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1m4_navtable(← Day 7,../day7,Alta Via 2,../,Day 9 →,../day9)
2
3# Day 8 - The Troi dei Caserin
4
5m4_caption({{{{{August 27, 2025}}}}})
6
7## Route of the day
8
9<details>
10<summary><strong>Click to see map</strong></summary>
11<img src="../img/27-0000-map.png">
12</details>
13
14*Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day8.gpx) or see the route on
15[outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/san-martino-di-castrozza-primiero-vanoi/-2025-alta-via-2-day-8/325543034/?share=%7E3zdmeu44%244ossqbdb)*
16
17## A damp morning
18
19Today the final part of Alta Via 2 begins. We are entering the *Vette
20Feltrine*, a part that is perhaps less well-known by tourists, but no
21less beautiful. The trails we'll have to walk are going to be narrow,
22often steep.
23
24The weather forecasts for the day are not great, but we
25should reach [Rifugio Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it/) (1718 meters
26on sea level) before it starts raining. For now there is just a thick fog,
27and the weather is unpleasantly hot and humid.
28
29![Rifugio Cereda, with the Pala Group in the background](../img/27-0740-cereda.jpg)
30
31m4_caption({{{{{Our last sight of Rifugio Cereda and the Pala Group.}}}}})
32
33We leave at 7:45. At first we walk on a secondary paved road, then on
34a dirt road. Both my guide booklet and the signs try to make us walk
35downhill towards the nearby villages of Matiuz and Padreterno, but there
36is a clearly faster road that stays in the forest and leads to the
37start of the actual trail.
38
39![Some signs, none pointing to where we are going](../img/27-0833-sign.jpg)
40
41m4_caption({{{{{
42The top sign is marked as "AV2", for Alta Via 2. There is a gap that
43was probably filled by a sign pointing left, which is the way we took.
44I suspect someone - perhaps the local forest authorities - removed
45the sign because they did not want people to go that way, but I
46can't imagine why. Or perhaps the sign simply fell off.
47}}}}})
48
49After about one hour of walk in the forest, the actual trail begins.
50The humidity is very intense, still unpleasant. Unfortunately this also
51means that the pictures of the day are very... foggy.
52
53![The valley in the fog](../img/27-0945-fog.jpg)
54
55m4_caption({{{{{The valley behind us, in the fog.}}}}})
56
57## L'Intaiàda
58
59The trail becomes steep, and then extremely steep. We walk along
60a vertical wall of granite, where a narrow passage is carved out.
61Indeed, this part of the trail is called *L'Intaiàda*, which
62can be roughly translated as *The Carved-Out*.
63
64![L'Intaiàda](../img/27-1022-intaiada.jpg)
65
66m4_caption({{{{{Admittedly not the best picture of L'Intaiàda.}}}}})
67
68The trail continues, narrow and exposed, but well equipped with some
69sturdy metal ropes where needed. It requires some attention, but I don't
70find it scary or particularly difficult; there is always some rock or
71support piece I can hang on to rest while I think about the next steps.
72
73![Another section of L'Intaiàda](../img/27-1107-intaiada-2.jpg)
74
75m4_caption(Another section of L'Intaiàda.)
76
77![The steep trail](../img/27-1145-comedon.jpg)
78
79The trail continues very steep, and at 12:05 we reach the *Pass del
80Comedon* (2130m).
81
82![View from the pass](../img/27-1209-comedon-2.jpg)
83
84m4_caption(View from the pass.)
85
86## A quick break at Bivacco Feltre
87
88From the pass we walk down an extremely steep trail, initially very
89exposed, then less scary.
90
91My left knee has been doing well so far, but suddently I feel an acute
92sting of pain that almost makes loose my balance. This is not good. It
93is also very different from the constant, mild to moderate pain that I
94have felt when walking downhill in the past few days. But I push through,
95slowly and steadily.
96
97The fog becomes even thicker, at times we can't see much farther than
9820-30 meters.
