The Ferrata De Pol is a short route that climbs to the Punta Ovest del Forame, in the Group of the Cristallo, in a rather long itinerary full of traces of the Great War. The equipped stretch has only one challenging passage, a fireplace; the return is long and the first stretch of ridge between Forcella Gialla and Forcella Verde should not be underestimated.

The starting point is the Cimabianche Pass, on the SS51 between Dobbiaco and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Starting point on Google Maps. You can park even further downstream, on the side of Veneto at the Restaurant Ospitale, but you should leave the car at the pass: a landslide of 2017 made the way back from the end of the ferrata to the Ospitale, forcing to return to Cimabianche. From the pass you descend on the path 208, which runs on the left the road in moderate slope, remaining on the right side of a stream; in the town of Pian del Forame (1495 m, 30' from the pass) follow the signs left for Ferrata Renè de Pol. It climbs east into the woods, steep, up to a signposted crossroads where the left is held (right descended the old path of return, today franate); northwards you go up a channel meeting some military shelters of the First World War, and an uphill nod leads to the attack (1945 m, 2h from the junction on the state, 2h 30' total).

You start with a short left turn, then the road continues without equipment to the right towards a canal; a rock that hinders the passage is reassembled with a metal ladder. Then go up on steep unprotected path following omits and red boils, then left on path at times equipped until a nod of military construction that leads to a fireplace. You climb it on the left side: a slightly athletic passage, then some pioli help in the remaining part. Exit from the fireplace you climb a vertical wall well-painted that bends right, then a wall of about twenty meters to the right; in the last stretch you go up a detritic canal with the rope on the right and on the path you reach the Punta Ovest del Forame (2318 m, 1h from the attack, 3h 30' total), with beautiful view on Croda Rossa d'Ampezzo, Monte Cristallo and Popena.

The equipped sections do not have difficulty; the most challenging passage is the fireplace, however of average difficulty.

It descends on the opposite side, to the south-east, on steep path following the red boils up to Forcella Gialla (2400 m), then with a crest climb to Forcella Verde (2380 m). From here take the path 233, which descends along the wild Val Pra del Vecia to the Cimabianche Pass (2h 30' from the end of the ferrata, 6h total).

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