Rifugio Primula - Forcella Marmarole

Access to starting point:
Access from Gorenjska: Over the border crossing Rateče we drive to Trbiž / Tarvisio, where we go on the highway in the direction of Videm / Udine. We leave the highway at exit Tolmezzo and we follow the road to the mentioned settlement. From Tolmezzo we continue in the direction of the settlement Ampezzo and mountain pass Passo della Mauria. The road then starts descending and brings us into a valley Cadore, where we continue right (left Belluno and Cortina d'Ampezzo) in the direction of the settlement Auronzo. Towards the end of the settlement Auronzo di Cadore we turn slightly left downwards on a narrow road towards the valley Val da Rin. The road then turns left and crosses the bridge over the river Ansiei. Narrow ascending road we then follow to the mountain hut Rifugio Primula Di Pais. From the mountain hut, we continue for approximately 200 meters on the road to a crossroad with macadam road. We go left on a macadam road and we park on a smaller parking lot at the beginning of the mentioned macadam road.
From Primorska side: 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 we continue in the direction of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Auronzo. Towards the end of the settlement Auronzo di Cadore we turn slightly left downwards on a narrow road towards the valley Val da Rin. The road then turns left and crosses the bridge over the river Ansiei. Narrow ascending road we then follow to the mountain hut Rifugio Primula Di Pais. From the mountain hut, we continue for approximately 200 meters on the road to a crossroad with macadam road. We go left on a macadam road and we park on a smaller parking lot at the beginning of the mentioned macadam road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road where also signposts at the beginning of the mentioned road point us to. The road quickly turns left, crosses a stream and it brings us to a crossroad.
Left leads the path 273 towards the mountain hut Rifugio Ciareido, and we continue right on the path 270. A short time we still walk through the forest and then the road brings us to a wide riverbed of a torrent. Few ten meters we continue on a riverbed of a torrent and then signpost points us to the right on a cart track which is situated on the other side of the riverbed. Cart track starts slightly ascending through the forest and short time runs above the stream. Cart track then turns to the left and then all the time runs towards the south and in doing so it is slightly ascending. When we again get closer to a riverbed of a torrent cart track passes into a footpath. Further, we for some time walk on the right edge of the riverbed of a torrent where the footpath isn't visible. For orientation we get help from blazes and numerous cairns. Soon blazes point us to the left and then follows a short ascent through dwarf pines and thin forest on the left side of the riverbed of a torrent. After that, the path again crosses a riverbed on the right side and brings us into the forest.
Further, we are then long time ascending a little steeper through the forest. Higher, the path turns slightly to the left and the forest starts slowly passing into dwarf pines. Relatively narrow footpath then brings us to a crossing.
Left leads the path towards the bivouac Fanton, and we continue right towards the notch Forcella Marmarole where caption on rock point us to. From the crossing, we are for some time ascending through dwarf pines, and the footpath is becoming worse beaten and soon completely vanishes. Because at further ascent the footpath is mostly gone we have to pay a little more attention on blazes and cairns, which point us on a slope upwards. Here we are otherwise ascending by the edge of dwarf pines on a slope upwards. The path runs parallel with the riverbed of a torrent, which is on our right side. Dwarf pines then ends, and we are for some time ascending on a grassy slope on the left side of the riverbed of a torrent. Higher, we cross a smaller branch of the riverbed on the right side and then again ascending on increasingly steep slope upwards. When we come to mountain wall we continue to the right and we cross a steep slope. From a grassy slope we pass over on rocky and the ascent becomes more demanding. The path here turns left steeply upwards and ascents through a short gully. The slope is here very steep but in a narrow gully there is a lot of footholds and holds so that climbing isn't too hard. After a short steep ascent then slope becomes a little less steep. The path is then ascending on a slope slightly to the right and it brings us to a stream.
Next follows a short ascent by the stream to the source, and then the path turns a little to the right and is still ascending through the valley below precipitous mountain walls of surrounding mountains. And a little higher the slope becomes steeper and blazes point us sharp to the left.
The ascent here again becomes more demanding. First, we diagonally ascend on a slightly exposed ledge and then the path brings us to steel cables. Here the path ascends very steep right upwards and then follows a short exposed crossing to the right. Demanding part of the path which is secured with a steel cable is relatively short and further again follows an ascent on a slope, which is a little less steep. In spite of that, that ascent on this part technically isn't too demanding we have to be very careful on blazes, because footpath mostly isn't visible. In fog the orientation can be very demanding.
Further, we are ascending on left part of the valley upwards, and a little later path turns to the right and then it is ascending on an indistinct ridge, that runs on middle of the valley. Here the footpath becomes occasionally again a little better visible. On increasingly panoramic path we then soon reach notch Forcella Marmarole.
Most appropriate descent is on the ascent route. In case if we are not dependent on transportation we can continue also over notch Forcella Froppa and then on the path 260 and 280 we descend on the south side. Part of the path towards the notch Forcella Froppa where we cross steep scree, which isn't beaten can be quite dangerous for slipping. Demanding is also descent on the south side through the gully direct from the notch Forcella Marmarole.
The described path is lonely and poorly beaten. Also in biggest season is very likely, that on the path we won't meet anyone. The entire mountain group Marmarole is otherwise known after that, that it doesn't have high mountain roads or cableways. And on mostly hardly accessible peaks don't lead marked paths. Accesses from the north side also don't have mountain huts but only bivouacs. New modern bivouac is planned also on notch Forcella Marmarole.