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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Ladin-speaking valley town under the Tofane and Cinque Torri, host of the 1956 Winter Olympics and still the busiest walking and skiing base in the Dolomites.

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3 244 m
Featured summit · Tofana di Mezzo

Highlights

13 from neighbouring places

Museum

Museo/galleria del Lagazuoi
Tunnels driven into the Lagazuoi by Italian and Austrian sappers between 1915 and 1917, now an open-air museum reached from the cable car.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Stolla
9.2 km away, in Braies/Prags
A hut at 1,940 m in the Braies valley, about two hours up the Stolla stream from Ponticello on path 18 and closed through the winter.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Rifugio Vallandro
9.4 km away, in Braies/Prags
A refuge on the Prato Piazza plateau above Braies, the usual starting point for the Picco di Vallandro and its old fortifications.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Malga Prato Piazza
10 km away, in Braies/Prags
A pasture hut at 2,054 m on the Prato Piazza plateau south of Lago di Braies, on the Giro del Monte Specie theme trail out of Dobbiaco.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Rifugio Prato Piazza
10.1 km away, in Braies/Prags
A hut on the Plätzwiese, the high meadow plateau above the Val di Braies, under the walls of the Croda Rossa and reached by the road from Ponticello.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Rossalm
10.1 km away, in Braies/Prags
A recently built pasture hut at 2,164 m in the Braies Dolomites, reached on path 4 from the Ponticello car park or from Prato Piazza past Malga Stolla.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Rifugio Averau
10.4 km away, in Colle Santa Lucia
A hut below the Averau in the Cinque Torri group, a dark-sky site above the Giau pass.
Astrotourism ↗
Natural feature

Cascate di ghiaccio allo Scotoni
10.7 km away, in Badia/Abtei
The frozen waterfalls below the Lagazuoi and Scotoni walls, an ice-climbing ground above the Alta Badia.
Alta Badia ↗
Natural feature

Parco Naturale Fanes
11 km away, in Badia/Abtei
The Fanes plateau above the Alta Badia, a high karst basin of the Fanes-Sennes-Braies park.
Alta Badia ↗
Mountain hut

Rifugio Sennes
11 km away, in Marebbe/Enneberg
A hut at 2,126 m on the Sennes pastures in the Fanes-Sennes-Braies nature park above Marebbe, on the Alta Via delle Dolomiti n. 1.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Church

Cappella ai piedi del Sas Dlacia
12.2 km away, in Badia/Abtei
A chapel at the foot of the Sas Dlacia rock face above San Cassiano.
Alta Badia ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Val Foresta
14.6 km away, in Braies/Prags
A pasture hut at 1,590 m above the western shore of Lago di Braies, reached on path 19 from the lake car park on a track gentle enough for pushchairs.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Church

Cappella di "Piceplan"
14.8 km away, in Badia/Abtei
A wayside chapel at Piceplan in the Alta Badia.
Alta Badia ↗
Church

Cappella di Rü
14.8 km away, in Badia/Abtei
The chapel of the hamlet of Rü above La Villa, in the Val Badia.
Alta Badia ↗

