From 26a56e97af957d38aa359d1224d2a45b8b79b587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastiano Tronto Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 22:00:56 +0200 Subject: alta via day 2 mostly done --- src/av2/av2.md | 2 +- src/av2/day1/day1.md | 2 +- src/av2/day2/day2.md | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- src/av2/img/21-0900-up.jpg | Bin 0 -> 462825 bytes src/av2/img/21-0923-tree.jpg | Bin 0 -> 462765 bytes src/av2/img/21-1103-forcella-puez.jpg | Bin 0 -> 556772 bytes src/av2/img/21-1347-puez-to-gardena.jpg | Bin 0 -> 473186 bytes src/av2/img/21-1559-gardena.jpg | Bin 0 -> 451046 bytes src/av2/img/21-1654-trail666.jpg | Bin 0 -> 553453 bytes src/av2/img/21-1734-pisciadu.jpg | Bin 0 -> 582923 bytes 10 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-0900-up.jpg create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-0923-tree.jpg create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-1103-forcella-puez.jpg create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-1347-puez-to-gardena.jpg create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-1559-gardena.jpg create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-1654-trail666.jpg create mode 100644 src/av2/img/21-1734-pisciadu.jpg (limited to 'src') 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. * [Preparation](./preparation) * [Day 1 - The Odles in the Rain](./day1) -* [Day 2 - Trail 666](./day1) +* [Day 2 - Trail 666](./day2) * [Day 3 - TODO](./day3) * [Day 4 - TODO](./day4) * [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 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. +the long descent towards Lungiarü (1398m). ![Me pointing down towards the fog](../img/20-1703-descent.jpg)

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 @@ # Day 2 - Trail 666 -TODO make map images much smaller, set max-height and max-width to 40 em or -something (or smaller than 100% anyway) -TODO click to enlarge for map images - |[← Day 1](../day1)|[Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 3 →](../day3)| |:-|:-:|-:| @@ -25,20 +21,138 @@ Luckily we find someone willing to give us a car ride from our B&B to the edge of the village, saving us about one hour of walk. We start walking at around 8:30. -TODO salita che parte tranquilla -TODO foto con albero +The first part of the trail is not very steep, and the weather is +not awful either. We even manage to see some mountains! + +![Some mountains](../img/21-0900-up.jpg) -TODO vediamo camosci e marmotte -TODO malga antersasc +In about an hour we reach *malga Antersasc* (2084m on sea +level). Around this small abandoned building we see a few +[chamois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamois) and some very fat +[marmots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot) - seriously, these +things were huge! Unfortunately all the pictures I took were terrible, +you need some pretty good cameras to catch them from a distance. Here +is a shot of myself looking at a tree that grew on a rock instead. -... +![Me looking a tree](../img/21-0923-tree.jpg) +After a short break, we get back on the trail and start walking towards +the [Puez hut](https://www.rifugiopuez.it/en/). We could already tell +from the map that the trail up to *forcella Puez* (2500m), before the +hut, was going to be very steep. However, we found out that it was very +well kept, which made it easier than we expected. -TODO rimuovi foto con mucche -![Cows blocking the road](../img/20-1324-cows.jpg) +![The trail to forcella Puez](../img/21-1103-forcella-puez.jpg)

-*Cows are blocking the road. Yes, that little gap is the only way forward.* +*The trail up to forcella Puez is reinforced with some trunks that +turn it almost into a staircase*

