Enjoy six days of hiking within the world’s most unusual mountain range, “The Dolomites”. This protected national park system that drops down from the Austrian and Swiss borders into Italy impresses visitors with an array of bizarre vertical peaks--steeples, pinnacles and towers of white rock within the highest green pasturelands in Europe.
Your guide often makes use of the trams to access the most scenic routes within this vast network of trails and along the way explores the rich ancient culture and traditions of the Ladin people who first settled here. As we journey through three unique groups of massifs you are sure to be amazed and have a firm sense of how nature has shaped the people & history of this magical place.
Each day’s walk can be increased or reduced in distance so that you may walk at your preferred pace and distance.
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Witness the vast expanse of the Alps stretching from Austria and Switzerland. Then the high plateau, Seiseralm, echoes the allure of the Dolomites. Fairytale landscapes often described as towers, curtains and walls are soon revealed.
Explore the Val Gardena and its ancient Ladin culture rife in countless legends evidenced in its traditional wood carvings. As the Sella Group massifs are fully revealed, grazing herds of sheep and goats share a trail abundant in wild flowers such as the illusive edelweiss. Then in all its glory, a panoramic trail leads us by the massive Marmoldada Glacier.
Today we hike in the heart of the Dolomites for our last look at the Sella group and our first glimpse of the eastern edge of massifs. The favorite highlight of today’s hike is the wide variety of wildflowers seen along the trail. We are sure to see patches of the illusive edelweissas we skirt the grazing herds of sheep & goats. The following day we take a tram up to Rifugio Lagozuoi where incredible vistas open up.
Enjoy what is most likely the most photographed region within the Dolomites, Parco Naturale di Sesto. Here the Drei Zinnen/Tre Cime stands alone. This massif’s beauty is accentuated due to the fact that it stands alone with no other peaks in the immediate vicinity. While the name indicates three towers, there are actually six named towers, from West to East.