Diedro Fouzigora - Cima Cason di Formin

From Cortina d’Ampezzo drive towards Passo Falzarego to Pocol. Shortly after this, head left and take the road # 638 for Passo Giau. From the fork at Pocol drive for 4 km and park at the narrow lay-by. From here walk left (south) along the popular path that leads to Rifugio Palmieri and Croda da Lago.

Follow path #437 towards Rifugio Palmieri. At the Cason de Formin fork (1848 m) head right along path #435 towards Forcella Formin. When the path steepens, leave this at hairpin bend that turns back right, and continue along the obvious track the leads off leftwards , before scrambling up towards the base of Cason de Formin. Reach the base and continue left up the scree to quickly reach the start of the route (1.10 hours)

P1: IV e V
P2: VI
P3: VI
P4: VI+
P5: VI

Walk along the ledge eastwards and descend left down the scree gully to quickly reach the start of the route (circa 30 minutes).

Take a full rack including Camalot Black Diamond camming devices up to # 3 (blue).

Massimo da Pozzo recommends avoiding pitch 1, not great fun and on poor rock, and instead climbing the first 6a pitch of  "Buon compleanno Nat", past its first belay to reach the first belay of Diedro Fouzigora.

For the record, Fouzìgora was the nickname given to Marino Bianchi (nicknames are widely used to distinguish the various family members and avoid confusion) and in local Ampezzo dialect means grasshopper