{"id":3204,"date":"2022-10-15T19:32:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:53:45","slug":"zero-day-in-the-dolomites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/zero-day-in-the-dolomites\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Day in the Dolomites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Something we have never done on a multi-day trek – take a zero day. A day where we do no hiking (at least, not on the route itself), chalking up zero miles for the day. Instead, just taking a day to recover, relax, and enjoy the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was intentional – we were at our maximum elevation, just above 9,000′. Seemed reasonable to take a day off and enjoy the space – where we were and what was around us. It worked out perfectly! Especially since we also knew ahead of time that the Rifugio had a sauna – yes, a sauna at 9,000′. Remember, this is a favorite ski destination, so it makes some kinda sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the things that was a draw for Refugio Lagazoui was they had a sauna. So, of course, we included a bit of pampering! Seemed a bit odd to be walking to the sauna, outside in a towel when it was in the 40’s, but it was really nice to enjoy the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As it happens, this region was the front lines during World War I, between Italy and Austria. Fittingly, there was a small museum and memorial to the brave souls involved in the conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Something we have never done on a multi-day trek – take a zero day. A day where we do no hiking (at least, not on the route itself), chalking up zero miles for the day. Instead, just taking a day to recover, relax, and enjoy the journey. This was intentional – we were at our maximum elevation, just above 9,000′. Seemed reasonable to take a day off and enjoy the space – where we were and what was around us.Read More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"category-hiking.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dolomites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4691,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions\/4691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}