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+<table style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;"> <thead> <tr>
+        <th style="text-align: left"> <a href="../preparation">← Preparation</a> </th>
+        <th style="text-align: center"> <a href="../">Alta Via 2</a> </th>
+        <th style="text-align: right"> <a href="../day2">Day 2 →</a> </th>
+</tr> </thead> </table>
+
+# Day 1 - The Odles in the rain
+
+<p align="center"><em>August 20, 2025</em></p>
+
+## Route of the day
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Click to see map</strong></summary>
+<img src="../img/20-0000-map.png">
+</details>
+
+*Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day1.gpx) or see the route on
+[outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/eisacktal/-2025-alta-via-2-day-1/325540727/?share=%7E3zdmcd3i%244ossqbct).*
+
+## The road to Kreutztal
+
+Our first day starts quite early, as we wake up at 5:15. My uncle is
+giving us a car ride to Kreutztal, which will take a little more than
+3 hours. We leave at 5:55.
+
+We drive up the Cordevole valley, a road that reminds me of the
+many hikes I used to do in the Dolomites, usually starting from the
+[Falzarego pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falzarego_Pass),
+hiking around the [Tofane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofane),
+the [Cinque Torri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Torri),
+[Averau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averau) and others.
+But we are not going there this time.
+
+The road itself is quite scenic.  Sorry, I did not
+take any pictures pictures.  Going North, we drive
+through popular touristic destinations like Arabba and
+[Corvara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvara%2C_South_Tyrol).
+But these small towns leave a weird impression on me, as they are made
+up mostly of hotels and a few restaurants and bars - all closed because
+it is too early for turists to wake up. Are these places just holiday
+resorts now?
+
+Just before we reach Kreutztal, our starting point, it starts raining.
+
+## The hike begins
+
+![My dad and I, ready to start hiking](../img/20-0924-kreutztal.jpg)
+
+<p align="center"><em>My dad and I, ready to start hiking.</em></p>
+
+By the time we reach Kreutztal (2000 meters on sea level), park the car
+and put on our rain clothes, it is already 9:30. And this is going to
+be one of the longest days, at least according to our estimates.
+
+The [Plosehütte](https://www.plosehuette.com/en/) (2447m) is not
+far, and we reach it pretty quickly. Unfortunately, it is closed for
+renovations, and we can't even get close enough to take a picture of
+our first checkpoint.
+
+At least the view from up there is... something.
+
+![The Odles, surrounded by clouds](../img/20-1033-odles-clouds.jpg)
+
+<p align="center"><em>The <a
+href="https://www.val-gardena.com/en/dolomites/geisler-mountain-group">Odles</a>
+surrounded by clouds.</em></p>
+
+The clouds came and went, but this is pretty much the clearest the
+skies have been the whole morning. Besides the cold and the rain being
+unpleasant, the low visibility gave us some technical difficulties:
+right after passing by the hut, we found ourselves on a grassy slope and
+we lost the track. In normal conditions we would have been able to look
+out for the next trail marking, but with this thick fog we were forced
+to double check our GPS and our maps.
+
+## Down through the forest, then up again
+
+Luckily, it did not take us long to find the right way, and we kept
+descending in a [larch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larch) forest.
+
+![Trail in the forest](../img/20-1150-forest.jpg)
+
+<p align="center"><em>A trail in a forest between Plosehütte and
+Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova.</em></p>
+
+The descent is pleasant. We even manage to catch some break from the
+heavy rain, and take a few more pictures of the Odles.
+
+![Another picture of the Odles](../img/20-1211-odles.jpg)
+
+We reach the Rodella Pass (1867m) at around 13:00,
+and from there we walk up to [Schlüterhutte - Rifugio
+Genova](https://www.schlueterhuette.com/en/) (2297m). I did not take
+many notes of this part of the journey, there was too much rain for me
+to take out my journal and write.
+
+As the trail is crossed by a stream of water, we have to pass a short
+challenging section, where we are forced to climb on the wet rock.
+The climb itself is not hard, but the trail is not clearly marked at
+that point, which left us wondering if we were doing the right thing.
+
+We are then blocked by a more difficult trail feature: cows.
+
+![Cows blocking the road](../img/20-1324-cows.jpg)
+
+<p align="center"><em>Cows are blocking the road.  Yes, that little gap is
+the only way forward.</em></p>
+
+After overcoming this zoological obstacle, we reached the
+Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova at 16:00 and we stop for a slice of
+[*Apfelstrudel*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_strudel).
+
+![Rifugio Genova in the fog](../img/20-1603-schluterhutte.jpg)
+
+<p align="center"><em>Rifugio Genova - Schlüterhütte in the fog.</em></p>
+
+## The long descent to the village
+
+At 6 hours and 30 minutes of hiking, this would have been a good first
+day.  But unfortunately we cannot stop here. At 16:30 we begin the long
+descent towards Lungiarü (1398m).
+
+![Me pointing down towards the fog](../img/20-1703-descent.jpg)
+
+<p align="center"><em>Down there, that's where we have to go. Do you see
+it? Me neither.</em></p>
+
+We walk for two hours in the rain and the fog before reaching the
+village. Two hours may not sound like much, but it felt like an eternity.
+
+Just before the village, we pass by a place called
+[*Val di Morins*](https://www.alta-badia.org/en/highlights/sights/val-di-morins-mill-valley/),
+which means "Mill Valley" in Ladin.
+
+![A watermill](../img/20-1816-mill.jpg)
+<p align="center"><em>
+A watermill. In this area it was common to build half-pipes
+with larch trunks to lead the water to the mill.
+</em></p>
+
+The village of Lungiarü, in [Val
+Badia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Badia), is quite nice, but we
+have no energy left for sightseeing. All we can do before falling asleep
+is a shower, dinner, and trying to dry our clothes for the next day.
+
+<table style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;"> <thead> <tr>
+        <th style="text-align: left"> <a href="../preparation">← Preparation</a> </th>
+        <th style="text-align: center"> <a href="../">Alta Via 2</a> </th>
+        <th style="text-align: right"> <a href="../day2">Day 2 →</a> </th>
+</tr> </thead> </table>
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