---
title: "Passo Tre Croci"
type: "pass"
lang: "en"
elevation_m: 1805
region: "Veneto"
valleys: "Cortina d'Ampezzo and Misurina"
url: "https://dolomites-guide.com/dolomites-passes/passo-tre-croci/"
description: "Passo Tre Croci, at 1,805 m, links Cortina and Misurina. Bus 51 climbs to it, and trail 215 leads from the pass to Lake Sorapis and Rifugio Vandelli."
---

# Passo Tre Croci

Passo Tre Croci, between Cortina d'Ampezzo and Misurina, is where the trail to Lake Sorapis begins. You can reach it by summer bus, and two trails climb from here to Rifugio Vandelli.

- Elevation: 1805 m
- Region: Veneto
- Valleys: Cortina d'Ampezzo and Misurina

Passo Tre Croci (Tre Croci Pass), at 1,805 m (5,922 ft), links Cortina d'Ampezzo and Misurina. Most people stop here to set off on foot for Lake Sorapis.

## What can you see from Tre Croci Pass?
From the pass, the Ampezzo basin opens out on one side and the Sorapis rises on the other. Coming up from Cortina, you pass beneath the steep peaks of the Pomagagnon; on the way down to Misurina, the Sorapis stays in view, with the wild Marmarole range.

![The chapel and crosses at Passo Tre Croci](/images/tre-croci-chapel-crosses.webp "The chapel at Passo Tre Croci, which gives the pass its name.")

## How do you get to Passo Tre Croci?
**By bus**, Dolomiti Bus line 51 (Cortina d'Ampezzo - Passo Tre Croci - Misurina) ran every day from 8 June to 9 September 2026, with one bus an hour from 8:00 to 18:00. Check the 2027 dates on the [Dolomiti Bus summer timetables](https://dolomitibus.it/it/news/linee-estive-2026-in-bus-tra-le-valli-bellunesi/272) (in Italian) before counting on the line.

## What can you do from Passo Tre Croci?
**Hike up to Lake Sorapis** on trail 215: allow 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes to [Rifugio Vandelli](/mountain-huts/rifugio-vandelli/). After a first flat stretch, the trail crosses metal ladders and an exposed ledge equipped with cables: it is meant for experienced hikers. Read our [Lake Sorapis](/hiking-dolomites/lago-di-sorapis/) guide before setting out with children.

**Via the Laudo**, a variant goes over Forcella Malquoira (trails 213, 216, then 215) and takes 3 to 4 hours to the hut.

![Lake Sorapis below the Sorapis massif](/images/tre-croci-lago-di-sorapis.webp "Lake Sorapis, at the end of trail 215.")

## When should you go to Passo Tre Croci?
**From late June**: Rifugio Vandelli opens on 20 June 2027; before that, carry food and water for the whole day.