Rifugio Dibona - Rifugio Pomedes

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: From Rateče or Predel we cross the border to Trbiž / Tarvisio and then we continue 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.
In Cortina d'Ampezzo then we follow the signs for Alpine mountain pass Passo di Falzarego. This ascending road we then follow to the spot, where the road in the direction of the mountain hut rifugio Dibona branches off to the right (turn off is at an altitude approx 1700 meters). At first asphalt road higher brings us on a crossroad, where we continue on the left bottom road (right mountain hut Duca d'Aosta) and we follow it to the parking lot behind the mountain hut Dibona.
From Primorska: We drive on the highway towards Venice / Benetke / 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 parking lot at the mountain hut Dibona we continue right on the path 421. The path at first crosses scree and starts slightly ascending. The path here runs towards the east and soon brings us to a little wider torrent gully. At the gully, the path turns left and starts ascending steeper by the gully. Because of the slippery sand on this part also some caution is needed. After that, the path crosses the gully and continues to ascend quite steeply.
Later quite unnoticeably a direct path towards the mountain hut Rifugio Duca d'Aosta branches off to the right, and only a little after that from the left joins secured path Via ferrata Astaldi. From the crossing, the path is for some time ascending through dwarf pines and soon brings us to the hut Rifugio Pomedes.

Trip can be extended to: Rifugio Ra Valles (1 h 45 min) , Punta Anna (2 h 5 min) , Cima Formenton (3 h 20 min) , Bivacco Baracca degli Alpini (3 h 30 min) , Torre Aglio (3 h 35 min) , Tofana di Dentro (4 h 20 min) , Tofana di Mezzo