The Alta Via 2 - Dolomite Mountains Italy
Brixen to Rifugio Plose to Rifugio Puez (Day 1 and 2)
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Day 1 - 2 September 2008
Above - I caught a bus from Brixen to San Andrea and then the cable car
up the next bit. From the cable car station it was about an hours walk
to Rifugio Plose
Above - I walked past Rifugio Plose (the start of the AV2). The first part of the walk was through piste and farmlands
Above - Track marker
Above - Slowly the cloud and mist cleared - revealing some interesting mountains to the south
Above - Mountains to the south
Above - Walkers on the way up the Forcella della Putia
Above - Mountains to the south east
Above - The trail near Forcella della Putia
Above - The trail near Rifugio Genova
Above - The large and comfortable Rifugio Genova - where I spent the first night
Above - Evening in the Rifugio Genova. Pleasant company with various groups of walkers and mountain bikers - mainly from Germany
Day 2 - 3 September
2008
Above - Dawn - Looking towards the Odle Group
Above - Dawn
Above - Dawn
Above - Dawn
Above - Dawn
Above - Dawn - The Odle Group
Above - dawn - Morning mist in the valley
Above - Walkers setting off from the refugio into the morning mist
Above - On the trail south - hints of the peaks
Above - Edelweiss
The Munt de Furcia near Kreuzoch
Above - The mist starts to clear
Above - the route heads to the Forcella della Roa
Above - Cliffs to the south
Above - peaks of the Piz de Puez
Above - peaks of the Piz de Puez
Above - Walkers climbing to the Forcella della Roa
Above - near the Forcella
Above - Walkers near the Forcella (pass)
Above - Looking south of the Forcella - some walkers are visible heading on the high route via the Forcella Nives
Above - The Odle Group from the Forcella Forces de Sielles
Above - The track near the Forcella Forces de Sielles
Above - Looking south
Above - Col Dala Pieres
Above - Dusk - near Rifugio Puez
Above - rabbits outside Rifugio Puez
Above - Dusk - Looking south to the Sella Group
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