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+ +# Day 5 - Entering the Pala group + +

August 24, 2025

+ +## Route of the day + +
+Click to see map + +
+ +*Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day5.gpx) or see the route on +[outdooractive.com](https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/hiking-trail/province-of-belluno/-2025-alta-via-2-day-5/325542248/?share=%7E3zdmwhgp%244ossqbdb)* + +## Back on track + +![The Focobon group at dawn](../img/24-0648-focobon.jpg) + +

+This photo is the same at the last one of the previous day, +but it is one of my best shots. It is also quite fascinating how the light +at dawn mixes up all the colors compared to previous day's picture. +

+ +After a long sleep, we are ready to leave Flora Alpina at 8:20. Our +first checkpoint is the +[San Pellegrino Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pellegrino_Pass), +(1918 meters on sea level) which is unfortunately a bit farther away than +it would have been if we slept in Fuciade. + +It takes us about one hour to reach the pass. On the way we saw a cow +breastfeeding her calf, which was cute. We cross the main road on the pass, +and from here we have to walk up on grassy slopes and ski paths. The +signs point to a path that is not the one we planned, but the two tracks +join shortly afterwards. The ski paths are extremely steep, but wide, +so we can easily zig-zag all the way up. + +At 10:30 we reach the *Pale di Gargol* (2218m), a plane that I am not +sure why deserves a name. Perhaps the name refers to the whole area +which I guess could be described as a rocky meadow. + +![The rocky meadow](../img/24-1027-pale-di-gargol.jpg) + +

+The Pale di Gargol. The term "pala" means "shovel" in Italian, +but according to the + +Italian Wikipedia page about the +Pale di San Martino +mountains, in the local language it once denoted a grassy slope at the +feet of a mountain range. +

+ +Once again, the landscape has changed to show us something completely +different from that we have seen so far. The constant shifting from rocks, +to forest, to grass, to yet other types of rock and any combination of +those features is in my opinion one of the most fascinating aspects of +Alta Via 2. + +![Walking down to Passo Valles](../img/24-1129-panorama.jpg) + +

Walking down to Passo Valles. +In the background, the Pale di San Martino.

+ +The trail continues almost flat in this unusual scenery until we +descend to [Passo Valles](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passo_Valles) (2032m) +at around 11:50. We are now entering the fascinating section of +the *Pale di San Martino*, also known in English as the +[Pala group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pala_group), of which +the Mulaz and the Focobón group are the northernmost peaks. + +But first we need a break. We stop at a bar on the pass for a coffee +and a slice of strüdel. + +## Veneggia, Venegiotta and Pass dei Fochet + +We leave the pass at 12:20, and in half an hour we reach Forcella +Veneggia (2217m). The view opens up to the wild valley in the south. + +![The view from Forcella Veneggia](../img/24-1252-forcella-veneggia.jpg) + +

The view from Forcella Veneggia.

+ +So far, the day has not been particularly challenging. Later on +we'll have to pass some difficult sections, but for now we continue +on some easy, if narrow, trails. + +Despite the beauty of the place, we don't meet many other hikers. +In fact, I think we saw more marmots than people in this part of +the route. + +![More mountains](../img/24-1400-venegiotta.jpg) + +At around 14:00 we reach *Passo Venegiotta* (2300m), and about 30 minutes +later *Passo dei Fochet* (2291m). The weather has been good today so far, +but here a strong cold wind starts blowing, and we can feel a few drops +of rain. + +## Through the rocks, to Rifugio Mulaz + +The landscape changes once again. We are now walking on rocks and gravel. + +![Another scree](../img/24-1447-rocks-to-mulaz.jpg) + +We walk down a scree to around 2175m, before starting to climb up again. +It's cold and cloudy, and this part of the trail is a fair bit more +difficult than the previous. Nothing particularly hard or dangerous, +but we have to pay more attention to where we put our feet. + +The trail abruptly becomes extremely steep, and very demanding on my +muscles, which so far had been enjoying a more relaxing day. + +![The climb to Rifugio Mulaz](../img/24-1552-climb-to-mulaz.jpg) + +

+Some steel ropes help make the climb to Rifugio Mulaz less dangerous. +

+ +We reach Rifugio Mulaz (2570m) at 16:40, after a little more +than 8 hours from when we left Flora Alpina. Somehow, despite the +long walk between them, both these places are in the territory of +[Falcade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcade). + +![Reaching Rifugio Mulaz](../img/24-1638-mulaz.jpg) + +

Reaching Rifugio Mulaz

+ +From this hut, the only landscape you can see, in any direction, is naked +rock. There is a tiny window from where you can see a valley, but the +sight is cut out and the only visible thing is more rocks. Definitely +fascinating, although I personally prefer more varied landscapes. + +I'll add a picture on the next day's page, the early morning light +was much better. + +Oh and by the way, up here every resource is very scarce. There is +no drinkable tap water, and showers cost 8€ for 5 minutes. But I +really need one today. + + + + + +
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