Sella · Trentino · Italy
Sass Pordoi and Piz Boè
Cable car to 2,950 m, then exposed sections with short cabled steps to 3,152 m.
At a glance
The place
Overview
A cable car to 2,950 m, then a roped path to the 3,152 m top of the Sella.
Used inDolomites, 13 nights
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Before you go
AccessSass Pordoi cable car, 32 EUR return (2026)
official information · read 18 Oct 2026
Altitude3152 m
community reports · read 18 Oct 2026
Not checked yet: closures and conditions
For your group
Who it suits
- From about 12
- Moderate · CAI E · 3.3 h
- No stroller access
- 2,830-3,152 m; snow can linger in midsummer
- Stony path with rope-secured steps
- For a child: The cable car lifts you to 2,950 m; from there a stony path drops to Forcella Pordoi and climbs to Rifugio Boè and the 3,152 m summit, with short rope-secured sections. Thin air and possible snow even in July.
- Not suited to carriers
- Distance: 7.8 km
- Climb: 561 m
- Fixed aids: Cables
- Shape: out-and-back
- Navigation: Waymarked
20 things we have not checked yet
Minimum age, group size, wheelchair, access detail, accessible toilet, accessible parking, capacity, descent, surface, scrambling, child time, water crossings, snow on the trail until, dogs, toilets, drinking water, food, shade, bail-out, phone signal.
On foot
The route
Not checked yet: turnaround points
Trail guide: Open trail page
Logistics
How to get there
Getting in
Sass Pordoi cable car, 32 EUR return (2026)
Directions
To Passo Pordoi, by the cable car
46.48777,11.81106
Sass Pordoi top stationTrailhead
- Elevation
- 2,950 m
- Point
- 46.50028,11.80775
Passo Pordoi, by the cable carParking
- Fee
- Paid
- Point
- 46.48777,11.81106
Passo Pordoi, west lotParking
- Fee
- Paid
- Point
- 46.48796,11.81008
Passo Pordoi, east lotParking
- Fee
- Paid
- Point
- 46.48771,11.81414
Not checked yet: public transport, passes
Season and light
When to go
Access · official information · read 18 Oct 2026
Filled: open all monthOutlined: part of the monthDashed: not open
Not checked yet: best weeks, best time of day, snow-free window
Visual record
Photos
- Sass Pordoi seen from Passo PordoiKritzolina (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- View over the Pordoi pass road from Sass PordoiKritzolina (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Sass Pordoi in the Sella groupWolfgang Moroder (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Sella group with Piz Boe, in late-season snowWolfgang Moroder (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
Official and booking
Links
Researched3
- Official site (opens in a new tab)read 19 Oct 2026
- OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)read 19 Oct 2026
- alltrails (opens in a new tab)read 14 Nov 2026
Route6
- OSM relation 7302480 (path 627) (opens in a new tab)
- GPX: Sas Pordoi to Piz Boe (opens in a new tab)
- Sass Pordoi - Piz Boe (opens in a new tab)
- Piz Boe from Passo Pordoi (627) (opens in a new tab)
- Outdooractive: Piz Boe with cable car (opens in a new tab)
- Tabacco 07 Alta Badia-Arabba-Marmolada (opens in a new tab)
Conditions2
Not checked yet: booking
Provenance
Facts and sources
- Distance
- 7.8 kmtrentino.com: from the Sas Pordoi top station to Piz Boe, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Climb
- 561 mtrentino.com, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- High point
- 3152 mPiz Boe summit, Our research, read Aug 2026 · from the operator
- Time
- 3.25 htrentino.com: 03:15 h, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Difficulty
- moderatetrentino.com: moderate summit route with lifts; fassa.com rates Piz Boe E/EE, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Exposure
- somefixed ropes on the steepest sections, read 18 Oct 2026 · from other hikers
Why it is worth the trip
Our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026: A lift-served 3,000 m summit of the Sella; no designation of its own (the Sella is outside the UNESCO systems). Visitors staying nearby add it.
- Prices and hours from 2026; check before you go. Figures were read in 2026 and are used as a pattern for 2027.
We have checked 19 of 32 facts
13 facts are still to check.
Not checked yet: options and prices; toilets, drinking water, food, shade, phone signal, dogs