Seceda Mini-Trek

Duration: 2 days

Trails: T2 trails

Distance: 10 - 15 km / 6 - 9 mi per day

Ascent per day: 500 - 1000 m / 1640 - 3281 ft ascent per day

Hut-to-Hut

Dolomites

Overview
Itinerary
What's Included
FAQ

> Make more of your visit to the Seceda ridgline
> Spend the night in the authentic Rifugio Puez
> Hike via Rifugio Firenze to Seceda, then descend with the cable car

This quick 2-day mini hut-to-hut trek allows you to make the most of your visit to the Seceda ridgeline. Ascend from beautiful Selva, spend the night at Rifugio Puez and hike via Rifugio Firenze to Seceda the following day. From here, after having taken all the photos, you can descend with the cable car, or you can go down by foot.

Doing multi-day treks is not for everybody. But the best way to experience the mountains is to spend at least a night in them. With our mini hut-to-hut treks we allow you to combine some of the greatest highlights in the Alps and Dolomites with a night in a typical mountain hut.

Itinerary

Day

Sëlva - Rifugio Puez

Duration: 04:30 h

Distance: 8.8 km / 5.5 mi

Ascent: 890 m / 2920 ft

Welcome to Sëlva (Wolkenstein), one of the favourite villages of Val Gardena. In winter, here you have a direct access to the famous Sellaronda ski circuit. In Summer, it gives you access to the imposing Group de Puez, which gave name to Ütia (Rifugio in Ladin) Puez. This first day of your Seceda Trek is all about gaining altitude. You hike through Val Vallunga up the plateau and find the most classic rifugio at 2,475 metres. Rifugio Puez was built in 1889 by the Alpenverein. After the First World War, the hut was taken over by the Italian CAI. It is a popular stop on the Alta Via 2 and, perhaps a good thing is that it can only be reached by foot. If you’ve never stayed in a mountain hut before, then this will be a day and night to remember.

Rifugio Puez

Info

Day

Rifugio Puez - Rifugio Firenze - Seceda

Duration: 05:50 h

Distance: 11.3 km / 7mi

Ascent: 650 m / 2133ft

Descent: 640 m / 2100ft

Good morning! After a scrumptious breakfast, it is time to start moving. Don’t hang around too long at Puez so that you will still have enough time to take a break at Rifugio Firenze, another classic mountain hut in this part of the Dolomites. Also, you don’t want to be late at Seceda. If you miss the cable cars, it will still be an extra few hours to get down to Ortisei. No stress, you have the entire day to cover about 6 hours of hiking. If you do stop at Firenze (Regensburger Hütte), you must try their goulasch with polenta. Or anything, really. It is another 4 km hike to get to the ultimate goal of your journey: Seceda. Photo time! Well done. After this, you can take the cable car down. Feeling strong? It’s a 2.5 hour hike down to Ortisei. From here, you can then take the bus back to Sëlva.

Included

Booking the huts

We will take care of arranging accommodation on the Seceda for you. We will also provide you with a detailed itinerary for every stage and instructions on how to get to the trailhead.
Full travel guide

We will send you on your way with a digital travel guide that includes a route description for the Seceda, interactive hiking maps, and the most important information applicable to your trek
Accommodation

During your Seceda, you will spend your nights in mountain huts. In the mountain huts we normally only book dormitories, but we can look into private rooms on request. If the private rooms are fully booked or not available in the hut, we automatically book a bed in dormitories for you. Please note that private rooms are more expensive and there will be an additional charge for this.
Half-board

Accommodation at the huts includes dinner and breakfast. We will arrange this for you as well. This allows you to travel lighter and have one less thing to worry about. Bear in mind that lunch is not included, but it can be purchased at the huts. Here you can also buy an array of snacks and bottled water.

Excluded

Traveling to and from

You have to make your own way to the starting point. The total amount does not include personal transport.
Transfers

Should you need any form of (public) transport on location, this is not part of the trekking package. This includes the use of taxi, bus, cable cars, gondolas etc.
Lunch

Half-board is included in the price of this trek. Lunch, however, is not. You can get something to eat at the mountain huts along the way.
Travel Insurance

Your international travel insurance is your own responsibility. Discuss your itinerary with the insurance company before your trek.
Personal expenses

Personal expenses on such as souvenirs, drinks, and other similar expenses are for your own account.

Destinations

Trekking Type

Seceda Mini-Trek