Resort: Pozza di Fassa - Sèn Jan di Fassa
Category: High level hikes
Status:
Partially open -
Related paths Features: Transport with lifts
Ground: Asphalt - Dirt road - Meadow - Mountain path
Time: 6.30 hrs
Difficulty: Difficult
Difference of level: 1.151 m
Length: 16,6 km
Description path 3/p: take the cabin lift to Buffaure (2,060 m). From Buffaure it is possible to climb further still using the chair lift to "Col de Valvacin", or you can walk up the ski run to the crest. You will pass the Baita Cuz Refuge at 2,213 m. Now walk along the ridge behind the chair lift terminal (path no. 613) to the top of "Sas de Adam" to enjoy a marvellous panorama of the Fassa Dolomites. Keep on the ridge, first in descent but then uphill, and then the path goes across to the "Sela Brunéch" Pass at 2,420 m (2 hrs). Here you have two alternatives. Get back onto the ridge above the chair lift (path no. 613/B) and proceed to the "Sas de Roces". Here you will have to go round to the south on the side of the San Nicolò valley, and in certain places there is a metal safety cord. You will reach the grassy saddle above "Sas Bianch" and then there is a steep diagonal to the west side of the "Varos" ridge (path no. 613). Here there are fortifications left from WW1. Now the San Nicolò Pass and the refuge (2,346 m) are visible and you will be down in a few minutes (2 hrs; 4 hrs). The way back is down through the San Nicolò valley. Take path no. 608 to the Baita Ciampié at 1,826 m (1 hour, 5 hrs), and then the asphalt road back to the village of Pozza (1 hour 30; 6 hrs 30). Otherwise, from the "Sela Brunéch", you first walk along the first part of the ridge and get to a fork. Here take the right along a path that cuts the grassy pasture of the "Val di Roseal" diagonally up to the "Foscac di Sopra" area, nearby three beatiful wodden huts. Right after these small buildings, take the zig-zig path that leads you to a dirt road and soon after to the WW1 Monument and the Baita Ciampiè Refuge at 1,826 m in San Nicolò valley where you can walk all the way down to get back to Pozza.
See also:
- lift opening times and prices in Val di Fassa
- mountain refuges and alpine huts open in summer
- timetables taxi and shuttle busses
- tips and tours with Alpine guides
| Related paths |
| Path No. | Path Name | Status | Notes |
| SAT 608 | Sauch/Val San Nicolò - Rifugio Contrin | Open | |
| SAT 613 | Crepa dal Zigolon/Bufaure - Dorsale Prè de Contrin | Partially open | Closed from the crossing with path SAT No. 613B (SE of Sas Bianch) to the crossing with path SAT No. 608 (Ridge of the Pré di Contrin). Detour among the meadows to get to the refuge Passo San Nicolò. STEEP CROSSING! |
| SAT 613B | Sela Brunech - Base SE Sas Bianch (Sentiero Attrezzato Lino Pederiva) | Open | WARNING! At the crossing with path no. 613 (closed due to a landslide) that leads to Passo San Nicolò Refuge, detour among the meadows to get to the refuge. STEEP CROSSING! |
Data of the paths status provided by: Autonomous Province of Trento, Val di Fassa Municipalities, PAT Forest Department.
Photogallery
Start - Buffaure (Pozza di Fassa)
Arrival - Pozza di Fassa
Punto panoramico - .jpg)
.jpg "Passo San Nicolò hut - Val San Nicolò")
.jpg "Buffaure - Val Jumela - Catinaccio")
.jpg "Passo San Nicolò hut - Val San Nicolò")
.jpg "Buffaure - Val Jumela - Catinaccio")
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