Dolomites, Italy - Alta Via 1 - 2012 Oct

We begin a 10-day hike from north to south along the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites in Italy.  Each night was spent at a mountain Refugio where hearty meals and steaming coffee were always available.  Sleeping is in common dorm rooms piled high with thick wool blankets to ward off the mountain chill.  This hiking route takes the traveler along a high line across this section of the Italian Alps crossing roadways in just a few spots and skirting all developed towns.  The path winds through high alpine scree along the base of massive cliffs, over narrow cols, as well as across lush alpine meadows where in the summer animals are grazing.

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We complete our hike and call a mountain cab to extract us from the trailhead and drive us down the mountain to the nearest village - Belluno - where a weekly market was underway.

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Silk Flowers....

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Electric assist bike - Italian style...

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