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| 1 | m4_navtable(← Day 1,../day1,Alta Via 2,../,Day 3 →,../day3) | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | # Day 2 - Trail 666 | ||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | m4_caption({{{{{August 21, 2025}}}}}) | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | ## Route of the day | ||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | <details> | ||
| 10 | <summary><strong>Click to see map</strong></summary> | ||
| 11 | <img src="../img/21-0000-map.png"> | ||
| 12 | </details> | ||
| 13 | |||
| 14 | *Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day2.gpx) or see the route on | ||
| 15 | [outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/alta-badia/-2025-alta-via-2-day-2/325541331/?share=%7E3zdmlslt%244ossqbcn)* | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | ## The beginning of a long day | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | According to our plan, this second day is going to be the toughest. | ||
| 20 | Our planned route consists of more than 1700m of altitude gain, which | ||
| 21 | would already be quite a long hike for a single day, leave alone for one | ||
| 22 | out of 9 consecutive days of walking. Moreover, the weather forecasts | ||
| 23 | for the day are not good - there is a chance of thunderstorms in the | ||
| 24 | afternoon. | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | Luckily we find someone willing to give us a car ride from our B&B to | ||
| 27 | the edge of the village, saving us about one hour of walk. We start | ||
| 28 | walking at around 8:30. | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | The first part of the trail is not very steep, and the weather is | ||
| 31 | not too bad either. We even manage to see some mountains! | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 |  | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | m4_caption(The Puez-Odle group.) | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | In about an hour we reach *malga Antersasc* (2084m on sea | ||
| 38 | level). Around this small abandoned building we see a few | ||
| 39 | [chamois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamois) and some very fat | ||
| 40 | [marmots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot) - seriously, those | ||
| 41 | things were huge! Unfortunately all the pictures I took were terrible, | ||
| 42 | you need some pretty good camera to catch them from a distance. | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 |  | ||
| 45 | |||
| 46 | m4_caption({{{{{ | ||
| 47 | Sorry for the lack of marmot pictures. Here | ||
| 48 | is a shot of myself staring at a tree growing on top of a rock instead. | ||
| 49 | }}}}}) | ||
| 50 | |||
| 51 | After a short break, we get back on the trail and start walking towards | ||
| 52 | the [Puez hut](https://www.rifugiopuez.it/en/). We could already tell | ||
| 53 | from the map that the trail up to *forcella Puez* (2500m), before the | ||
| 54 | hut, was going to be very steep. However, we found it to be very well | ||
| 55 | maintained, which made it easier than we expected. | ||
| 56 | |||
| 57 |  | ||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | m4_caption({{{{{ | ||
| 60 | The trail up to forcella Puez is reinforced with some trunks that | ||
| 61 | turn it almost into a staircase.}}}}}) | ||
| 62 | |||
| 63 | Unfortunately, as we walked up, the weather got much worse. | ||
| 64 | We were forced to wear all our rain clothes again, including gloves. | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | We reach the Puez hut (2447m) at 11:20, earlier than planned. We take | ||
| 67 | some time to rest and try to dry up from the rain; I change my socks | ||
| 68 | and t-shirt, which definitely helps. | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 | ## The forgotten Forcellas | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | (*Forcella* is an Italian term that denotes a tight mountain pass, usually | ||
| 73 | only reachable via a steep trail. I will sometimes use the Italian word | ||
| 74 | because I don't know an exact equivalent in English. For proper nouns I | ||
| 75 | may also use the equivalent word in the local language: *Furcella* or | ||
| 76 | *Jeuf* in [Ladin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language), | ||
| 77 | *Joch* in German, *Foržela* in | ||
| 78 | [Venetian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_language).) | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | We start walking again around 12:00, and it is immediately clear that we | ||
| 81 | have made a small miscalculation in planning the route. We thought | ||
| 82 | that the trail to [Gardena Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardena_Pass) | ||
| 83 | would be straight downhill, but actually we'll have to climb up and then | ||
| 84 | down a couple of tight passes: *Furcella de Ciampei* (2366m) and *Jeuf de | ||
| 85 | Crespëina* (2528m). This is easily going to cancel out the time we gained | ||
| 86 | in the morning. Fortunately, this part of the trail is quite pleasant to | ||
| 87 | walk, if at times steep; the weather is also not too bad, as we only have | ||
