From cb143eae3786adae617d1b7370aafd6e9e61b821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastiano Tronto Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0200 Subject: Some changes to home and css, started first av2 pages --- src/av2/day1/day1.md | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/av2/day1/day1.md (limited to 'src/av2/day1') diff --git a/src/av2/day1/day1.md b/src/av2/day1/day1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42f5f5b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/av2/day1/day1.md @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +# Day 1 - The Odles in the Rain + +|[← Preparation](../preparation)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 2 →](../day2)| +|:-|:-:|-:| + +![Map of the route, day 1](../img/20-0000-map.png) +

+*Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day1.gpx) or see the route on +[outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/eisacktal/-2025-alta-via-2-day-1/325540727/?share=%7E3zdmcd3i%244ossqbct)* +

+ +## The road to Kreutztal + +Our first day starts quite early, as we wake up at 5:15. My uncle is +giving us a car ride to Kreutztal, which will take a little more than +3 hours. We leave at 5:55. + +We drive up the Cordevole valley, a road that reminds me of the +many hikes I used to do in the Dolomites, usually starting from the +[Falzarego pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falzarego_Pass), +hiking around the [Tofane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofane), +the [Cinque Torri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Torri), +[Averau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averau) and others. +But we are not going there this time. + +The road itself is quite scenic. Sorry, I did not +take any pictures pictures. After we go North, we +drive through famous turistic villages like Arabba and +[Corvara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvara%2C_South_Tyrol). +But these small towns leave a weird impression on me, as they consist +mostly of hotels and a few restaurants and bars - all closed because +it is too early for turists to wake up. Are these places just holiday +resorts now? + +Just before we reach Kreutztal, our starting point, it starts raining. + +## The hike begins + +![My dad and I, ready to start hiking](../img/20-0924-kreutztal.jpg) +

*My dad and I, ready to start hiking*

+ +By the time we reach Kreutztal (2000m on sea level), park the car and +put on our rain clothes, it is already 9:30. And this is going to be +one of the longest days, at least according to our estimates. + +The Plosehütte (2447m) is not far, and we reach it pretty +quickly. Unfortunately, it is closed for renovations, and we can't even +get close enough to take a picture of our first checkpoint. + +At least the view from up there is... something. + +![The Odles, surrounded by clouds](../img/20-1033-odles-clouds.jpg) +

*The +[Odles](https://www.val-gardena.com/en/dolomites/geisler-mountain-group/), +surrounded by clouds*

+ +The clouds came and went, but this is pretty much the clearest the +skies have been the whole morning. Besides the cold and the rain being +unpleasant, the low visibility gave us some technical difficulties: right +after passing by the hut, we found ourselves on a grassy slope and we +lost the track. In normal conditions we would have been able to look +out for the next trail marking, or just walk in the right direction, but +with this thick fog we were forced to double check our GPS and our maps. + +## Down through the forest, then up again + +Luckily it did not take us long to find the right way, and we kept descending +in a [larch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larch) forest. + +![Trail in the forest](../img/20-1150-forest.jpg) +

*A trail in a forest between Plosehütte and +Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova*

+ +The descent is pleasant. We even manage to catch some break from the +heavy rain, and take a few more pictures of the Odles. + +![Another picture of the Odles](../img/20-1211-odles.jpg) + +We reach the Rodella Pass (1867m) at around 13:00, and from there we +walk up to Schlüterhutte - Rifugio Genova (2297m). As the rain became +heavier, I did not take many notes of this part of the route. + +As the trail is crossed by a stream of water, we have to pass a short +challenging section, where we are forced to climb on the wet rock. +The climb itself is not hard, but the trail is not clearly marked +at that point, which left us wondering if we were doing the right thing. + +We are then blocked by a more difficult trail feature: cows. + +![Cows blocking the road](../img/20-1324-cows.jpg) +

+*Cows are blocking the road. Yes, that little gap is the only way forward.* +

+ +After overcoming this zoological obstacle, we reached the +Schlüterhütte - Rifugio Genova at 16:00 and we stop for a slice of +[*Apfelstrudel*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_strudel). + +## The long descent to the village + +At 6 hours and 30 minutes of hiking, this would have been a good +first day. But unfortunately we cannot stop here. At 16:30 we begin +the long descent towards Lungiarü. + +![Me pointing down towards the fog](../img/20-1703-descent.jpg) +

+*Down there, that's where we have to go. Do you see it? Me neither.* +

+ +We walk for two hours in the rain and the fog before reaching the +village. Two hours may not sound like much, but it felt like an +eternity. + +The village of Lungiarü, in +[Val Badia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Badia), is quite nice, but +we have no energy for sightseeing. All we can do before falling asleep +is a shower, dinner, and trying to dry our clothes for the next day. + +|[← Preparation](../preparation)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 2 →](../day2)| +|:-|:-:|-:| -- cgit v1.3