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Routes

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Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Dibona
Summer
A wartime path on Monte Cristallo, cut by mountain troops and re-equipped in the 1960s, now a cabled route in the Padeon group.
8.3 km
Distance
169 m
Ascent
5 h 58 min
Duration
153
Check-ins
Open route 3 Zinnen Dolomiten
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Col dei Bos
Summer
A demanding cabled route on the Col dei Bos, with a short overhanging step, on taut cable with anchors set close together.
1.4 km
Distance
482 m
Ascent
1 h 59 min
Duration
98
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Tofana di Mezzo - Gianni Aglio
Summer
A cabled route to the Tofana di Mezzo, mixing hard exposed pitches with walking ground, above the Pomedes towers.
2.7 km
Distance
764 m
Ascent
3 h 18 min
Duration
89
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Punta Anna - Giuseppe Olivieri
Summer
A steep cabled climb up the southern edge of the Tofana to the Punta Anna, in the middle of the Cortina Dolomites.
2.2 km
Distance
759 m
Ascent
3 h 23 min
Duration
77
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- Punta Anna 2 731 m
- Rifugio Pomedes 2 303 m
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Via ferrata Difficult
Via Ferrata: Tofana di Roces - Giovanni Lipella
Summer
A long, serious day on the Tofana di Rozes, with steep steps and exposed cabled traverses, needing fitness and mountain experience.
4.8 km
Distance
1 590 m
Ascent
7 h 44 min
Duration
74
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- Tofana di Rozes 3 225 m
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Punta Fiames - Michelli Strobel
Summer
A cabled route on the Punta Fiames, broken repeatedly by sloping ledges, looking down on Cortina.
1.2 km
Distance
392 m
Ascent
1 h 46 min
Duration
26
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- Casa cantoniera "Fiames" 1 296 m
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Col Rosá - Ettore Bovero
Summer
A varied cabled route on the Col Rosà, steep and exposed in short stretches but on sound rock, at its best in autumn colour.
4.5 km
Distance
838 m
Ascent
3 h 53 min
Duration
17
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- Passo Pospórcora 1 711 m
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Via ferrata Moderate
Sub-Lieutenant Mario Fusetti Via Ferrata
An equipped route on the Sasso di Stria, opened by the Alpini in memory of Mario Fusetti, who died there in the First World War.
4.3 km
Distance
565 m
Ascent
4 h 9 min
Duration
Open route Arabba Fodom Turismo
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata: Valle di Fanes - G. Barbara
Summer
A short cabled route by the waterfalls in the Val di Fanes, just outside Cortina.
4.0 km
Distance
523 m
Ascent
3 h 6 min
Duration
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Hiking route Easy
Along the Front Line: Lagazuoi and Forcella Travenanzes
A short high-level walk from the top of the Lagazuoi cable car past wartime galleries and open positions to the Travenanzes saddle.
3.5 km
Distance
36 m
Ascent
1 h 36 min
Duration
644
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Moderate
Five Towers Tour (Averau, Nuvolau and Scoiattoli refuges) from Giau Pass
From the Giau pass by high pasture to the Averau, Nuvolau and Scoiattoli huts, under the Cinque Torri.
10.6 km
Distance
753 m
Ascent
4 h 59 min
Duration
1753
Check-ins
Open route Dolomiti Bellunesi - The Mountains of Venice
Hiking route Difficult
Super 8 Ski Route
A figure-of-eight ski itinerary through the Cinque Torri and Lagazuoi areas, much of it on piste, facing the Tofana, Pelmo, Civetta and Marmolada.
29.1 km
Distance
2 082 m
Ascent
13 h 46 min
Duration
1890
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Ski tour Easy
Discesa a neve fresca dal Valparola all'Armentarola
Winter
An easy off-piste descent from the Passo Valparola to the Armentarola, facing the Lagazuoi, the Sass de Stria and the Conturines.
5.8 km
Distance
71 m
Ascent
620 m
Descent
1 h 39 min
Duration
94
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain bike route Easy
Cortina Bike Park - Over the Top
A flow trail from the Forcella Pomedes at 2,300 m down to the Duca d'Aosta hut, thirty-two hairpins on natural stony ground.
1.8 km
Distance
10 m
Ascent
15 min
Duration
104
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Difficult
Super panorama freeride
A long lift-served descent linking Faloria, Son Forca and the Cinque Torri, with the Padeon valley run down to Ospitale.
53.7 km
Distance
3 121 m
Ascent
8 h 17 min
Duration
834
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Cycling route Moderate
Three Crosses Pass
A cycling climb from Cortina to the Passo Tre Croci at 1,809 m, a Giro d'Italia classic on the way over to Misurina.
8.2 km
Distance
0 m
Ascent
56 min
Duration
192
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- Passo Tre Croci - Son Zuógo 1 809 m
- Rio Gere 1 687 m
