Piz Di Mezzodi

Park at Forcella Franche (990 m), reached from south of Agordo through Rivamonte towards Gosaldo. CAI path 875 climbs south, steep and sunken in places but well maintained, through mountain pine beside a large landslide, past a rock plinth and a cave, and over a short awkward traverse to the larch-covered terrace of Soracroda. Keep left at the junction (right goes to Col Bel). The path continues steeply south-east and then east up a mountain-pine shoulder, awkward with roots, rounds the spur of Cima della Lasta and enters the Val Brent, climbing it on the right to the wild Busa del Contron de Inte (about 1,770 m). Navigate largely by eye from here, on cairns and sparse red marks: cross the boulder- and larch-strewn bowl under the Piz de Contron, bear left around the buttresses of Cima delle Laste over scree (snow or ice early in the season) to the Forcella dei Camorz, and traverse the second, smaller bowl, the Busa del Contron de Fora, staying high. Aim for a small gully that cuts the north-north-east ridge (cresta de la Mussaia): a first move of grade II, then broken rock (I) and debris lead to a notch on the ridge. Follow the ridge, narrowing and airy in places above the deep east side, to the summit cross. Descend the same way (2½–3 hours), with great care on the gully and the loose ground; the grade II step is easier to downclimb than it looks. This is a remote, little-frequented area of the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park with no water and no huts; carry everything and be confident on steep, loose terrain.