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| 1 | # Day 2 - Trail 666 | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| | ||
| 4 | |:-|:-:|-:| | ||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | ## Route of the day | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | <details> | ||
| 9 | <summary><strong>Click to see map</strong></summary> | ||
| 10 | <img src="../img/21-0000-map.png"> | ||
| 11 | </details> | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | *Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day2.gpx) or see the route on | ||
| 14 | [outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/alta-badia/-2025-alta-via-2-day-2/325541331/?share=%7E3zdmlslt%244ossqbcn)* | ||
| 15 | |||
| 16 | ## The beginning of a long day | ||
| 17 | |||
| 18 | According to our plan, this second day is going to be the toughest. | ||
| 19 | Our planned route consists of more than 1700m of altitude gain, which | ||
| 20 | would already be quite a long hike for a single day, leave alone for | ||
| 21 | one out of 9 days of walking. Moreover, the weather forecasts for the | ||
| 22 | day are not good - there is chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. | ||
| 23 | |||
| 24 | Luckily we find someone willing to give us a car ride from our B&B to | ||
| 25 | the edge of the village, saving us about one hour of walk. We start | ||
| 26 | walking at around 8:30. | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | The first part of the trail is not very steep, and the weather is | ||
| 29 | not awful either. We even manage to see some mountains! | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 |  | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | In about an hour we reach *malga Antersasc* (2084m on sea | ||
| 34 | level). Around this small abandoned building we see a few | ||
| 35 | [chamois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamois) and some very fat | ||
| 36 | [marmots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot) - seriously, these | ||
| 37 | things were huge! Unfortunately all the pictures I took were terrible, | ||
| 38 | you need some pretty good cameras to catch them from a distance. Here | ||
| 39 | is a shot of myself looking at a tree that grew on a rock instead. | ||
| 40 | |||
| 41 |  | ||
| 42 | |||
| 43 | After a short break, we get back on the trail and start walking towards | ||
| 44 | the [Puez hut](https://www.rifugiopuez.it/en/). We could already tell | ||
| 45 | from the map that the trail up to *forcella Puez* (2500m), before the | ||
| 46 | hut, was going to be very steep. However, we found out that it was very | ||
| 47 | well kept, which made it easier than we expected. | ||
| 48 | |||
| 49 |  | ||
| 50 | <p align="center"> | ||
| 51 | *The trail up to forcella Puez is reinforced with some trunks that | ||
| 52 | turn it almost into a staircase.* | ||
| 53 | </p> | ||
| 54 | |||
| 55 | Unfortunately, as we walked up the weather got much worse, and we were | ||
| 56 | forced to wear all our rain clothes again, including gloves. | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | We reach the Puez hut (2447m) at 11:20, earlier than planned. We take | ||
| 59 | some time to rest and try to dry up from the rain; I change my socks | ||
| 60 | and t-shirt, which definitely helps. | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | ## The forgotten Forcellas | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | (*Forcella* is an Italian term that denotes a tight mountain pass, usually | ||
| 65 | only reachable by a steep trail. I will sometimes use the Italian word | ||
| 66 | because I don't know an exact equivalent in English. For proper names I | ||
| 67 | may also use the equivalent word in the local language: *Furcella* or | ||
| 68 | *Jeuf* in [Ladin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language), | ||
| 69 | *Joch* in German, *Foržela* in | ||
| 70 | [Venetian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_language).) | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | We start walking again around 12:00, and it is immediately clear that we | ||
| 73 | have made a small miscalculation in planning the route. We thought | ||
| 74 | that the trail to [Gardena Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardena_Pass) | ||
| 75 | would be straight downhill, but actually we'll have to climb up and then | ||
| 76 | down a couple of tight passes: *Furcella de Ciampei* (2366m) and *Jeuf de | ||
| 77 | Crespëina* (2528m). This is easily going to cancel out the time we gained | ||
| 78 | in the morning. Fortunately, this part of the trail is quite pleasant to | ||
| 79 | walk, if at times steep; the weather is also not too bad, as we only have | ||
| 80 | to bear some light rain. | ||
| 81 | |||
| 82 |  | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | As we are about to reach Gardena Pass (2136m), a strong storm begins. | ||
