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| author | Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net> | 2025-09-26 22:00:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net> | 2025-09-26 22:00:56 +0200 |
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alta via day 2 mostly done
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diff --git a/src/av2/av2.md b/src/av2/av2.md index 0535996..8d97dc9 100644 --- a/src/av2/av2.md +++ b/src/av2/av2.md | |||
| @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pictures. | |||
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | * [Preparation](./preparation) | 26 | * [Preparation](./preparation) |
| 27 | * [Day 1 - The Odles in the Rain](./day1) | 27 | * [Day 1 - The Odles in the Rain](./day1) |
| 28 | * [Day 2 - Trail 666](./day1) | 28 | * [Day 2 - Trail 666](./day2) |
| 29 | * [Day 3 - TODO](./day3) | 29 | * [Day 3 - TODO](./day3) |
| 30 | * [Day 4 - TODO](./day4) | 30 | * [Day 4 - TODO](./day4) |
| 31 | * [Day 5 - TODO](./day5) | 31 | * [Day 5 - TODO](./day5) |
diff --git a/src/av2/day1/day1.md b/src/av2/day1/day1.md index 42f5f5b..07c22c6 100644 --- a/src/av2/day1/day1.md +++ b/src/av2/day1/day1.md | |||
| @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova at 16:00 and we stop for a slice of | |||
| 100 | 100 | ||
| 101 | At 6 hours and 30 minutes of hiking, this would have been a good | 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 | 102 | first day. But unfortunately we cannot stop here. At 16:30 we begin |
| 103 | the long descent towards Lungiarü. | 103 | the long descent towards Lungiarü (1398m). |
| 104 | 104 | ||
| 105 |  | 105 |  |
| 106 | <p align="center"> | 106 | <p align="center"> |
diff --git a/src/av2/day2/day2.md b/src/av2/day2/day2.md index 0d10326..a9e1e59 100644 --- a/src/av2/day2/day2.md +++ b/src/av2/day2/day2.md | |||
| @@ -1,9 +1,5 @@ | |||
| 1 | # Day 2 - Trail 666 | 1 | # Day 2 - Trail 666 |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | TODO make map images much smaller, set max-height and max-width to 40 em or | ||
| 4 | something (or smaller than 100% anyway) | ||
| 5 | TODO click to enlarge for map images | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| | 3 | |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| |
| 8 | |:-|:-:|-:| | 4 | |:-|:-:|-:| |
| 9 | 5 | ||
| @@ -25,20 +21,138 @@ 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 | 21 | the edge of the village, saving us about one hour of walk. We start |
| 26 | walking at around 8:30. | 22 | walking at around 8:30. |
| 27 | 23 | ||
| 28 | TODO salita che parte tranquilla | 24 | The first part of the trail is not very steep, and the weather is |
| 29 | TODO foto con albero | 25 | not awful either. We even manage to see some mountains! |
| 26 | |||
| 27 |  | ||
| 30 | 28 | ||
| 31 | TODO vediamo camosci e marmotte | 29 | In about an hour we reach *malga Antersasc* (2084m on sea |
| 32 | TODO malga antersasc | 30 | level). Around this small abandoned building we see a few |
| 31 | [chamois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamois) and some very fat | ||
| 32 | [marmots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot) - seriously, these | ||
| 33 | things were huge! Unfortunately all the pictures I took were terrible, | ||
| 34 | you need some pretty good cameras to catch them from a distance. Here | ||
| 35 | is a shot of myself looking at a tree that grew on a rock instead. | ||
| 33 | 36 | ||
| 34 | ... | 37 |  |
| 35 | 38 | ||
| 39 | After a short break, we get back on the trail and start walking towards | ||
| 40 | the [Puez hut](https://www.rifugiopuez.it/en/). We could already tell | ||
| 41 | from the map that the trail up to *forcella Puez* (2500m), before the | ||
| 42 | hut, was going to be very steep. However, we found out that it was very | ||
| 43 | well kept, which made it easier than we expected. | ||
| 36 | 44 | ||
| 37 | TODO rimuovi foto con mucche | 45 |  |
| 38 |  | ||
| 39 | <p align="center"> | 46 | <p align="center"> |
| 40 | *Cows are blocking the road. Yes, that little gap is the only way forward.* | 47 | *The trail up to forcella Puez is reinforced with some trunks that |
| 48 | turn it almost into a staircase* | ||
| 41 | </p> | 49 | </p> |
| 42 | 50 | ||
| 51 | Unfortunately, as we walked up the weather got much worse, and we were | ||
| 52 | forced to wear all our rain clothes again, including gloves. | ||
| 53 | |||
| 54 | We reach the Puez hut (2447m) at 11:20, earlier than planned. We take | ||
| 55 | some time to rest and try to dry up from the rain; I change my socks | ||
| 56 | and t-shirt, which definitely helps. | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | ## The forgotten Forcellas | ||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | (*Forcella* is an Italian term that denotes a tight mountain pass, usually | ||
| 61 | only reachable by a steep trail. I will sometimes use the Italian word | ||
| 62 | because I don't know an exact equivalent in English. For proper names I | ||
| 63 | may also use the equivalent word in the local language: *Furcella* or | ||
| 64 | *Jeuf* in [Ladin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language), | ||
| 65 | *Joch* in German, *Foržela* in | ||
| 66 | [Venetian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_language).) | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | We start walking again around 12:00, and it is immediately clear that we | ||
| 69 | have made a small miscalculation in planning the route. We thought | ||
