Dolomites Guide with Walks: Book 2
£14.00
Book 2: Dolomites Centre & East
35 long and short walks, cycle routes and car tours
by Florian Fritz & Dietrich Höllhuber
A complete guidebook to walking in the Dolomite mountains of northeastern Italy, featuring 35 long and short walks.
Book 2 covers the centre and east, from Val Gardena (Gröden) to Cortina; Book 1 covers the north and west of the range, including Sciliar/Schlern and Catinaccio/Rosengartem.
Neither book takes in the Brenta Dolomites west of the A22 motorway.
We show trekking routes of varying difficulty, all of which are mapped in detail. Many of the hikes are circular, taking in gentle green valleys and towering limestone pinnacles.
This guide is also an ideal companion for motorists and cyclists. It includes two area maps covering the whole of the range, and free downloadable GPS tracks.
When to go: The best months for walking in the Dolomites and eastern South Tyrol are from May to October.
★★★★★ amazon review ‘First time visiting the dolomites, this book gave us plenty of suggestions of places to go and walks. We found the walk instructions easy to follow and accurate. Good photos accompanying descriptions. Useful fold out map at the back.‘ Emi
Printed book: £16.99 / PDF ebook: £14.00
This guidebook is an ideal companions for motorists and cyclists who want to tour the glorious countryside of the Dolomites by car or motorcycle, as well as those planning a summer holiday walking in the Dolomites. Even visitors who go for the skiing season will find them useful!
The book combines the best features of our ‘Landscapes‘ walking and car touring guides with all the detail you would expect in a hefty general guide.
Coverage includes: getting there and getting about; accommodation and cuisine; practicalities A-Z; history; walks illustrated with large-scale maps; cycling routes; fold-out area maps; detailed town plans showing locations of all sights; many ‘feature‘ panels; web addresses; lift opening times (summer and winter) with current prices.
If you are touring the Dolomites by car, you can choose from the huge range of places to stay throughout the area; in the main centres recommended hotels are shown on the town plans.
35 main walks including variations, all with large-scale maps and free downloadable GPS tracks; plus dozens of other walks and cycle tours
184 pages; 2 area maps; large-scale plans of Ortisei/St Ulrich/Urtijëi, Selva/Wolkenstein, Canazei, and Cortina d’Ampezzo
1st ed, 2023; ISBN 978-1-85691-542-7; UK retail price £16.99 / USA retail price $22.00 / euro €18,50
Table of contents:
Preface 5
Publisher’s note 6
Introduction 8
When to go 8
Travelling to the Dolomites 9
By air • By train • By car
Getting around the area 10
By car • By bus • By train • By cycle
Where to stay 13
Hotels • Farmhouse holidays • Mountain huts, youth hostels, campsites
Cuisine 14
Practicalities A-Z 16 Climate and weather • Communications • Festivals, customs and events • Information • Maps • Medical care • Money/banks • Opening times • Shopping and souvenirs • Sports
Short historical summary 24
Walking in the Dolomites 27
Walking areas • Weather and best times to walk • Flora • Fauna • Equipment and food • Emergencies and emergency phone numbers • Planning your walks and getting to them • Waymarks and signposts, grades, maps, GPS
1 Grödner Tal/Val Gardena 36
Walk 1: From St Christina/Santa Cristina to St Jacob/San Giacomo church 46
Walk 2: Over the alms of Col Raiser 48
