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Half Alta Via 2 with Hotel Before and After
Duration: 9 days
Trails: T3 trails
Distance: 10 - 15 km per day
Ascent per day: 500 - 1000 m ascent per day
> The first 7 stages of the notorious Alta Via 2
> Spend the night in cozy Italian Rifugios
> Accommodation in Brixen and Moena included
The Alta Via 2 is one of the 6 famous Alta Via treks in the Italian Dolomites. If you are looking for your next challenge, the Alta Via 2 is the perfect match. This trek is full of adrenaline and only suitable for experienced trekkers with surefootedness, experience in the mountains, and a head for heights. The Alta Via 2 includes sharp ridges, Via Ferratas, and steep slopes. Are you brave enough to face it?
The entire Alta Via 2 can be completed in 11 to 14 days. This 7-day option covers the first somewhat less-technical half of the Alta Via 2, from Brixen / Bressanone to San Pellegrino. This version includes accommodation in Bressanone / Brixen and Moena. Don't be mistaken, the trek still offers challenging trails, the possibility of conquering Via Ferratas and accommodation in the best Italian mountains huts. Don't forget to soak up the views and the fantastic Northern Italian cuisine.
Please note: Due to logistical reasons at one of the mountain huts, confirmation of this package may take several weeks. Bookings are most likely confirmed from the month of April on.
Itinerary
Day
1
Arrival day
Today you have to make your way to Brixen, Bressanone in Italian, the starting point of the Alta Via 2. Bressanone can be easily reached by train or bus from Bolzano, Venice, or Innsbruck, the closest airports. In Brixen, you will spend the night at a hotel.
Hotel Grauer Bär (Bressanone)
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2
Bressanone - Rifugio Plose
Duration: 04:30 h
Distance: 7.3 km
Ascent: 1400 m
The starting point of the Alta Via 2 is at the station of the cable car in S. Andrea. It goes up to Valcroce and from here, path n° 7 starts towards the Rifugio Plose. A variant for the more trained hikers is to walk up to the Rifugio Plose, starting directly from S. Andrea instead of taking the cable car. The path is quite steep but well maintained and while walking you can enjoy the Dolomites and the flora and fauna of the Puez-Odle nature park. The Plose hut is the first stop on the Alta Via 2 and it is located 2447 m above the city of Bressanone.
Rifugio Plose
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3
Rifugio Plose - Rifugio Genova (Schlüterhütte)
Duration: 04:55 h
Distance: 13.3 km
Ascent: 540 m
Descent: 660 m
From Rifugio Plose, following path n° 4 and the signs of the Alta Via 2, you walk downhill for about 2 hours to the Rodella Pass. From here, after about 30 minutes, you will find yourself in front of the fork of Sass de Putia - the most challenging part of this stage of Alta Via 2. The Forcella della Pùtia appears in the background as an immense gateway to the enchanted kingdom of the Dolomites. To reach it you have to overcome an uphill difference in altitude of 500 meters. At first, the path is gentle, but it then follows some steep switchbacks (often with snow, even at the beginning of July) that climb up to the Forcella della Pùtia (Peitlerscharte), at 2357 meters. From the fork, follow path no. 4 southwest, flat and panoramic, to the Poma Pass (Kreuzkofeljoch, 2340 m), from which you can already see the Rifugio Genova, at 2297 m, to the southwest (30 minutes from Sass de Putia).
Rifugio Genova
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