| 70 | that the trail to [Gardena Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardena_Pass) | ||
| 71 | would be straight downhill, but actually we'll have to climb up and then | ||
| 72 | down a couple of tight passes: *Furcella de Ciampei* (2366m) and *Jeuf de | ||
| 73 | Crespëina* (2528m). This is easily going to cancel out the time we gained | ||
| 74 | in the morning. Fortunately, this part of the trail is quite pleasant to | ||
| 75 | walk, if at times steep; the weather is also not too bad, as we only have | ||
| 76 | to bear some light rain. | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 |  | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | As we are about to reach Gardena Pass (2136m), a strong storm begins. | ||
| 81 | I speed up to take shelter in a hut down at the pass, leaving my dad | ||
| 82 | a few minutes behind. I reach the pass at 14:35. | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | ## One hell of a trail | ||
| 85 | |||
| 86 | The outlook for the last part of the day is bleak, to say the least. | ||
| 87 | Thunderstorms are forecast until late in the evening. There is likely | ||
| 88 | going to be a gap between 16:00 and 17:00, but it is not going to last | ||
| 89 | long enough to reach the Pisciadù hut, were we are going to sleep. We | ||
| 90 | have to choose between leaving immediately under the heavy rain hoping | ||
| 91 | it stops while we are on the way, and waiting for the first wave of | ||
| 92 | the storm to pass but risking it starts raining again before we reach | ||
| 93 | our destination. | ||
| 94 | |||
| 95 | We choose the former, because it was our best chance to arrive at the | ||
| 96 | hut before it gets dark. Moreover, despite the forecast of thunder and | ||
| 97 | lightning, so far it is just raining heavily, which although unpleasant | ||
| 98 | is not dangerous. | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | We leave from the pass at around 15:00, under the storm. The ascent | ||
| 101 | is not steep at first. Luckily, as predicted, after about one our the | ||
| 102 | rain stops. | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 |  | ||
| 105 | <p align="center"> | ||
| 106 | *Our last view of Gardena Pass and the Odles group, on the way up | ||
| 107 | to the Pisciadù hut* | ||
| 108 | <p> | ||
| 109 | |||
| 110 | But then we reach the infamous trail 666. This is not a nickname, it | ||
| 111 | is the actual number that the [Italian Alpine Club](https://www.cai.it/) | ||
| 112 | gave to this trail. | ||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | Actually, this is the easiest of two | ||
| 115 | possible ways to the Pisciadù, the other being the | ||
| 116 | [Ferrata Tridentina](https://www.alta-badia.org/en/leisure-activities/climbing-and-mountaineering/brigata-tridentina-route/). | ||
| 117 | The booklet I am following describes it as "[...] reserved for | ||
| 118 | well-equipped experts. Don't do it with heavy backpacks; don't do it if | ||
| 119 | the weather is not good." We get at 0 out 3, the thought of taking the | ||
| 120 | [via ferrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata) does not not | ||
| 121 | even cross our minds. | ||
| 122 | |||
| 123 | So trail 666 it is. This trail is also known as *Setus trail*, or somewhat | ||
| 124 | improperly *Setus via ferrata*. It is extremely steep and it is more a | ||
| 125 | climb than a walk, but it is not a via ferrata. Most maps describe it | ||
| 126 | as *sentiero attrezzato* (equipped trail), as it does have some fixed | ||
| 127 | steel rope and handles where the climber can hang a safety rope. | ||
| 128 | |||
| 129 | We have some simple ropes equipped with a | ||
| 130 | [Carabiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner), and we decide to | ||
| 131 | use them. In the following days we would talk with other people who | ||
| 132 | took the same route, and some of them would claim that a rope is not | ||
| 133 | necessary on that trail. I don't care, I was relieved to have my trusty | ||
| 134 | rope, especially considering the bad weather and how tired I was after | ||
| 135 | more than 8 hours of hiking (plus the 9 hours of the previous day). And | ||
| 136 | a safety rope is certainly of no use if kept in the backpack. | ||
| 137 | |||
| 138 |  | ||
| 139 | <p align="center">*Trail 666 is really steep*</p> | ||
| 140 | |||
| 141 | Overall, the steel rope and the handles are of great help, and although | ||
| 142 | a couple of times I was unsure where to put my feet and risked slipping, | ||
| 143 | I would not consider this trail dangerous, if one is properly equipped. | ||
| 144 | |||
| 145 | The reason I found this trail hard was its *length*. I seriously had | ||
| 146 | some difficulties caused by how tired and sore my muscles were, after | ||
| 147 | two full days of hike. Sometimes I could not complete a step or a arm | ||
| 148 | movement on the first try because I just did not have the enough strength | ||
| 149 | to push or pull up. And it just kept going! | ||
| 150 | |||
| 151 | But at 17:30, exhausted but satisfied, we finally reach the top of | ||
| 152 | this climb. The Pisciadù hut (2587m) is just around the corner. | ||
| 153 | |||
| 154 |  | ||
| 155 | <p align="center">*My dad at the end of trail 666*</p> | ||
| 156 | |||
| 43 | |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| | 157 | |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| |
| 44 | |:-|:-:|-:| | 158 | |:-|:-:|-:| |
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