Walk 3: From Col Raiser to Pic and then to St Christina via the Seurasas alms 51
Walk 4: To Seceda via Raschötz/Rasciesa and the Panascharte/Forcella Pana 55
Walk 5: From Wolkenstein/Selva to the Stevia Hut 58
Walk 6: From Wolkenstein/Selva into the Langental/Vallunga 62
Walk 7: From the Ciampinoi lift to the Sellajoch/Passo Sella 65
Walk 8: Circuit round Langkofel/Sassolungo 69
Walk 9: From Seceda to the Regensburger Hut/Rifugio Firenze and Wolkenstein/Selva 74
Walk 10: From the Grödner Joch/Passo Gardena to the Pordoi Joch/Passo Pordoi via the Sella massif 76
Walk 11: Pisciadù Hut and Lake 80
Walk 12: Two-day hike from the Grödner Joch/Passo Gardenato Piz Boè and the Boè lift 82
Walk 13: From the Grödner Joch/Passo Gardena through the Langental/Vallunga 84
Walk 14: Circuit on the Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi from Mont Sëuc 89
Walking tips: to Wolkenstein/Selva on the Luis Trenker Promenade and the old railway; Mont de Sëura to the Rifugio Comici; Col Raiser to the Regensburger Hut/ Rifugio Firenze; Cycling tip: from the Seiser Alm down into Gröden by mountain bike
2 Gadertal/Val Badia 92
Walk 15: Seres and the Valley of the Mills 103
Walk 16: High-altitude hike from the Holy Cross Hospice to Stern/La Villa 106
Walk 17: From the Capanna Alpina to the Scotoni Hut and Lake Lagazuoi 110
Walk 18: Pisciadù Waterfalls 114
Walk 19: From Stern/La Villa to the Fanes group 116
Walk 20: Across the Sennes to the Seekofel Hut 119
Walk 21: Wengen/La Valle and the ‘viles’ 122
Cycling tips: from St Martin towards Brixen/Bressanone; Fanes and Sennes by mountain bike
3 Fassatal/Val di Fassa 124
Walk 22: From the upper station of the Ciampedié lift to the Paolina Hut 136
Walk 23: From Mazzin to the Vajolet Hut via the Antermoia Hut 138
Walk 24: The Bindelweg/Viel dal Pan 140
Walking tip: Val Contrin; Walking and cycling tip: from Penìa to Pozza and Moèna
4 Val di Fiemme/Fleimstal 142
Walk 25: Laghi di Colbricon 146
5 Primiero Valley 147
Walk 26: Round Pala di San Martino 151
6 Agordino 154
Walk 27: From the Falzàrego Pass to Lagazuoi 162
Walk 28: From the Falzàrego Pass round Averau and Nuvolau 166
Walk 29: Under the walls of Civetta 168
Walking tips: stroll through the ‘viles’; Col di Lana
7 Ampezzo 170
Walk 30: Round the Drei Zinnen/Tre Cime di Lavaredo 177
Walking tip: Monte Piana from the Bosi Hut
8 Cadore 179
Index 182
Fold-out area map inside back cover
Alta Badia see Hochabteital
Abtei/Badia (combined villages of Pedratsches and St Leonhard) 96, 97, 95-98, 106, 108-9
Abteital/Val Badia see Gadertal
Agordino 7, 27-8, 126, 129, 154-5, 157, 159, 161, 174
Agriturismo 14
Airports 9
Alpe di Siusi see Seiser Alm
Alta Badia see Hochabteital
Altopiano di San Martino 151, 152-3
Ampezzo 7, 12, 14, 18, 22, 26, 28, 40, 95, 102, 157, 161, 167, 170-4, 176, 179
Andraz 154, 156 Antelao 170, 176
Antermoia (peak, lake, pass, hut) 99, 138-9, 139
Antersass (peak, pass) 77, 79, 82
Arabba 154-5
Auronzo di Cadore (and lake) 181
Auronzo Hut 176, 177, 178
Averau (peak, pass, hut) 158, 166, 167, 175
Avisio (stream) 124, 128, 131
Àgordo 154, 158-9
Àlleghe (village, lake, pass) 159, 160-1, 168, 169
Badia see Abtei
Badia Valley see Gadertal
Belluno 8, 12, 154-5, 158-9
Biella Hut see Seekofel Hut
Bindelweg/Viel dal Pan (trail, hut) 28, 133-134, 141, 140-1, 156
Boè (peak, hut, lake. lift) 76, 77, 78-9, 82, 83, 95, 114, 133
Boite (river, valley) 102, 170, 172, 179
Bolzano (German: Bozen) 9-10, 12
Bosi Hut 175
Bozen see Bolzano
