Passo Valparola - Lagazuoi Piccolo
Starting point: Passo Valparola (2131 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5342°N 11.9896°E 
Time of walking: 2 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 647 m
Altitude difference (by path): 700 m
Map: Tabacco 03 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Cortina d'Ampezzo (to here possible over a border crossing Rateče or Predel to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then on a 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. Or from Primorska side, where we drive on a highway in the direction of Trst / Trieste. Further, we drive on Italian highway in the direction of Padova, but only to a highway junction, where we continue in the direction of Veneto and Belluno. Near Belluno the highway ends, and at the next crossroads we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and then we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo di Falzarego. This ascending road we then follow to the mentioned mountain pass, and then we continue right towards the mountain pass Passo Valparola. From the mountain pass Passo Valparola we then descend to the first left turn where old road branches off to the right, which is closed for traffic. Here is also a smaller parking lot on which we park.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the old road following the signs for path 20a and we start slightly descending. We soon come to the signposts, which from the road point us to the right upwards. Further in gentle ascents and descents we cross the slopes towards the north. Such a path which runs mostly by rare dwarf pines then brings us to a marked crossing. We continue straight on the path 20a following the signs »Salares – Lagazuoi«, left leads the path downwards towards the settlement San Ciascian. By the path, we will also notice the sign, which marks entrance in nature park Fanes Sennes Braies. The path then starts ascending in zig-zags on a steep slope all the way to the notch Forcella de Salares.
On the notch where there is a crossing, we continue right on the path 20a following the signs Lagazuoi. Further, we are long time slightly ascending towards the southeast below the slopes of the peak Spinarac (2532 meters). Soon nice views start opening up also towards the east where the ridge Cresta di Fanes stands out. The path continues to run towards the southeast and leaves nature park Fanes Sennes Braies and later brings us to a marked crossing.
Left leads the path towards the bivouac Chiesa, and we continue straight following the signs »Rif. Lagazuoi« and we start ascending towards the notch Forcella Lagazuoi. On the notch, we then continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Lagazuoi. The path ahead in zig-zags starts moderately ascending on a relatively steep slope by which we notice numerous remains from the first world war. The path higher brings us to the upper station of the cableway and only few meters behind that to the mountain hut Lagazuoi.
From the mountain hut, we continue on a well-beaten path, which on the upper ridge soon brings us on an ample and panoramic peak.
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