Hiking the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites in Italy – Episode 811

Listen to about hiking the Alta By way of 1 in the Dolomites in northern Italy as the Novice Traveler talks to Morgan Fielder from CraveThePlanet.com about a multi-day hike she has taken a lot more than at the time.

Morgan states, “My connection with the location is that it is turn out to be an annual family pilgrimage. So each summer season, with the young children and family members friends from all about the globe we fulfill there, and we do a five-working day hut-to-hut hiking journey through the Dolomites on the Alta By way of 1 trail.”

Margan suggests the man or woman who should really do this is “somebody that would like to ignite speculate and just be in a position exactly where the landscape is so breathtaking. You neglect autos even exist. But then, at the stop of the evening, you get a three-program supper served with regional wines from an OMA cooking in a loved ones-run mountain lodge.”

The entire Alta Through 1 is 75 miles (120 km), but Morgan has been accomplishing a shorter 5-day trip so that “my youngsters will not dislike me”. They shell out a working day in Cortina d’Ampezzo and then get a bus up to Lago di Braies and then hike south to Cortina d’Ampezzo again.

Alongside the way, they quit in a collection of mountain “huts” or refuggios. These mountain lodges present a great to excellent meal and a at ease position to sleep, which permits them to hike without having tents and only with just one transform of clothing.

Morgan describes the many refuggios, the hiking segments, and the landscape of this attractive section of Italy. She tells us where by we will come across working day hikers, when to go, and what the temperature will be like. Along the way, we learn a little bit about WWI when this rugged terrain was the front line among Italy and Austria-Hungary.

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Exhibit Notes

CraveThePlanet.com
Dolomites
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Cristallo Vacation resort & Spa
The Alta By way of 1: A manual to the trek, by Alpine Exploratory
Lago di Braies
Rifugio Biella
Rifugios.internet – Alta By way of 1 (AV1) Rifugios Map
Rifugio Fodara Vedla
Refugio Pederü
Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park
Refugio Lavarella
Rifugio Lagazuoi
Rifugio Averau
Mountain hut Rifugio Cinque Torri
Final Dolomites Week of Mountaineering, Wine & Spa Travel
Wonderful Climbing, Out of doors Pursuits & Luxurious Spas Close to Venice for Your Italian Summer time Vacation
10 Techniques to Take When Setting up a Dolomites Hut to Hut Hiking Vacation

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