Brenner Pass 10-11, 24
Brenta Dolomites 6
Bressanone see Brixen
Brixen/Bressanone 10, 12
Brogles (alm, hut, stream) 55, 56, 57
Buchenstein/Pieve de Livinallongo 7, 14, 26, 156
Buses 11-12
Cadin group 176
Cadore 7-8, 170, 179-81
Campilltal/Val de Longiarü 92, 97, 99
Camping 14
Campitello 135
Campolongo Pass 156-7
Canazei 129-3
Town plan 130-1
Capanna Alpina 110, 112, 113, 116-7, 118
Capanna Piz Fassa 82, 83, 134
Capanna Trieste 169
Carezza see Karer
Cason Hut 55, 56
Catinaccio see Rosengarten
Catinaccio d’Antermoia see Kesselkogel
Cavalese 142, 143-4
Christomannos monument 5, 136-7, 137
Ciablun 97, 122, 123
Ciampàc (peak, lift) 132
Ciampedié (lift, hut) 127, 136-7
Ciampëi Pass (Puez-Geisler Nature Park) 86-7
Ciampëi (north of Wengen) 122-123
Ciampinoi (peak, lift) 45, 65, 66, 69, 70-1, 71
Cibiana 179-80
Cimone della Pala 144-5 Cinque Torri (peaks, hut) 158, 166, 167, 174-5
Cinque Torri Open-air Museum 166, 167
Cir (peaks, pass) 86-7
Cisles (stream, valley) 42-3, 49, 75
Civetta group 28, 159, 160-1, 168, 169
Climate and Weather 16
Col di Lana 154, 157
Col de Locia 116-7, 118
Col de Medo 177, 177
Col dei Baldi 168, 169
Col Raiser 27, 36, 43, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 75
Col Reàn (peak, pass, alm) 169
Col Rodella (peak, hut) 69, 70-1, 135
Col Verde 148, 151, 152-3
Colbricon (lakes, hut) 146, 146
Coldai (peak, pass, hut, lake) 160-1, 168, 169
Colfosco see Kolfuschg
Comici Hut 65, 66, 69, 70-1, 72, 73, 135
Communications 16
Contrin (alm, dairy) 89, 91
Cordevole Valley 154-5, 160
Cortina 27, 28, 40, 170-1, 172-4
Town plan 172
Corvara 93-4, 114
Crep de Munt 82, 83
Crespëina (pass, hut, lake) 84-5, 86-7
Cristallo 170, 176 Cuisine 14-5
Cycling 13, 23, 41, 99, 102, 131, 158
Dantercepies (lift, lodge) 45, 62, 84, 86-7
Daunëi 58, 59, 75
Dlacè (lake, peak) 82, 83
Dolomites
Great Dolomite Road 25, 124, 137, 155, 157, 170, 174, 176
High Route 45, 76, 80, 93, 102, 118-21, 140
Dolomiti SuperSummer Card 12, 22, 93
Dolomiti Superski 8, 22-23
Drei Zinnen/Tre Cime di Lavaredo (peaks, hut) 1, 6, 28, 176, 177, 178, cover
Driving 9-11 Eisack/Isarco Valley 6, 27, 29
Eissee, Eisseespitze see Dlacè
Emergencies 33
Enneberg/Marebbe 92, 100- 1
Events 16
Falcade 129, 158
Falzàrego Pass 109, 157, 162-3, 165, 166, 166, 167, 170, 174
Fanes (alm, group, hut) 28, 32, 92-3, 101, 102, 116-7, 117, 118
Fassa Valley 27-8, 40, 124-36
Fauna 31-2
Fedaia (pass, lake) 28, 124, 132-134, 140, 141
Fermeda (peaks, hut) 43, 49, 51, 52
Fiera de Primiero 147, 149-50
Firenze Hut see Regensburger Hut
First World War 23, 25, 28, 39-40, 102, 131, 140, 155, 166, 167
Fleimstal/Val di Fiemme 7, 15, 17, 22, 124, 142-143, 145-146
Flora 30-1
Fodara Vedla 102, 119, 120, 120-1, 121
Forcella Lavaredo see Paternsattel
Forte Tre Sassi 157-8, 165
Franzensfeste 9, 12
Frara Hut 45, 76, 77, 80-3
Franz Kostner Hut 82, 83
Friedrich August (hut, trail) 69, 70-1, 135
Gadertal (or Abteital)/Val Badia 6, 27, 76, 92-123
Gardeccia Hut 138-9
Gardenaccia 84, 86-7
Geisler/Odle group 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 74-5, 75
Giau Pass 18, 170, 174
Grasleitenpass Hut/Rifugio Passo Principe 138-9
Gries 126, 130, 132
Grödner Joch/Passo di Gardena 45, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82-3, 84-5, 86-7
Grödner Tal (or just ‘Gröden’)/Val Gardena 6, 22, 27, 36-91
Heiligkreuz see Holy Cross Heiligkreuzkofel/Sasso della Croce 106-7, 108-9
History 24
Hochabteital/Alta Badia 92-3, 95, 156
Holy Cross (hospice, pilgrimage church) 106-7, 108-9