99
100![We are close to Bivacco Feltre](../img/27-1254-fog.jpg)
101
102m4_caption({{{{{We are close to Bivacco Feltre, but we can't see it.}}}}})
103
104For a brief moment I catch a glimpse of *Bivacco Feltre* (1930m), a
105[sheet metal shelter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivouac_shelter)
106where hikers can wait for the bad weather to subside, or spend the night
107in case of need.
108
109![Bivacco Feltre](../img/27-1303-bivacco-feltre.jpg)
110
111m4_caption(Bivacco Feltre.)
112
113We reach the bivouac at 13:05, and we decide to take a break. We eat
114a protein bar and refill our water bottles. Unfortunately, we can see
115literally nothing besides the meadow around us, and the fog.
116
117![The view from Bivacco Feltre](../img/27-1319-fog-view.jpg)
118
119m4_caption({{{{{
120Our view from Bivacco Feltre. The guide book describes the place
121as "pleasant and majestic". I guess I'll have to trust them on this one.
122}}}}})
123
124We need some rest, but we don't want to wait for too long. The journey
125is still long, and if we don't reach our destination before 17:00 we
126will probably be caught by the forecasted thunderstorm. We leave the
127bivouac at 13:30.
128
129## The Troi dei Caserin
130
131From the shelter we walk down, loosing about 200 or 300 meters of
132altitude. We quickly gain them back, as the trail continues upwards.
133The fog is still very thick, we can't see further than 10m.
134
135The trail so far is not particuarly hard, but there are some interesting
136passages where we have to cross some waterfalls and some small water
137streams. Or maybe I found them interesting only because my bad knee
138prevented me from pushing with my left leg and I had to make some complex
139alternative manouvers.
140
141![A waterfall with a small pond](../img/27-1350-waterfall.jpg)
142
143At 14:50 we reach *Col dei Bech* (1960m), which means *Ibex' hill*.
144And in fact, just after Cold dei Bech, in one of the rare moments when
145the fog let us see at more than 15 meters, we did see a small family
146of chamois. Ok, not quite ibex, but close enough. Judging from the
147quantity of warm shit that we saw on the trail, they had probably walked
148right ahead of us for a while.
149
150We continue on this trail that becomes increasingly narrow and exposed,
151difficult in some sections. We are on the *Troi dei Caserin* ("the
152Caserins' trail").
153
154![Troi dei Caserin](../img/27-1545-caserin.jpg)
155
156There are some steel ropes in the most dangerous parts, but not for
157long: soon we reach a grassy section, and the trail becomes ever
158more narrow. On our left, the emptiness of a hundred-meters free fall is
159hidden by the fog. My aching knee makes everything even more challenging.
160
161We did not take many pictures of this part of the journey, mainly because
162we were focusing on keeping our feet on the ground. Apparently, my dad
163and I walked this same trail some 15 years ago, when it was covered in
164half a meter of snow. And I say apparently because, even though we both
165remember that trip quite well, we have no recollection of taking such a
166dangerous path in those conditions. But there is no alternative road,
167so we must have done it... somehow.
168
169At 16:45 we reach *Pass de Mura* (1867m). The view opens up, but we
170can't quite see our destination yet.
171
172![Malga Neva (not where we are going)](../img/27-1644-pass-de-mura.jpg)
173
174m4_caption({{{{{
175You see the tiny building down there? It is not Rifugio
176Boz, but Malga Neva. Luckily for us, the Rifugio is closer than that.
177}}}}})
178
179We walk down from the pass and we reach [Rifugio
180Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it/) (1718m) at 17:05. Just as we walk
181through the door, a strong storm begins.
182
183## At Rifugio Boz
184
185We are tired, hungry and our muscles are sore. As we check in, the hut
186manager asks us if we are walking the Alta Via. We respond that yes,
187we are, and tomorrow we will be going all the way to [Rifugio Dal
188Piaz](https://www.rifugiodalpiaz.com), and we'll finally walk down
189victorious to Croce d'Aune in the evening.
190
191"Are you sure about that?" - she says.
192
193"Why?" - we ask, not sure if she was joking or not.
194
195"Have you seen the weather forecast?"
196
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