks or narrow gullies, which in case if they are covered with snow can also be dangerous.

On the way: Forcella Zonia (2229m), Forcella Col Piombin (2239m), Forcella Giau (2360m), Forcella Rossa (2462m)