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1# Day 1 - The Odles in the rain
2
3|[← Preparation](../preparation)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 2 →](../day2)|
4|:-|:-:|-:|
5
6
7## Route of the day
8
9<details>
10<summary><strong>Click to see map</strong></summary>
11<img src="../img/20-0000-map.png">
12</details>
13
14*Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day1.gpx) or see the route on
15[outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/eisacktal/-2025-alta-via-2-day-1/325540727/?share=%7E3zdmcd3i%244ossqbct).*
16
17## The road to Kreutztal
18
19Our first day starts quite early, as we wake up at 5:15. My uncle is
20giving us a car ride to Kreutztal, which will take a little more than
213 hours. We leave at 5:55.
22
23We drive up the Cordevole valley, a road that reminds me of the
24many hikes I used to do in the Dolomites, usually starting from the
25[Falzarego pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falzarego_Pass),
26hiking around the [Tofane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofane),
27the [Cinque Torri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Torri),
28[Averau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averau) and others.
29But we are not going there this time.
30
31The road itself is quite scenic. Sorry, I did not
32take any pictures pictures. After we go North, we
33drive through famous turistic villages like Arabba and
34[Corvara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvara%2C_South_Tyrol).
35But these small towns leave a weird impression on me, as they consist
36mostly of hotels and a few restaurants and bars - all closed because
37it is too early for turists to wake up. Are these places just holiday
38resorts now?
39
40Just before we reach Kreutztal, our starting point, it starts raining.
41
42## The hike begins
43
44![My dad and I, ready to start hiking](../img/20-0924-kreutztal.jpg)
45<p align="center">*My dad and I, ready to start hiking.*</p>
46
47By the time we reach Kreutztal (2000m on sea level), park the car and
48put on our rain clothes, it is already 9:30. And this is going to be
49one of the longest days, at least according to our estimates.
50
51The Plosehütte (2447m) is not far, and we reach it pretty
52quickly. Unfortunately, it is closed for renovations, and we can't even
53get close enough to take a picture of our first checkpoint.
54
55At least the view from up there is... something.
56
57![The Odles, surrounded by clouds](../img/20-1033-odles-clouds.jpg)
58<p align="center">*The
59[Odles](https://www.val-gardena.com/en/dolomites/geisler-mountain-group/),
60surrounded by clouds.*</p>
61
62The clouds came and went, but this is pretty much the clearest the
63skies have been the whole morning. Besides the cold and the rain being
64unpleasant, the low visibility gave us some technical difficulties: right
65after passing by the hut, we found ourselves on a grassy slope and we
66lost the track. In normal conditions we would have been able to look
67out for the next trail marking, or just walk in the right direction, but
68with this thick fog we were forced to double check our GPS and our maps.
69
70## Down through the forest, then up again
71
72Luckily it did not take us long to find the right way, and we kept descending
73in a [larch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larch) forest.
74
75![Trail in the forest](../img/20-1150-forest.jpg)
76<p align="center">*A trail in a forest between Plosehütte and
77Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova.*</p>
78
79The descent is pleasant. We even manage to catch some break from the
80heavy rain, and take a few more pictures of the Odles.
81
82![Another picture of the Odles](../img/20-1211-odles.jpg)
83
84We reach the Rodella Pass (1867m) at around 13:00, and from there we
85walk up to Schlüterhutte - Rifugio Genova (2297m). As the rain became
86heavier, I did not take many notes of this part of the route.
87
88As the trail is crossed by a stream of water, we have to pass a short
89challenging section, where we are forced to climb on the wet rock.
90The climb itself is not hard, but the trail is not clearly marked
91at that point, which left us wondering if we were doing the right thing.
92
93We are then blocked by a more difficult trail feature: cows.
94
95![Cows blocking the road](../img/20-1324-cows.jpg)
96<p align="center">
97*Cows are blocking the road. Yes, that little gap is the only way forward.*
98</p>
99
100After overcoming this zoological obstacle, we reached the
101Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova at 16:00 and we stop for a slice of
102[*Apfelstrudel*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_strudel).
103
104## The long descent to the village
105
106At 6 hours and 30 minutes of hiking, this would have been a good
107first day. But unfortunately we cannot stop here. At 16:30 we begin
108the long descent towards Lungiarü (1398m).
109
110![Me pointing down towards the fog](../img/20-1703-descent.jpg)
111<p align="center">
112*Down there, that's where we have to go. Do you see it? Me neither.*
113</p>
114
115We walk for two hours in the rain and the fog before reaching the
116village. Two hours may not sound like much, but it felt like an
117eternity.
118
119The village of Lungiarü, in
120[Val Badia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Badia), is quite nice, but
121we have no energy for sightseeing. All we can do before falling asleep
122is a shower, dinner, and trying to dry our clothes for the next day.
123
124|[← Preparation](../preparation)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 2 →](../day2)|
125|:-|:-:|-:|

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