- Lago Scin 1 479 m
- B&B HOTEL Passo Tre Croci Cortina 1 802 m
- Baita Son Zuogo 1 800 m
Open route Dolomiti Bellunesi - The Mountains of Venice
Cycling route Difficult
Maratona dles Dolomites
The full marathon course from Canazei over the Sella, Gardena, Campolongo, Pordoi and Falzarego passes in a single day.
116.2 km
Distance
3 599 m
Ascent
13 h 42 min
Duration
2924
Check-ins
Open route APT Val di Fassa
Hiking route Easy
5 Torri route: between history and trenches
A walk from the Rifugio Scoiattoli among the Cinque Torri, on wartime trenches and walkways turned into an open-air museum.
4.2 km
Distance
12 m
Ascent
1 h 22 min
Duration
640
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Moderate
Hike to Rifugio Nuvolau
A climb from Passo Giau, once the border between Venice and Austria-Hungary, to the Nuvolau hut, with the Gusela, Croda da Lago and Cernera around it.
10.0 km
Distance
605 m
Ascent
4 h 11 min
Duration
1630
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Difficult
Alpine Path of the Dolomites no. 1 - stage 2 & 3
Two linked stages of the Alta Via 1, from the Biella hut across the Senes, Fodara and Fanes pastures and on to the Rifugio Lagazuoi.
25.0 km
Distance
2 149 m
Ascent
12 h 50 min
Duration
1001
Check-ins
Open route San Vigilio Dolomites
Mountain bike route Easy
Cortina Bike Park - Lucifer
A wide, steep downhill track at Col Drusciè built for the 2024 Italian championship, with double lines and a road gap made of logs.
1.6 km
Distance
0 m
Ascent
18 min
Duration
63
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Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Difficult
5 Torri freeride
A lift-assisted day above Cortina, linking the Cinque Torri and Scoiattoli huts with the long descents back to Piè Tofana.
30.3 km
Distance
1 614 m
Ascent
4 h 24 min
Duration
637
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Cycling route Moderate
Pianozes Circuit
A circuit from Cortina on the Dolomites cycle path to Zuel, then up by Socol to the Pianozes lake.
9.6 km
Distance
180 m
Ascent
1 h 2 min
Duration
24
Check-ins
- Restaurante Lago Pianozes di alberti massimo 1 174 m
- Lago de Pianozes 1 173 m
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Cycling route Difficult
Road bike tour to the Tre Cime/Drei Zinnen
A long ride from San Cassiano over the Falzarego and the Passo Tre Croci to Lago d'Antorno, returning across the Valparola Pass.
108.8 km
Distance
3 126 m
Ascent
12 h 36 min
Duration
1528
Check-ins
Open route Alta Badia Tourism Cooperative
Hiking route Easy
Trench path
A loop from the Rifugio Averau along the Sentiero delle Trincee below the Averau walls, returning over the Forcella Averau.
2.6 km
Distance
175 m
Ascent
1 h 10 min
Duration
611
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Moderate
Alta Via no. 1 - Stage 4
A stage from the Rifugio Lagazuoi over the Lagazuoi and Travenanzes saddles, with the Val Travenanzes and its streaked walls below.
6.9 km
Distance
528 m
Ascent
3 h 45 min
Duration
1507
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Difficult
Cortina Dolomiti Ultratrekking - Stage 4
The fourth day, from the Lavaredo hut down to Lake Landro, then over the Cimabanche pass and by cycle path and trail to Malga Ra Stua.
25.9 km
Distance
749 m
Ascent
8 h 32 min
Duration
737
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Easy
Cortina Bike Park - Ra Stries
A flow trail at Col Drusciè on compact, smooth ground, with parabolic berms and a few jumps set on a steep hillside.
1.5 km
Distance
0 m
Ascent
15 min
Duration
63
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Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Difficult
Fanes Senes MTB Tour: beautiful, smart, invincible
A long day from San Vigilio up to Pederü, then gravel to Rifugio Fanes and the Jú de Limo, down towards Cortina and back by Malga Ra Stua.
54.7 km
Distance
1 920 m
Ascent
6 h 40 min
Duration
607
Check-ins
Open route San Vigilio Dolomites
Cycling route Difficult
Road bike tour to the legendary Giau pass
A road loop from Corvara to the Passo Giau, ten kilometres with long stretches above ten percent, returning by Falzarego.
76.0 km
Distance
2 252 m
Ascent
8 h 52 min
Duration
1439
Check-ins
Open route Alta Badia Tourism Cooperative
Hiking route Easy
5 Towers Trenches Tour: between history and nature
A museum circuit at the foot of the Cinque Torri, reached by the Bai de Dones chairlift, through restored First World War positions.
3.7 km
Distance
11 m
Ascent
1 h 14 min
Duration
562
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Moderate
Cortina Dolomiti Ultratrekking - Stage 6
A stage from the Rifugio Col Gallina past the Limides pond and the Averau hut, over the Passo Giau to the Croda da Lago hut.
14.5 km
Distance
826 m
Ascent
5 h 50 min
Duration
1318
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Difficult
Alta Via no.1 - Stage 3
A stage of the Alta Via 1 from the Fanes hut over the bare plateau to the Limo pass and its small lake, then along pasture ridges towards Gran Fanes.
