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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 | <p align="center"> | ||
| 8 | *Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day1.gpx) or see the route on | ||
| 9 | [outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/eisacktal/-2025-alta-via-2-day-1/325540727/?share=%7E3zdmcd3i%244ossqbct)* | ||
| 10 | </p> | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | ## The road to Kreutztal | ||
| 13 | |||
| 14 | Our first day starts quite early, as we wake up at 5:15. My uncle is | ||
| 15 | giving us a car ride to Kreutztal, which will take a little more than | ||
| 16 | 3 hours. We leave at 5:55. | ||
| 17 | |||
| 18 | We drive up the Cordevole valley, a road that reminds me of the | ||
| 19 | many hikes I used to do in the Dolomites, usually starting from the | ||
| 20 | [Falzarego pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falzarego_Pass), | ||
| 21 | hiking around the [Tofane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofane), | ||
| 22 | the [Cinque Torri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Torri), | ||
| 23 | [Averau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averau) and others. | ||
| 24 | But we are not going there this time. | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | The road itself is quite scenic. Sorry, I did not | ||
| 27 | take any pictures pictures. After we go North, we | ||
| 28 | drive through famous turistic villages like Arabba and | ||
| 29 | [Corvara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvara%2C_South_Tyrol). | ||
| 30 | But these small towns leave a weird impression on me, as they consist | ||
| 31 | mostly of hotels and a few restaurants and bars - all closed because | ||
| 32 | it is too early for turists to wake up. Are these places just holiday | ||
| 33 | resorts now? | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | Just before we reach Kreutztal, our starting point, it starts raining. | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | ## The hike begins | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 |  | ||
| 40 | <p align="center">*My dad and I, ready to start hiking*</p> | ||
| 41 | |||
| 42 | By the time we reach Kreutztal (2000m on sea level), park the car and | ||
| 43 | put on our rain clothes, it is already 9:30. And this is going to be | ||
| 44 | one of the longest days, at least according to our estimates. | ||
| 45 | |||
| 46 | The Plosehütte (2447m) is not far, and we reach it pretty | ||
| 47 | quickly. Unfortunately, it is closed for renovations, and we can't even | ||
| 48 | get close enough to take a picture of our first checkpoint. | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | At least the view from up there is... something. | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 |  | ||
| 53 | <p align="center">*The | ||
| 54 | [Odles](https://www.val-gardena.com/en/dolomites/geisler-mountain-group/), | ||
| 55 | surrounded by clouds*</p> | ||
| 56 | |||
| 57 | The clouds came and went, but this is pretty much the clearest the | ||
| 58 | skies have been the whole morning. Besides the cold and the rain being | ||
| 59 | unpleasant, the low visibility gave us some technical difficulties: right | ||
| 60 | after passing by the hut, we found ourselves on a grassy slope and we | ||
| 61 | lost the track. In normal conditions we would have been able to look | ||
| 62 | out for the next trail marking, or just walk in the right direction, but | ||
| 63 | with this thick fog we were forced to double check our GPS and our maps. | ||
| 64 | |||
| 65 | ## Down through the forest, then up again | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | Luckily it did not take us long to find the right way, and we kept descending | ||
| 68 | in a [larch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larch) forest. | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 |  | ||
| 71 | <p align="center">*A trail in a forest between Plosehütte and | ||
| 72 | Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova*</p> | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | The descent is pleasant. We even manage to catch some break from the | ||
| 75 | heavy rain, and take a few more pictures of the Odles. | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 |  | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | We reach the Rodella Pass (1867m) at around 13:00, and from there we | ||
| 80 | walk up to Schlüterhutte - Rifugio Genova (2297m). As the rain became | ||
| 81 | heavier, I did not take many notes of this part of the route. | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | As the trail is crossed by a stream of water, we have to pass a short | ||
| 84 | challenging section, where we are forced to climb on the wet rock. | ||
| 85 | The climb itself is not hard, but the trail is not clearly marked | ||
| 86 | at that point, which left us wondering if we were doing the right thing. | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | We are then blocked by a more difficult trail feature: cows. | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 |  | ||
| 91 | <p align="center"> | ||
| 92 | *Cows are blocking the road. Yes, that little gap is the only way forward.* | ||
| 93 | </p> | ||
| 94 | |||
| 95 | After overcoming this zoological obstacle, we reached the | ||
| 96 | Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova at 16:00 and we stop for a slice of | ||
| 97 | [*Apfelstrudel*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_strudel). | ||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | ## The long descent to the village | ||
| 100 | |||
| 101 | At 6 hours and 30 minutes of hiking, this would have been a good | ||
| 102 | first day. But unfortunately we cannot stop here. At 16:30 we begin | ||
| 103 | the long descent towards Lungiarü. | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 |  | ||
| 106 | <p align="center"> | ||
| 107 | *Down there, that's where we have to go. Do you see it? Me neither.* | ||
| 108 | </p> | ||
| 109 | |||
| 110 | We walk for two hours in the rain and the fog before reaching the | ||
| 111 | village. Two hours may not sound like much, but it felt like an | ||
| 112 | eternity. | ||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | The village of Lungiarü, in | ||
| 115 | [Val Badia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Badia), is quite nice, but | ||
| 116 | we have no energy for sightseeing. All we can do before falling asleep | ||
| 117 | is a shower, dinner, and trying to dry our clothes for the next day. | ||
| 118 | |||
| 119 | |[← Preparation](../preparation)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 2 →](../day2)| | ||
| 120 | |:-|:-:|-:| | ||
