Piz Boe Rifugio (2873 m) in Dolomites Italy is one out of three mountain huts on the Sella Group plateau, easily accessible by a lift, or by a walk from Pordoi Pass.
How to get to Piz Boe hut
In my separate text about climbing Piz Boe you already have plenty of useful information and some photos. But here I want to point out one of the three huts that are on the high mountain plateau. The reason is that it is the biggest of the three huts, and it is one of the most modern hut I have ever seen in the Italian Alps.
The Piz Boe hut which I am talking about, sits on a high elevation of around 2870 meters above sea level, and in an incredible environment. But the access is fairly easy, depending on how you decide to get there.
The hut is accessible by hikers, skiers, and even by families with kids. Namely, if you decide to use the lift from Pordoi Pass, it will take you to the top of Sass Pordoi (2950 m). From there you can walk down, and in 45 minutes you can be at the hut.
You can also walk directly from the Pass, the route is easy to find and obvious. This will take a bit less than three hours in total.
There are access routes from the north-west side, which means from the Corvara valley. But I have not walked them myself, so I normally avoid providing information that is not from my own first-hand experience.
From what I know, there is a lift from that side as well, so this can help for a part of the climb. There is also yet another (fourth) hut, Franz Kostner Refuge (2536 m) on that side of the mountain range.
The interactive map below will show you how to get to the Pordoi Pass by car, you can zoom out to see the access roads. Then zoom in to see lots of details:
Here below is a collection of tables showing various directions from the hut, so make sure you take a note. As you see, they write you need 2 hours and 30 minutes to walk back to the Pordoi Pass. I think you can do it much faster. Remember the route number, this is the path 627.
Below you can see how the area looks, this is all rock and very high above sea level. Make sure you have sunglasses, you need them in such an environment when it is sunny.
The hut was built at the end of the 19th century, but it is completely renovated and enlarged. It should be open from 20 June to 20 September. Here is a direct link to the hut Rifugio Boe.
In the zoomable map below you have the walking route from the Pordoi Pass, with the summit of Piz Boe included, and then a loop that goes by the Piz Boe hut and back.
In summary, if you want to go to Piz Boe Rifugio in the Dolomites, there are several ways, and you can approach it from various sides. Here in the text, the focus is on the approach from Pordoi Pass because this is the route that I have walked myself.
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vero says
thank you very very much, very helpful!!
Jovo says
Most welcome.
vero says
Hi there, thanks so much for this information. i will hike to boehut with my daugther,5 years and couldn’t find any useful about the way,because i saw pictures with ropes also… but i think they belong to the trail direct to boe summit. we take the cablecar up to forcella pordoi and from there the way is easy,without exponated sections, isn’t it? i just want to make sure that I understood everything correct 🙂
Jovo says
Yes you are correct, there are a few fixed cables on the route to the summit. But even this is easily done and not exposed really. For the Piz Boe Rifugio you will descend from the cable car station and after that it is more or less easy flat walk to the hut. No exposed sections at all.