Passo Tre Croci - Cristallino d'Ampezzo
Starting point: Passo Tre Croci (1805 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5568°N 12.202°E 
Time of walking: 3 h 40 min
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1203 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1230 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.
Path description:
From the mountain pass Tre Croci we go right on a narrow at first asphalt road (path number 203). At the beginning of the road there are also signposts, which point us on the mentioned road. The asphalt quickly ends and we continue past a gate and start ascending on a macadam road which is closed for traffic. The road which runs through the forest then soon brings us to a crossing where the path towards the notch Forcella del Cristallo branches off to the right, and we still continue on the forest road. When we come out of the forest from the left joins the path from a parking lot at the ski slope Monte Cristallo. Further, we are for some time ascending on the road, after that signposts point us to the right on a footpath.
The path starts ascending a little steeper and increasingly beautiful views start to open up on surrounding peaks. The path still in ascent crosses slopes towards the northwest and runs mostly by rare dwarf pines. Higher, the path brings us to a saddle Sonforcia where we again join the macadam road.
On the saddle, we continue right on the road which we then follow all the way to the hut Son Forca.
From the mountain hut, we continue towards a cable car. Signposts at the bottom station of a cable car then point us on a ski slope below the cableway. The path further all the time runs on a ski slope below the cableway and starts quite steeply ascending. In the last part, the path is ascending on steep scree, which brings us to the upper cableway station.
At the upper station of the cableway, we continue left and we at first ascend on metal stairs. Here begins secured path Sentiero Ferrato Ivano Dibona on which we can see a lot of remains from the first world war. The path in the initial part ascends on a steep ladder, and then leads through some tunnels from the first world war. Further, we are for a short time ascending by the steel cable, which brings us to the longest hanging bridge in the Dolomites. After the crossing of the bridge follows an ascent on a ladder, and then we for some time walk by the steel cable on the ridge. The path on the ridge brings us to a crossing where we continue left towards the summit Cristallino d'Ampezzo, and to the right ahead leads the path Ivano Dibona.
The path from the crossing at first crosses slightly to the left and then it ascends a little steeper on the ridge upwards. In the last part, the path brings us into a smaller notch, where the path branches off to the right on which we join the path Ivano Dibona towards the summit Cresta Bianca and bivouac Buffa.
From the notch follows only a short steep ascent to a panoramic summit.
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