This is the old Passo Sella and it is a distinct pass as it descends into the Salei valley while the new goes down the Piana valley. The south side is only a path until it reaches the regular road to the new Passo Sella coming up from Canazei. There is a short steep road going off around 300m before the new Passo Sella on the Sella ring road. This surfaced road reach the pass in about 150m. The road goes down to the Rifugio Valentin and also further as a cyclable gravel road to another pass (Forcella Rodela 2311m) that you will see in the distance.

One can come from a nearby pass on the Sella Ring – Jëuf de Frea/Ju de Frara/Grödner Joch/Passo Gardena (2122m) to the north. There are longer approaches from northwest: Urtijëi/St. Ulrich/Ortisei (1174m); Chiusa/Klausen/Tlüses (537m) or Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck/Pruca (465m). You can make it even harder by going from Bolzano (266m) via the Pas de Pinëi/Panider Sattel/Passo di Pinei (1442m) and then up from St. Ulrich/Ortisei (1174m), which means a climb of 2215m, making it one of the longer climbs in the Alps and Dolomites.