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+ +# Day 8 - The Troi dei Caserin + +

August 27, 2025

+ +## Route of the day + +
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+ +*Download the [gpx file](../gpx/av2-day8.gpx) or see the route on +[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)* + +## A damp morning + +Today the final part of Alta Via 2 begins. We are entering the *Vette +Feltrine*, a part that is perhaps less well-known by tourists, but no +less beautiful. The trails we'll have to walk are going to be narrow, +often steep. + +The weather forecasts for the day are not great, but we +should reach [Rifugio Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it/) (1718 meters +on sea level) before it starts raining. For now there is just a thick fog, +and the weather is unpleasantly hot and humid. + +![Rifugio Cereda, with the Pala Group in the background](../img/27-0740-cereda.jpg) + +

Our last sight of Rifugio Cereda and the Pala Group.

+ +We leave at 7:45. At first we walk on a secondary paved road, then on +a dirt road. Both my guide booklet and the signs try to make us walk +downhill towards the nearby villages of Matiuz and Padreterno, but there +is a clearly faster road that stays in the forest and leads to the +start of the actual trail. + +![Some signs, none pointing to where we are going](../img/27-0833-sign.jpg) + +

+The top sign is marked as "AV2", for Alta Via 2. There is a gap that +was probably filled by a sign pointing left, which is the way we took. +I suspect someone - perhaps the local forest authorities - removed +the sign because they did not want people to go that way, but I +can't imagine why. Or perhaps the sign simply fell off. +

+ +After about one hour of walk in the forest, the actual trail begins. +The humidity is very intense, still unpleasant. Unfortunately this also +means that the pictures of the day are very... foggy. + +![The valley in the fog](../img/27-0945-fog.jpg) + +

The valley behind us, in the fog.

+ +## L'Intaiàda + +The trail becomes steep, and then extremely steep. We walk along +a vertical wall of granite, where a narrow passage is carved out. +Indeed, this part of the trail is called *L'Intaiàda*, which +can be roughly translated as *The Carved-Out*. + +![L'Intaiàda](../img/27-1022-intaiada.jpg) + +

Admittedly not the best picture of L'Intaiàda.

+ +The trail continues, narrow and exposed, but well equipped with some +sturdy metal ropes where needed. It requires some attention, but I don't +find it scary or particularly difficult; there is always some rock or +support piece I can hang on to rest while I think about the next steps. + +![Another section of L'Intaiàda](../img/27-1107-intaiada-2.jpg) + +

Another section of L'Intaiàda.

+ +![The steep trail](../img/27-1145-comedon.jpg) + +The trail continues very steep, and at 12:05 we reach the *Pass del +Comedon* (2130m). + +![View from the pass](../img/27-1209-comedon-2.jpg) + +

View from the pass.

+ +## A quick break at Bivacco Feltre + +From the pass we walk down an extremely steep trail, initially very +exposed, then less scary. + +My left knee has been doing well so far, but suddently I feel an acute +sting of pain that almost makes loose my balance. This is not good. It +is also very different from the constant, mild to moderate pain that I +have felt when walking downhill in the past few days. But I push through, +slowly and steadily. + +The fog becomes even thicker, at times we can't see much farther than +20-30 meters. + +![We are close to Bivacco Feltre](../img/27-1254-fog.jpg) + +

We are close to Bivacco Feltre, but we can't see it.

+ +For a brief moment I catch a glimpse of *Bivacco Feltre* (1930m), a +[sheet metal shelter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivouac_shelter) +where hikers can wait for the bad weather to subside, or spend the night +in case of need. + +![Bivacco Feltre](../img/27-1303-bivacco-feltre.jpg) + +

Bivacco Feltre.

+ +We reach the bivouac at 13:05, and we decide to take a break. We eat +a protein bar and refill our water bottles. Unfortunately, we can see +literally nothing besides the meadow around us, and the fog. + +![The view from Bivacco Feltre](../img/27-1319-fog-view.jpg) + +

+Our view from Bivacco Feltre. The guide book describes the place +as "pleasant and majestic". I guess I'll have to trust them on this one. +

+ +We need some rest, but we don't want to wait for too long. The journey +is still long, and if we don't reach our destination before 17:00 we +will probably be caught by the forecasted thunderstorm. We leave the +bivouac at 13:30. + +## The Troi dei Caserin + +From the shelter we walk down, loosing about 200 or 300 meters of +altitude. We quickly gain them back, as the trail continues upwards. +The fog is still very thick, we can't see further than 10m. + +The trail so far is not particuarly hard, but there are some interesting +passages where we have to cross some waterfalls and some small water +streams. Or maybe I found them interesting only because my bad knee +prevented me from pushing with my left leg and I had to make some complex +alternative manouvers. + +![A waterfall with a small pond](../img/27-1350-waterfall.jpg) + +At 14:50 we reach *Col dei Bech* (1960m), which means *Ibex' hill*. +And in fact, just after Cold dei Bech, in one of the rare moments when +the fog let us see at more than 15 meters, we did see a small family +of chamois. Ok, not quite ibex, but close enough. Judging from the +quantity of warm shit that we saw on the trail, they had probably walked +right ahead of us for a while. + +We continue on this trail that becomes increasingly narrow and exposed, +difficult in some sections. We are on the *Troi dei Caserin* ("the +Caserins' trail"). + +![Troi dei Caserin](../img/27-1545-caserin.jpg) + +There are some steel ropes in the most dangerous parts, but not for +long: soon we reach a grassy section, and the trail becomes ever +more narrow. On our left, the emptiness of a hundred-meters free fall is +hidden by the fog. My aching knee makes everything even more challenging. + +We did not take many pictures of this part of the journey, mainly because +we were focusing on keeping our feet on the ground. Apparently, my dad +and I walked this same trail some 15 years ago, when it was covered in +half a meter of snow. And I say apparently because, even though we both +remember that trip quite well, we have no recollection of taking such a +dangerous path in those conditions. But there is no alternative road, +so we must have done it... somehow. + +At 16:45 we reach *Pass de Mura* (1867m). The view opens up, but we +can't quite see our destination yet. + +![Malga Neva (not where we are going)](../img/27-1644-pass-de-mura.jpg) + +

+You see the tiny building down there? It is not Rifugio +Boz, but Malga Neva. Luckily for us, the Rifugio is closer than that. +

+ +We walk down from the pass and we reach [Rifugio +Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it/) (1718m) at 17:05. Just as we walk +through the door, a strong storm begins. + +## At Rifugio Boz + +We are tired, hungry and our muscles are sore. As we check in, the hut +manager asks us if we are walking the Alta Via. We respond that yes, +we are, and tomorrow we will be going all the way to [Rifugio Dal +Piaz](https://www.rifugiodalpiaz.com), and we'll finally walk down +victorious to Croce d'Aune in the evening. + +"Are you sure about that?" - she says. + +"Why?" - we ask, not sure if she was joking or not. + +"Have you seen the weather forecast?" + + + + + +
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