Photo: Amazing panorama near R. Biella Tuesday Sep 1 After a wonderful stay in Cortina at a nice hotel with a fabulous breakfast, Monttrekking picked 8 of us up and took us to the trailhead at Lago

Photo: Melanie w view Plan de Lasta Wed, Sep 2 Beautiful morning after a thunderstorm last night. We had a great breakfast and left by 8:30am. Nice people. The hike was shorter and easier today. It

Photo: Melanie near Forcela di Lech Thurs, Sep 3 Today was a longer day but great. First we had another wonderful breakfast. We headed out in the cool early morning. Our route included several miles

Photo: Mtn glow and water trough Fri Sep 4 It was to be another big climbing and descending day, so we opted to take the chair lift at Passo Falzerego up to R. Scoiatolli, saving us about a 3-hour

Photo: Desiree on trail near Forc Roan Sat Sep 5 We left before breakfast, so we'd get the climb in early. It would be one of the longer days (11..9mi/17km) and have quite a bit of climbing and more

Photo: Sunset Civetta Sun, Sep 6 Today’s route is only 6.3 miles (9km) but 3000 feet of elevation gain to R. Tissi, our rifugio on the mountain top. We didn’t realize there was a chairlift here,

Photo: Desiree on boulders Mon Sep 7 Today started with a big descent that we broke up at R. Vazzoler where we had coffee and a snack. Darryl and Richard came along as we sat outside at tables in the

Photo: Desiree near top before descent Tue Sep 8 Our destination today is Malga Pramper, a working farm. After another filling breakfast, we hiked down a road for a couple of miles to regain the

Photo: Malga Pramper Farm Rifugio Wed Sep 9 I’m glad we made the decision to re-route today. The morning started out gloomy; thunderstorms, fog, heavy rain. Breakfast oddly was minimal. After the

Photo: Village street, Ortisei Thur Sep 10 We picked up the car and Desiree drove the winding mountain road (amazing views) to Ortisei. We passed many charming villages, very full with tourists!