12.5 km
Distance
1 081 m
Ascent
5 h 34 min
Duration
654
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Easy
Cortina Bike Park - Tofana Super Trail
The main line of the Col Drusciè area, mixing flow and natural sections with two dozen jumps, all of them avoidable.
1.8 km
Distance
0 m
Ascent
19 min
Duration
63
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Difficult
One day in the saddle at Cortina
A day on the bike from Socrepes below the Tofane, on the flow lines of the Cortina bike park and the trails above it.
23.8 km
Distance
783 m
Ascent
2 h 51 min
Duration
141
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Cycling route Difficult
"Dolomites Bike Day"
A pass ride through the Fodom valley by way of Arabba, over the Falzarego to the Valparola and down into the Val Badia for one last climb.
50.9 km
Distance
1 314 m
Ascent
5 h 45 min
Duration
1030
Check-ins
Open route Arabba Fodom Turismo
Hiking route Easy
EXCURSION TO THE 5 TORRI CHAIRLIFT AND LAKE OF THE ANGUANE
A descent from the Rifugio Scoiattoli past the Cinque Torri hut to the Bai de Dones lake, home in legend to the goat-footed Anguane.
3.6 km
Distance
20 m
Ascent
1 h 14 min
Duration
523
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Moderate
Alta Via no.1 - Stage 5
An easier alternative stage from the Rifugio Nuvolau, avoiding the cabled descent to the Passo Giau and ending at the Croda da Lago hut.
8.6 km
Distance
394 m
Ascent
3 h 57 min
Duration
947
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Difficult
Alta Via no.1 - Stage 6
A stage from the Città di Fiume hut on the Gino Flaibani path around the Pelmo, over Forcella Foràda and high pasture.
11.8 km
Distance
970 m
Ascent
6 h 23 min
Duration
571
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Easy
Cortina Bike Park - Krampus
A technical downhill and enduro line from the Duca d'Aosta hut down to Piè Tofana, following the Olympia delle Tofane race courses.
2.8 km
Distance
77 m
Ascent
32 min
Duration
24
Check-ins
- Baita Piè Tofana 1 660 m
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Difficult
Cianderou - Posporcora route
A bike route north from Cortina towards Fiames, climbing past Lago Ghedina on dirt roads to Cianderou at 1,780 m and Forcella Posporcora.
24.0 km
Distance
732 m
Ascent
2 h 49 min
Duration
100
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Cycling route Difficult
Roda de Fodom road bike tour
A road circuit from Corvara over the Falzarego and Valparola passes, on stages ridden by the Giro and the Dolomites Bike Day.
53.3 km
Distance
1 399 m
Ascent
6 h 3 min
Duration
1013
Check-ins
Open route Alta Badia Tourism Cooperative
Hiking route Easy
Ascent to the summit of Piccolo Lagazuoi
A twenty-minute walk from the top of the Lagazuoi cable car past the hut terrace to the wooden cross on the Piccolo Lagazuoi.
1.7 km
Distance
128 m
Ascent
50 min
Duration
429
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Hiking route Moderate
From Passo Valparola to the Lagació/Lagazuoi peak on the Kaiserjäger trail
A climb on the restored Kaiserjäger path to the Piccolo Lagazuoi, over ground fought over by Alpini and Austro-Hungarian troops.
6.2 km
Distance
610 m
Ascent
3 h 54 min
Duration
805
Check-ins
Open route Alta Badia Tourism Cooperative
Hiking route Difficult
Dolomites UNESCO Geotrail - Stage 8: from Pederü to Plätzwiese
A stage of the Dolomites Geotrail across the Sennes plateau to Prato Piazza, skirting the Croda Rossa d'Ampezzo on its northern side.
19.0 km
Distance
1 172 m
Ascent
7 h 14 min
Duration
427
Check-ins
Open route San Vigilio Dolomites
Mountain bike route Easy
Cortina Bike Park - Firefox
A jump line cut through the woods at Socrepes, seven tabletops and doubles with transfers of more than ten metres.
804 m
Distance
0 m
Ascent
6 min
Duration
17
Check-ins
- Rifugio Socrepes 1 490 m
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Mountain bike route Difficult
Mietres freeride
A bike descent from the top of the Faloria cable car to Rio Gere, then up path 211 past Brite de Larieto below the Pomagagnon.
17.9 km
Distance
1 060 m
Ascent
2 h 48 min
Duration
99
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.
Cycling route Difficult
Road Bike Alleghe 7 - Col di Lana route
A road loop from Alleghe around the First World War front lines of Col di Lana, over the Falzarego and Valparola passes.
77.4 km
Distance
1 769 m
Ascent
8 h 32 min
Duration
970
Check-ins
Open route Consorzio Operatori Turistici Alleghe - Caprile
Hiking route Easy
Ascent of the Valparola Pass
A short but steep link from the Passo Falzarego up to the Passo Valparola, wide open on every side.
2.3 km
Distance
91 m
Ascent
42 min
Duration
377
Check-ins
Open route Arabba Fodom Turismo
Hiking route Moderate
Mondeval Man and Lake Federa hike
From Passo Giau on trail 436 over the Forcella Giau to the Mondeval plateau, site of a Mesolithic burial, and on to the Federa lake and its woods.
12.1 km
Distance
322 m
Ascent
4 h 13 min
Duration
738
Check-ins
Open route Cortina Marketing Se.Am.

