Page Type Page Type: Mountain/Rock
Location Lat/Lon: 46.46730°N / 12.05700°E
Activities Activities: Hiking, Mountaineering, Scrambling, Via Ferrata
Seasons Season: Summer
Additional Information Elevation: 8740 ft / 2664 m
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Overview

Monte Cernera 2664 m

Monte Cernera 2664 m is situated in the neighbourhood of Passo Giau 2236 m, a fine and panoramic road pass amongst the meadows connecting the municipalities of Colle Santa Lucia and Selva di Cadore with Cortina d'Ampezzo. Monte Cernera is considered a "minor" mountain in the Dolomites and does not deserve it. The panorama from its summit is grandiose, the South wall is of considerable mountaineering importance. Its ascent by the Normal route is short but interesting. 

Monte Cernera (2)
Monte Cernera

Getting There

The little chapel on Passo Giau
The little chapel on Passo Giau

 

The starting point to climb is Passo Giau 2236 m.

- From Cortina take the state road in the direction of the Falzarego pass. At the crossroads in Pocol, leave the main road and turn left following the signposts to Passo Giau.

- From Selva di Cadore drive along the whole Val Codalonga road with several hairpins up to the pass. Val Codalunga is important because it connects the Agordino to the Ampezzano through the Passo Giau, with which it culminates. The main waterway is the Rio Codalunga, which originates just at the foot of Monte Cernera. The entrance opens at the beginning of Val Fiorentina, between the villages of Colle Santa Lucia and Selva di Cadore. It is a narrow valley with steep sides and for this reason, apart from a few villages perched at the beginning of the left side, the human settlement is practically absent.

Normal Route from Passo Giau

Monte Cernera Normal route report

Summit altitude: 2664 m
Difficulty: hiking and easy via ferrata
Vertical gain: 450 m from the parking lot at Passo Giau 2236 m 
Starting point: Passo Giau  

Passo Giau
Passo Giau

From the Passo Giau take the marked path n. 436 which branches off to the South next to a chapel (signpost to Forcella Giau and Rifugio Palmieri), continue for a good stretch on a slight slope crossing Forcella Zonia and then reach Forcella Col Piombìn (15 minutes). 

Forcella Col Piombin and Lastoni di Formin
Forcella Col Piombin and Lastoni di Formin

Here is the main crossroads: on the left the continuation of the path 436 towards Forcella Giau and Mondeval and on the right the beginning of the high mountain itinerary of Monte Cernera. Ignore the main path and take the path on the right (signpost to Monte Cernera - mountaineering path). Descend briefly over some rocks and then continue with a long traverse on mixed terrain main at altitude between rocks and grass. Then the slope increases as you approach the ridge characterized by a curious rock formation. To get there we have to overcome a rocky slab equipped with an iron cable (from here the self-insurance kit can be useful). It follows another aided section, simpler, after which you steeply go up the grassy slope above by more uncertain track up to a steep rock wall. Here there is a signposted crossroads: on the right, a track branches off to Forcella Ciazza and Monte Verdàl, a smaller peak from where the view is already very open with the exception in the East direction, closed by Monte Cernera.

Last steps toward the summit of Monte Cernera
Last steps toward the summit of Monte Cernera
Monte Cernera summit cross and Civetta on background
Monte Cernera summit cross and Civetta on background

 

 

 

We continue on the left, immediately passing the last and steepest equipped stretch, easy but on often wet rock. Go up the first grassy then debris and rocky slope with hairpin bends, reaching the wide North ridge of the mountain and then in a short time the high summit cross. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastoni di Formin, Becco di Mezzodì and Croda da Lago seen from Monte Cernera
Lastoni di Formin, Becco di Mezzodì and Croda da Lago seen from Monte Cernera

The mountain also has other elevations as the Southern peak, connected to the point where we are by a vertiginous ridge. Thanks to the excellent visibility we can recognize the numerous peaks that surround us, first of all the Lastoi de Formin and the Mondeval, just in fronte in the East direction.

Descent: reversing the same itinerary

Red Tape

Gentiana Punctata - Passo Giau, Eastern Dolomites
Gentiana Punctata - Passo Giau, Eastern Dolomites

 

 

 

 

No permits no fees for climbing are required. 

When to Climb

From middle June to the end of September

Accomodation

Different opportunity of accomodation at Passo Giau and surroundings:

- Rif. Passo Giau 2236 m.on the pass
- Rif. Fedare on the road to Passo Giau (Southern side)
- Rif. Col Gallina 2054 m. on Passo Falzarego road.

Meteo forecast

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