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# Alta Via 2

![A picture of me walking on the Farangole trail](./img/25-1033-farangole.jpg)

[Alta Via 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Via_2) is high mountain
route in the [Dolomites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomites). It goes
from [Brixen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixen), in South Tyrol, to
[Feltre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feltre), the city where I was born.
With its 180km of lenght and around 10000 meters of altitude gain, it
requires multiple days to complete, with most guides suggesting a 12-
or 13-day itinerary.

In August 2025, my father and I completed this route, walking for
9 consecutive days. In these pages I am going to tell you about
this adventure, and share some of the pictures that we took.
If you are interested in hiking similar routes, you may find
some useful information here, but I am not aiming at writing a
technical description of the hike.  If you are just interested
in watching the pictures, you can find them in [this google drive
folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dVb3_vxpRhcRsMq5lOmuu-DCY0bE01pD)
(until I figure out a good way to host them on this website).

Note: in order to limit the size of this website, the pictures you find
in these pages are scaled down. Follow the link above for full-quality
pictures.

* [Preparation](./preparation)
* [Day 1 - The Odles in the rain](./day1)
* [Day 2 - Trail 666](./day2)
* [Day 3 - A knee-breaking descent](./day3)
* [Day 4 - The forest and the pastures](./day4)
* [Day 5 - Entering the Pala group](./day5)
* [Day 6 - The Farangole trail](./day6)
* [Day 7 - The longest day](./day7)
* [Day 8 - The Troi dei Caserin](./day8)
* [Day 9 - Cutting it short](./day9)
* [After the hike](./after)