{"id":4349,"date":"2022-10-11T07:38:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2025-08-02T06:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:25:50","slug":"intro-dolomites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/intro-dolomites\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro &#8211; Dolomites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes, on everyone&#8217;s bucket list &#8211; it&#8217;s just that good! Trekking in the Dolomites \u2013 the Italian Alps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, maybe not everyone\u2019s list, but certainly on every hiker\u2019s bucket list. Arguably, one of the world\u2019s most beautiful and accessible regions for single day and multi-day adventures, as well as the Dolomiti Superski region (12 ski resorts, 1,200km of trails, one pass!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;d first heard of the Dolomites from some fellow trekkers (the &#8220;Dutchies&#8221;) while in Patagonia, who raved about the area.  On investigation, we discovered the Alta Via routes &#8211; the high roads &#8211; with many blogs written about it (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/inafarawayland.com\/alta-via-one-guide-part-one\/\">this one<\/a>).     For us, we chose a northern section of the AV1, beginning and ending near Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\ntable, th, td {\n   border: 1px solid;\n   border-collapse: collapse;\n}\n\nth.h {\n   font-weight: bold;\n   background-color: #ddd;\n   text-align: center;\n}\n\ntd.h {\n    padding: 3px;\n    text-align: center;\n}  \n\n<\/style>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table id=\"hike\" style=\"width: 50%\"><tbody><tr><th class=\"h\">Date<\/th><th class=\"h\">Section<\/th><th class=\"h\">Distance<\/th><th class=\"h\">Time<\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"h\">8\/28\/22<\/td><td class=\"h\">Lago de Braies to Pederu<\/td><td class=\"h\">11.21<\/td><td class=\"h\">5:34:36<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"h\">8\/29\/22<\/td><td class=\"h\">Pederu to Fanes<\/td><td class=\"h\">3.93<\/td><td class=\"h\">2:04:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"h\">8\/30\/22<\/td><td class=\"h\">Fanes to Lagazuoi<\/td><td class=\"h\">10.43<\/td><td class=\"h\">5:30:24<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"h\">9\/1\/22<\/td><td class=\"h\">Lagazuoi to Averau<\/td><td class=\"h\">2.67<\/td><td class=\"h\">1:33:45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"h\">9\/2\/22<\/td><td class=\"h\">Averau to Croda de Lago<\/td><td class=\"h\">7.17<\/td><td class=\"h\">4:00:01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"h\">9\/3\/22<\/td><td class=\"h\">Croda de Lago to San Vito<\/td><td class=\"h\">8.77<\/td><td class=\"h\">4:08:45<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And, as our custom, we bookended that, preceding with a visit to Venice and some relaxation at the end in Slovenia to round out the holiday.   <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1398\" src=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alta-Via-1-GPX-trax.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3078\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alta-Via-1-GPX-trax.png 1400w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alta-Via-1-GPX-trax-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alta-Via-1-GPX-trax-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alta-Via-1-GPX-trax-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alta-Via-1-GPX-trax-768x767.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Explore more about the hikes, beginning with <a href=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/lago-de-braies-day-1\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3116\">Day 1<\/a>, or check out our visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/slovenia-and-beyond\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3300\">Piran, Slovenia<\/a> and Croatia as a bit of relaxation after some amazing trekking in the Dolomites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, on everyone&#8217;s bucket list &#8211; it&#8217;s just that good! Trekking in the Dolomites \u2013 the Italian Alps. Ok, maybe not everyone\u2019s list, but certainly on every hiker\u2019s bucket list. Arguably, one of the world\u2019s most beautiful and accessible regions for single day and multi-day adventures, as well as the Dolomiti Superski region (12 ski resorts, 1,200km of trails, one pass!). We&#8217;d first heard of the Dolomites from some fellow trekkers (the &#8220;Dutchies&#8221;) while in Patagonia, who raved about the<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/intro-dolomites\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"category-hiking.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4349","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\/4349","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=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4689,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions\/4689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}