| 85 | I speed up to take shelter in a hut down at the pass, leaving my dad | ||
| 86 | a few minutes behind. I reach the pass at 14:35. | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | ## One hell of a trail | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | The outlook for the last part of the day is bleak, to say the least. | ||
| 91 | Thunderstorms are forecast until late in the evening. There is likely | ||
| 92 | going to be a gap between 16:00 and 17:00, but it is not going to last | ||
| 93 | long enough to reach the Pisciadù hut, were we are going to sleep. We | ||
| 94 | have to choose between leaving immediately under the heavy rain hoping | ||
| 95 | it stops while we are on the way, and waiting for the first wave of | ||
| 96 | the storm to pass but risking it starts raining again before we reach | ||
| 97 | our destination. | ||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | We choose the former, because it was our best chance to arrive at the | ||
| 100 | hut before it gets dark. Moreover, despite the forecast of thunder and | ||
| 101 | lightning, so far it is just raining heavily, which although unpleasant | ||
| 102 | is not dangerous. | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | We leave from the pass at around 15:00, under the storm. The ascent | ||
| 105 | is not steep at first. Luckily, as predicted, after about one our the | ||
| 106 | rain stops. | ||
| 107 | |||
| 108 |  | ||
| 109 | <p align="center"> | ||
| 110 | *Our last view of Gardena Pass and the Odles group, on the way up | ||
| 111 | to the Pisciadù hut.* | ||
| 112 | <p> | ||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | But then we reach the infamous trail 666. This is not a nickname, it | ||
| 115 | is the actual number that the [Italian Alpine Club](https://www.cai.it/) | ||
| 116 | gave to this trail. | ||
| 117 | |||
| 118 | Actually, this is the easiest of two | ||
| 119 | possible ways to the Pisciadù, the other being the | ||
| 120 | [Ferrata Tridentina](https://www.alta-badia.org/en/leisure-activities/climbing-and-mountaineering/brigata-tridentina-route/). | ||
| 121 | The booklet I am following describes it as "[...] reserved for | ||
| 122 | well-equipped experts. Don't do it with heavy backpacks; don't do it if | ||
| 123 | the weather is not good." We get at 0 out 3, the thought of taking the | ||
| 124 | [via ferrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata) does not not | ||
| 125 | even cross our minds. | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | So trail 666 it is. This trail is also known as *Setus trail*, or somewhat | ||
| 128 | improperly *Setus via ferrata*. It is extremely steep and it is more a | ||
| 129 | climb than a walk, but it is not a via ferrata. Most maps describe it | ||
| 130 | as *sentiero attrezzato* (equipped trail), as it does have some fixed | ||
| 131 | steel rope and handles where the climber can hang a safety rope. | ||
| 132 | |||
| 133 | We have some simple ropes equipped with a | ||
| 134 | [Carabiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner), and we decide to | ||
| 135 | use them. In the following days we would talk with other people who | ||
| 136 | took the same route, and some of them would claim that a rope is not | ||
| 137 | necessary on that trail. I don't care, I was relieved to have my trusty | ||
| 138 | rope, especially considering the bad weather and how tired I was after | ||
| 139 | more than 8 hours of hiking (plus the 9 hours of the previous day). And | ||
| 140 | a safety rope is certainly of no use if kept in the backpack. | ||
| 141 | |||
| 142 |  | ||
| 143 | <p align="center">*Trail 666 is really steep.*</p> | ||
| 144 | |||
| 145 | Overall, the steel rope and the handles are of great help, and although | ||
| 146 | a couple of times I was unsure where to put my feet and risked slipping, | ||
| 147 | I would not consider this trail dangerous, if one is properly equipped. | ||
| 148 | |||
| 149 | The reason I found this trail hard was its *length*. I seriously had | ||
| 150 | some difficulties caused by how tired and sore my muscles were, after | ||
| 151 | two full days of hike. Sometimes I could not complete a step or a arm | ||
| 152 | movement on the first try because I just did not have the enough strength | ||
| 153 | to push or pull up. And it just kept going! | ||
| 154 | |||
| 155 | But at 17:30, exhausted but satisfied, we finally reach the top of | ||
| 156 | this climb. The Pisciadù hut (2587m) is just around the corner. | ||
| 157 | |||
| 158 |  | ||
| 159 | <p align="center">*My dad at the end of trail 666.*</p> | ||
| 160 | |||
| 161 | We, our clothes and our boots are still wet from all the rain we caught | ||
| 162 | throught the day. Let's hope everything dries up during the night. | ||
| 163 | |||
| 164 | |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| | ||
| 165 | |:-|:-:|-:| | ||