+Unfortunately, as we walked up the weather got much worse, and we were +forced to wear all our rain clothes again, including gloves. + +We reach the Puez hut (2447m) at 11:20, earlier than planned. We take +some time to rest and try to dry up from the rain; I change my socks +and t-shirt, which definitely helps. + +## The forgotten Forcellas + +(*Forcella* is an Italian term that denotes a tight mountain pass, usually +only reachable by a steep trail. I will sometimes use the Italian word +because I don't know an exact equivalent in English. For proper names I +may also use the equivalent word in the local language: *Furcella* or +*Jeuf* in [Ladin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language), +*Joch* in German, *Foržela* in +[Venetian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_language).) + +We start walking again around 12:00, and it is immediately clear that we +have made a small miscalculation in planning the route. We thought +that the trail to [Gardena Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardena_Pass) +would be straight downhill, but actually we'll have to climb up and then +down a couple of tight passes: *Furcella de Ciampei* (2366m) and *Jeuf de +Crespëina* (2528m). This is easily going to cancel out the time we gained +in the morning. Fortunately, this part of the trail is quite pleasant to +walk, if at times steep; the weather is also not too bad, as we only have +to bear some light rain. + +![Part of the road to Gardena Pass](../img/21-1347-puez-to-gardena.jpg) + +As we are about to reach Gardena Pass (2136m), a strong storm begins. +I speed up to take shelter in a hut down at the pass, leaving my dad +a few minutes behind. I reach the pass at 14:35. + +## One hell of a trail + +The outlook for the last part of the day is bleak, to say the least. +Thunderstorms are forecast until late in the evening. There is likely +going to be a gap between 16:00 and 17:00, but it is not going to last +long enough to reach the Pisciadù hut, were we are going to sleep. We +have to choose between leaving immediately under the heavy rain hoping +it stops while we are on the way, and waiting for the first wave of +the storm to pass but risking it starts raining again before we reach +our destination. + +We choose the former, because it was our best chance to arrive at the +hut before it gets dark. Moreover, despite the forecast of thunder and +lightning, so far it is just raining heavily, which although unpleasant +is not dangerous. + +We leave from the pass at around 15:00, under the storm. The ascent +is not steep at first. Luckily, as predicted, after about one our the +rain stops. + +![A view of the Odles from the Gardena Pass side](../img/21-1559-gardena.jpg) +

+*Our last view of Gardena Pass and the Odles group, on the way up +to the Pisciadù hut* +

+ +But then we reach the infamous trail 666. This is not a nickname, it +is the actual number that the [Italian Alpine Club](https://www.cai.it/) +gave to this trail. + +Actually, this is the easiest of two +possible ways to the Pisciadù, the other being the +[Ferrata Tridentina](https://www.alta-badia.org/en/leisure-activities/climbing-and-mountaineering/brigata-tridentina-route/). +The booklet I am following describes it as "[...] reserved for +well-equipped experts. Don't do it with heavy backpacks; don't do it if +the weather is not good." We get at 0 out 3, the thought of taking the +[via ferrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata) does not not +even cross our minds. + +So trail 666 it is. This trail is also known as *Setus trail*, or somewhat +improperly *Setus via ferrata*. It is extremely steep and it is more a +climb than a walk, but it is not a via ferrata. Most maps describe it +as *sentiero attrezzato* (equipped trail), as it does have some fixed +steel rope and handles where the climber can hang a safety rope. + +We have some simple ropes equipped with a +[Carabiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner), and we decide to +use them. In the following days we would talk with other people who +took the same route, and some of them would claim that a rope is not +necessary on that trail. I don't care, I was relieved to have my trusty +rope, especially considering the bad weather and how tired I was after +more than 8 hours of hiking (plus the 9 hours of the previous day). And +a safety rope is certainly of no use if kept in the backpack. + +![Trail 666](../img/21-1654-trail666.jpg) +

*Trail 666 is really steep*

+ +Overall, the steel rope and the handles are of great help, and although +a couple of times I was unsure where to put my feet and risked slipping, +I would not consider this trail dangerous, if one is properly equipped. + +The reason I found this trail hard was its *length*. I seriously had +some difficulties caused by how tired and sore my muscles were, after +two full days of hike. Sometimes I could not complete a step or a arm +movement on the first try because I just did not have the enough strength +to push or pull up. And it just kept going! + +But at 17:30, exhausted but satisfied, we finally reach the top of +this climb. The Pisciadù hut (2587m) is just around the corner. + +![My dad at the end of trail 666](../img/21-1734-pisciadu.jpg) +

*My dad at the end of trail 666*

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