VANDELLI HUT TO SORAPISS – FORCELLA MARCUOIRA

VANDELLI HUT TO SORAPISS – FORCELLA MARCUOIRA

Sorapiss group

The route starts behind the chapel on the pass (next to the three large wooden crosses), passes through Ciampo Marzo and climbs to the Tordèiba hills. After a first section of mule track and straightforward footpath the route turns left along a narrow scree gorge and then crosses Forcella de Marcòira at 2307 metres. It then enters the beautiful Ciadin del Lòudo basin, a wild meadow ridge which it cuts across diagonally, and then climbs to a col with dramatic views of Rifugio Vandelli (1908 m) and Lake Sorapiss. The path then continues sharply through dwarf mountain pines to the refuge. The return route is via Orte de Marcuòira with certain slightly exposed sections before it descends gently through an attractive forest in the Passo Tre Croci (1805 m) direction.

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