Passo di Fedaia - Bivacco Bontadini

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 and then we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo di Falzarego. Already in the first part of the ascent towards the mountain pass Falzarego we will get to a crossroad, where signs for mountain pass Passo di Giau (2233 meters) and Marmolada point us to the left. The road behind the mountain pass Giau starts descending and lower we follow it through the settlements in the direction of Marmolada or mountain pass Passo di Fedaia. The road which then again starts ascending higher brings us on the mountain pass Fedaia where we park on a parking lot at the mountain hut Rifugio Fedaia.
Access from Primorska: We drive on a 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 we follow the road ahead in the direction of Belluno, where at the larger crossroad we continue right in the direction of the town Agordo. From the mentioned town ahead we follow frequent signs for Marmolada or mountain pass Passo di Fedaia. When we get to the mentioned mountain pass, we park on a parking lot at the mountain hut Rifugio Fedaia.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the mountain hut Rifugio Passo Fedaia we go on a macadam road towards the mountain hut Rifugio Padon. Macadam road at first over a bridge crosses main road and then it ascends by and on a ski slope. The road then turns a little to the right and brings us on slopes below the cableway, which runs towards the mountain hut Padon. From the path, we have otherwise all the time breathtaking view on the nearby Marmolada. Macadam road is further all the time ascending near the cableway all the way to a saddle Passo Padon.
On the saddle where there is a crossing, we continue left on the road and to the hut which we see from the path for quite some time.
At the mountain hut, we go on a footpath towards the upper station of the cableway. At station of the cableway, we then go left on the path 636 following the signs »Bivacco Bontadini«. The path starts quite steeply ascending on a grassy slope below the rocky slopes of the peak Mesolina. After that, the path becomes even a little steeper and there are also some steel cables for help. The path by the steel cable, which isn't very hard then soon brings us to bivouac Bontadini.

On the way: Passo Padon (2369m), Rifugio Padon (2407m)