Höhlensteintal/Valle di Landro 175-6
Horse-riding 23
Huts, mountain 14
Illness 19
Insom 21, 51, 52, 54
Isarco see Eisack
Jimmi Hut 45, 84-5, 86-7
Juac Hut 58, 59, 74, 75
Kaiserjägersteig 158, 162, 164, 165
Karer/Carezza (pass, lake) 124-7, 136-7
Kesselkogel/Catinaccio d’Antermoia 138-9
‘Krampus’ 18 Kolfuschg/Colfosco 45, 92-5
La Ciajota 62, 64, 86-7
La Pli de Mareo 100, 101
La Val see Wengen
La Valle see Wengen
La Villa see Stern
Lace 20
Ladin, Ladins 38, 40, 64, 92, 98, 126, 133; see also Fassatal, Buchenstein, Ampezzo
Lagazuoi Lake (in the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park) 110, 111, 112, 112-3
Lagazuoi Piccolo (peak, pass, hut, war museum) 28, 102, 157, 162-163, 165, 166, 166, 167
Lagorai group 142-5
Lake Misurina 176-7, 180
Lake Sant 51, 52, 53, 75
Langental/Vallunga 32, 44, 59, 60-1, 62, 63, 64, 84-7
Langkofel/Sassolungo 27, 39, 43, 45, 50, 54, 55, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70-1, 71, 72-4
Langkofel Hut 70-1, 72
Latemar 144-5
Lavaredo Hut 177, 178
Lavarella Hut 102, 116-7, 118
Legends Trail 46, 47, 47
Lifts 6-8, 12, 22-3, 27; see also individual areas and walks
Limo (pass, lake) 116-7, 117, 118
Listolade 168, 169
Livinallongo See Buchenstein
Locatelli Hut see Drei Zinnen Hut
Longarone 181
Lunz 100, 122
Mahler, Gustav 17
Maps 7, 19, 35
Marebbe see Enneberg
Marmarole 179, 181
Marmolada 124, 134, 140
Mazzin 128, 131, 138-9
Medésc (valley, pass) 116-7, 118
Mesdi, Val de 82, 83, 114
Messner Museum 180
Misci 103
Moèna 126, 128, 131
Moiazza (peak) 158
Money, Banks 20
Mont de Sëura 43
Mont Sëuc 41, 89-90, 91
National Park Dolomiti-Bellunesi National Park 154, 159
Nature Parks
Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park 92, 101, 108-9, 112, 116-7
Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino 145, 147-8, 150, 152-3
Puez-Geisler 44, 49, 61, 62, 84-5, 86-7, 94-5
Sexten Dolomites 177
Nigritella Hut 136-7
Nuvolau (peak, pass, hut) 154, 158, 166, 167, 174-5
Odle see Geisler/Odle group
Odles Hut 48, 49, 51, 52
Padon ridge 140-1, 141
Pala di San Martino (peak) 150, 151, 152-3
Pale di San Martino (group) 28, 145-8
Panascharte/Forcella Pana 55, 56, 57, 74, 75
Paneveggio Forest 145-6, 148, 149
Paolina Hut 127, 136-7
Passo Principe Hut see Grasleitenpass Hut
Paternsattel/Forcella Lavaredo 177, 178, cover
Pederoa 97, 122
Pederü 101-2, 119, 120-1
Pedratsches 92, 96-7, 116-7
Peitlerkofel/Sass de Pútia 96, 98, 100, 103
Pelmo, Monte (peak) 161
Penìa 127, 130, 131
Piana, Monte (peak) 175, 176
Piave di Cadore 154, 179, 180-1
Piave River 154, 179
Pic (knoll) 52, 75
Pieralongia Hut 48, 49, 52
Pieve de Livinallongo see Buchenstein
Pisciadù (hut, lake, peak) 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 93
Pisciadù (stream, waterfalls) 114, 115
Piz Boè 77, 82-3, 95, 133
Plattkofel/Sassopiatto (peak, alm, hut) 49, 53, 54, 55, 57, 69, 70-1, 72-3
Pordoi (pass, hut) 76, 77, 78, 79, 124, 129, 133, 140, 141, 154-5
Porta Vescovo 140, 141, 156
Pozza 28, 127-8, 131-2
Prà da Ri 86-7
Pradidali (peak, pass, hut) 151, 152-3, 152-3
Pralongià ridge 96
Pramulin Hut 49, 50
Preuss Hut 138-9
Primiero Valley 147-53
Puez group (and plateau) 27, 32, 41, 43, 45, 49, 55, 74, 75, 84-5, 86-7, 88, 94-5
Puez Hut 45, 84, 86-7, 88
Pustertal 8-9, 12, 27
Ra Gusela 18, 174
Rail travel 9, 12
Raschötz/Rasciesa (peak, hut, lift) 38, 39, 55, 56, 57
Rasciesa see Raschötz 52, 55, 70
Regensburger Hut/Rifugio Firenze 43, 48, 49, 74, 75
Roda di Vael (peak, hut) 127, 136-7
