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 m4_navtable(← Day 8,../day8,Alta Via 2,../,After the hike →,../after)
 
-# Day 9 - Cutting short
+# Day 9 - Cutting it short
 
 m4_caption({{{{{August 28, 2025}}}}})
 
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 *Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day9.gpx) or see the route on
 [outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/province-of-belluno/-2025-alta-via-2-day-9/325543151/?share=%7E3zdmfdkz%244ossqbdb)*
 
+## An inevitable decision
+
+The last leg of the Alta Via 2 is long, challenging and dangerous.
+Most of the trail is on top of a ridge, exposed on both sides, and strong
+winds are frequent.
+
+And in the afternoon of August 28, the last day of our Alta Via 2, there
+are going to be strong thunderstorms. The manager at Rifugio Boz told
+us "I have walked this trail many times, but with a weather like this,
+I don't even think about it".
+
+We are prepared and experienced, but we are powerless against the forces
+of nature. We give up. On August 28, the last day of our Alta Via 2,
+we are not going to Rifugio Dal Piaz, or to Croce D'Aune. We are going
+down a safer trail, in the forest of the
+[*Val Canzoi*](https://www.dolomitipark.it/en/visiting-the-park/itineraries/on-foot/nature-trails/val-di-canzoi/),
+and we are going to conclude our adventure half a day earlier.
+
+## From Rifugio Boz to Malga Alvis
+
+![Rifugio Boz with the Sass de Mura on the background](../img/28-0730-boz-sass-de-mura.jpg)
+
+m4_caption({{{{{Rifugio Boz with the
+[Sass de Mura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sass_de_Mura)
+in the background.}}}}})
+
+We leave the hut at 7:35. The are two ways to walk down to Val Canzoi:
+either we climb up to *Passo Alvis*, or to *Passo Finestra*. We
+choose the former, as the trail that comes down from Passo Alvis
+ends close to a bar where we can wait for someone to pick us up.
+
+![Walking to Passo Alvis](../img/28-0740-walk.jpg)
+
+m4_caption({{{{{We walk together with other 3 hikers to Passo Alvis.
+We are not the only ones who decided to cut the Alta Via short.}}}}})
+
+The weather is not bad for now. There are clouds, but it is not raining.
+But the afternoon storm is going to be massive.
+
+At 7:55 we are up to Passo Alvis (1880 meters on sea level). From there,
+we only need to go down another 1000 meters. We can't quite see the
+bottom of the valley, but we do see the back of the main mountains that
+are also visible from our home.
+
+![The view from Passo Alvis](../img/28-0755-pizoc.jpg)
+
+m4_({{{{{The view from Passo Alvis. In the back, partly hidden by the
+clouds, you can see the [Pizzocco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzocco),
+the main mountain that rises above our home town. We are coming home!}}}}})
+
+We walk down from the pass. The descent starts steep, but the trail is
+not difficult. We see for the last time a family of chamoix, running
+away from us.
+
+At 8:40 we reach Malga Alvis (1573m).
+
+![Malga Alvis](../img/28-0850-malga-alvis.jpg)
+
+m4_caption(Malga Alvis.)
+
+It starts raining. We take shelter inside the malga. The building
+is not used for its original purpose anymore, but it is maintained
+by the local natural park administration as a bivouac for hikers.
+Some 15 years ago, in a cold late April, my dad and I spent the night
+here before continuing our hike the following day.
+
+## Down to the valley, one last time
+
+Luckily the rain stops soon, and the five of us can continue our march.
+The *Lago della Stua* is now visible.
+
+![Lago della Stua](../img/28-0928-lago-della-stua.jpg)
+
+m4_(Lago della Stua in Val Canzoi.)
+
+We keep going down. My knee starts hurting again, but we are almost there.
+Overall I enjoyed this last part of the journey. The trail in this
+mid-mountain forest is exactly the kind of road that I used to walk a
+lot years ago, when I frequently hiked around these mountains.
+
+Our adventure ends at 10:40, on the dam of the lake.
+
+![The end](../img/28-1040-end.jpg)
+
+We reach the nearby bar, we sit down, we drink a
+[spritz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spritz_(cocktail)).
+
+
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