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Southern Alta Via 1
Duration: 5 days
Trails: T3 trails
Distance: 10 - 15 km per day
Ascent per day: 500 - 1000 m ascent per day
> Hike the Southern side of the Alta Via 1, from Cortina to Agordo
> Spend the night in cozy Italian Rifugios
> Bookatrekking.com arranges all the huts along the way
The Alta Via 1, also known as the Dolomite High Route 1, is one of Italy's most famous trekking trails and is the easiest and most popular of the high routes that go through the Dolomites. The Dolomites are located in northeastern Italy and stretch throughout the provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol, and Trentino.
During this 5-day adventure, you will hike the Southern side of the Alta Via 1, from Cortina d'Ampezzo to Agorda. Along the way, you'll spend the entire day exploring the breathtaking Dolomites. This section includes the world-famous Cinque Torri, one of the most marvelous rock formations in the Nuvolau Group. You will spend the night in atmospheric and hospitable mountain huts, also called rifugios. Here you can enjoy delicious Italian dishes and meet many other hikers. Bookatrekking.com makes sure that your huts are booked including dinner and breakfast. The only thing left for you to do is to enjoy the beautiful trails on the Alta Via 1.
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1
Cortina d'Ampezzo - Rifugio Scoiattoli
Duration: 06:40 h
Distance: 15.3 km
Ascent: 1560 m
Descent: 540 m
The Dolomites are calling. From Cortina d'Ampezzo, you have two options. Either cover half the distance by cable cars or public transportation, or take the steep but rewarding hike to Passo Falzarego, below Lagazuoi. Along the way you'll pass a number of rifugios such as Duco D'Aosta, Pomedes and Dibona, giving you some opportunities to take a cable car. Your destination is Cinque Torri, the center for climbing, and worth a detour to explore the “five towers.” You'll stay overnight at Rifugio Scoiattoli, but you'll want to catch the sunset at the adjacent Rifugio Nuvolau, the recently renovated rifugio built on a spire and offering a 360-degree panorama.
Rifugio Scoiattoli
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Rifugio Scoiattoli - Rifugio Passo Staulanza
Duration: 06:40 h
Distance: 16.6 km
Ascent: 580 m
Descent: 1040 m
The stage begins with the most technically challenging and exposed part of the entire route, a series of Via Ferrata or routes with cables and ladders stretches to descend from Nuvolau into the valley. This part of the trek is exciting, but short. However, you can also choose to follow the route as described further down, walking around the Via Ferrata, and therefore not needing the equipment.
Then you descend the rest of the way to a mountain pass near the valley where you start climbing again, to the pass of Forcella Ambrizzola. As you cross this pass, the impressive Monte Pelmo looms in the background. Here you descend through stretches of forest until Monte Pelmo, also known as the Throne of the Gods, suddenly comes incredibly close. You continue past Rifugio Città di Fume to the Staulanza pass where you find the cozy Rifugio Passo Staulanza.
Rifugio Passo Staulanza
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Rifugio Passo Staulanza - Rifugio Vazzoler
Duration: 05:25 h
Distance: 16.3 km
Ascent: 900 m
Descent: 970 m
Today you will make a long steep ascent past Rifugio Coldai where you will enter the surroundings of Monte Civetta. Along the way you will enjoy some of the best views of the magnificent massive Pelmo that towers high above the valley from Rifugio Coldai. Continue on to the beautiful Lago Coldai. You can take a break at Rifugio Tissi, a popular rifugio on the Alta Via 1, but the goal for today is Rifugio Vazzoler, on the south side of Punta de Gasperi.
Rifugio Vazzoler
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