| 88 | to bear some light rain. | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 |  | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | As we are about to reach Gardena Pass (2136m), a strong storm begins. | ||
| 93 | I speed up to take shelter in a hut down at the pass, leaving my dad | ||
| 94 | a few minutes behind. I reach the pass at 14:35. | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | ## One hell of a trail | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | The outlook for the last part of the day is bleak, to say the least. | ||
| 99 | Thunderstorms are forecast until late in the evening. There is likely | ||
| 100 | going to be a small windows of good weatehr between 16:00 and 17:00, but | ||
| 101 | it is not going to last long enough to reach the Pisciadù hut, where we | ||
| 102 | are going to sleep. We have to choose between leaving immediately under | ||
| 103 | the heavy rain hoping it stops while we are on the way, or waiting for | ||
| 104 | the first wave of the storm to pass but risking it starting again | ||
| 105 | before we reach our destination. | ||
| 106 | |||
| 107 | We choose the former, because it was our best chance to arrive at the | ||
| 108 | hut before it gets dark. Moreover, despite the forecast of thunder and | ||
| 109 | lightning, so far it is just raining heavily, which although unpleasant | ||
| 110 | is not dangerous. | ||
| 111 | |||
| 112 | We leave the pass at around 15:00, under the storm. The ascent is not | ||
| 113 | steep at first. Luckily, as predicted, after about one hour the rain | ||
| 114 | stops. | ||
| 115 | |||
| 116 |  | ||
| 118 | |||
| 119 | m4_caption({{{{{Our last view of Gardena Pass and the Odle group, | ||
| 120 | on the way up to the Pisciadù hut.}}}}}) | ||
| 121 | |||
| 122 | But then we reach the infamous trail 666. | ||
| 123 | |||
| 124 |  | ||
| 125 | |||
| 126 | m4_caption({{{{{ | ||
| 127 | The beginning of trail 666. This is not a nickname, it is | ||
| 128 | the actual number that the <a href="https://www.cai.it"> | ||
| 129 | Italian Alpine Club</a> gave to this trail. | ||
| 130 | }}}}}) | ||
| 131 | |||
| 132 | Actually, this is the easiest of two | ||
| 133 | possible ways to the Pisciadù, the other being the [Ferrata | ||
| 134 | Tridentina](https://www.alta-badia.org/en/leisure-activities/climbing-and-mountaineering/brigata-tridentina-route/). | ||
| 135 | The booklet I am following describes it as "[...] reserved for | ||
| 136 | well-equipped experts. Don't do it with heavy backpacks; don't do it if | ||
| 137 | the weather is not good." We get at 0 out 3, the thought of taking the | ||
| 138 | [via ferrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata) does not not | ||
| 139 | even cross our minds. | ||
| 140 | |||
| 141 | So trail 666 it is. This trail is also known as *Setus trail*, or somewhat | ||
| 142 | improperly *Setus via ferrata*. It is extremely steep and it is more a | ||
| 143 | climb than a walk, but it is not a via ferrata. Most maps describe it | ||
| 144 | as *sentiero attrezzato* (equipped trail), as it does have some fixed | ||
| 145 | steel rope and handles where climbers can hang a safety rope. | ||
| 146 | |||
| 147 | We have some simple ropes equipped with a | ||
| 148 | [Carabiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner), and we decide to | ||
| 149 | use them. In the following days we would talk with other people who | ||
| 150 | took the same route, and some of them would claim that a rope is not | ||
| 151 | necessary on this trail. I don't care, I was relieved to have my trusty | ||
| 152 | rope, especially considering the bad weather and how tired I was after | ||
| 153 | more than 8 hours of hiking (plus the 9 hours of the previous day). And | ||
| 154 | a safety rope is certainly of no use if kept in the backpack. | ||
| 155 | |||
| 156 |  | ||
| 157 | |||
| 158 | m4_caption({{{{{Trail 666 is really steep.}}}}}) | ||
| 159 | |||
| 160 | Overall, the steel rope and the handles are of great help, and although | ||
| 161 | a couple of times I was unsure where to put my feet and I almost slept, | ||
| 162 | I would not consider this trail dangerous, if one is properly equipped. | ||
| 163 | |||
| 164 | The reason I found this trail hard was its *length*. I seriously had some | ||
| 165 | difficulties caused by how tired I was and how sore my muscles were, | ||
| 166 | after two full days of hike. Sometimes I could not complete a step or | ||
| 167 | an arm movement on the first try because I just did not have the enough | ||
| 168 | strength to push or pull up. And the trail just kept going! | ||
| 169 | |||
| 170 | But at 17:30, exhausted but satisfied, we finally reach the top of this | ||
| 171 | climb. The Pisciadù hut (2587m) is just around the corner. | ||
| 172 | |||
| 173 |  | ||
| 174 | |||
| 175 | m4_caption({{{{{My dad at the end of trail 666.}}}}}) | ||
| 176 | |||
| 177 | We, our clothes and our boots are still wet from all the rain we caught | ||
| 178 | earlier in the day. Let's hope everything dries up during the night. | ||
| 179 | |||
| 180 | m4_navtable(← Day 1,../day1,Alta Via 2,../,Day 3 →,../day3) | ||