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Summit

Tofana di Mezzo

3 244 m · prom 1 368 m · 33 check-ins

via Via Ferrata: Tofana di Mezzo - Gianni Aglio

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Along the Front Line: Lagazuoi and Forcella Travenanzes

Hiking route · Easy · ↔ 3.5 km · ↑ 36 m · ◷ 1 h 36 min

A short high-level walk from the top of the Lagazuoi cable car past wartime galleries and open positions to the Travenanzes saddle.

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Routes and highlights: Cortina Marketing Se.Am., Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld, Alta Badia, Alta Badia Tourism Cooperative, Arabba Fodom Turismo, San Vigilio Dolomites, Dolomiti Bellunesi - The Mountains of Venice, Astrotourism, 3 Zinnen Dolomiten, APT Val di Fassa, Consorzio Operatori Turistici Alleghe - Caprile
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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Via Ferrata: Dibona

Via Ferrata: Col dei Bos

Via Ferrata: Tofana di Mezzo - Gianni Aglio

Via Ferrata: Punta Anna - Giuseppe Olivieri

Via Ferrata: Tofana di Roces - Giovanni Lipella

Via Ferrata: Punta Fiames - Michelli Strobel

Via Ferrata: Col Rosá - Ettore Bovero

Via Ferrata: Valle di Fanes - G. Barbara

Discesa a neve fresca dal Valparola all'Armentarola

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