Roda daes Viles (trail) 122, 123
Rodella 69, 70-1, 125, 135
Rolle Pass 144-145, 146, 147
Rosengarten/Catinaccio 28, 89, 124, 127, 135, 136-7
Rosetta (peak, lift, hut) 148, 151, 152-3
Rotwand/Roda di Vael 136-7
Runch 97, 122, 123
Rü 116-7, 118
Rü de Ciampló Valley 97, 122
S[ain]t Christina/Cristina/Crestin a 36, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 75
St Jakob/San Giacomo 39, 46, 47, 53
St Kassian/San Cassiano (village, stream) 92, 108- 9, 116-7, 118
St Leonhard/San Leonardo 18, 92, 96, 97, 108-9, 116-7
St Martin in Thurn/San Martino 92, 96-7, 99
St Ulrich/Ortisei 22, 27, 36, 37, 38-41, 56
Town plan 38-39
St Vigil/San Vigilio 92, 95, 101
Saltria 89-90, 91
San Cassiano see St Kassian
San Giacomo see St Jakob
San Leonardo see St Leonhard
San Martino de Castrozza 142, 146-7, 152-3
San Pellegrino (pass, valley) 124, 128-9
San Vito di Cadore 179
Sandro Pertini Hut 70-1
Santa Crestina see St Christina
Santa Cristina see St Christina
Sass de Pútia see Peitlerkofel
Sass Maor 151, 152-3
Sass Songher 92, 93, 95
Sasso della Croce see Heiligkreuzkofel
Sassolungo see Langkofel
Sassopiatto see Plattkofel
Schlern/Sciliar 84-5, 89
Schloss Thurn 97-8
Sciliar see Schlern
Scotoni Hut 110, 112, 113, 116-7
Seasons 29
Seceda (peak) 40, 43, 52, 55, 56-7, 74-75, 75
Seekofel (peak, pass, hut) 102, 119, 120-1
Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi 84-5, 89, 90-1, 91
Sella (group, pass, resort) 27, 36, 44-5, 65-7, 66, 68-69, 72-73, 76, 82, 94- 5, 124, 129, 134
Sella Ronda 22, 36, 45
Selva see Wolkenstein
Sennes/Ladin: Sénes (group, hut, lake) 100-102, 119, 120-1
Seres 28, 99, 103, 105
Seurasas Alm 51, 52, 53
Sexten Dolomites 6, 8, 177
Shopping 20, 37-38, 42
Sofie Hut 55, 56, 57
Soraga 126, 128
Sorapis group 170, 176, 179, 180
Souvenirs 20
Spina da Lèch 138-9
Sports 6, 20-3
Steinerne Stadt (‘Stone City’) 65, 66, 66-7, 68, 70-1, 73, 135
Stern/La Villa 92-3, 95, 106-7, 108-9, 116-7
Stevia (plateau, alm, hut) 49, 58, 59, 59, 60, 61
‘Stone City’ see Steinerne Stadt
Tèsero 142-3
Tissi Hut 168, 169
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) 180-1
Tofana group 170, 175
Tolpëi 97, 122, 122-123
Tonadico 147, 149, 150
Törggelen 15
Transaqua 147, 149-50
Transhumance 17-18
Tre Cime de Lavaredo see Drei Zinnen
Trenker, Luis (and Promenade) 37
Troier Hut 43, 48, 49, 74
Vajolet (valley, towers, hut) 127-8, 138-9, 139
Val Badia see Gadertal
Val Canali 147-8, 150
Val Contrin 124, 132
Val de Longiarü see Campilltal
Val de Mesdi 79, 83, 114, 115
Val di Fiemme see Fleimstal
Val Gardena see Grödner Tal
Val Pusteria see Pustertal
Val de Udai 138-9
Valle di Landro see Höhlensteintal
Valle Isarco see Eisacktal
Valley of the Mills 96, 103, 104, 105
Valón de Rü 119, 120-1
Valparola (pass and hut) 96, 109, 157, 165
Vazzoler Hut 169
Via ferrata 21-22, 83, 93, 114, 158, 160, 162, 174, 176
Viel dal Pan trail see Bindelweg
Viel dal Pan Hut 140, 141
Vigo di Fassa 28, 124, 125, 126, 127, 136-7
‘Viles’ 27, 92, 96-9, 100, 101, 122-3, 154, 156
Walking 6-7, 27-35
Wengen/La Valle 27, 92, 96-7, 122, 123
Wolkenstein/Selva 22, 27, 36, 39, 43, 49, 51, 58, 59, 62, 63-5, 66, 68-69, 74, 75, 84, 86-87
Town plan 44
Wood carving 42
Zoldano Valley 154-5, 161, 169, 179, 181
Dolomites Book 2, 1st edition (2023), updated 5/07/2024
Updates for walks and car tours (drives) in the Dolomites given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book you can “upgrade” to the latest edition at half price.)
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