TREKKING  ITALY'S  DOLOMITES – 2014

Information and maps for these hikes were obtained from the highly recommended book,  Shorter Walks in the Dolomites, Gillan Price, 2012.  Hike numbers from that guide are shown with the page titles as {#nn} as applicable.

Included are some thoughts and observations from our trip, hoping that they might be of interest to others traveling to northern Italy for the first time.

	Tre Cime di Lavaredo Loop  {#9} easy circumnavigation of a signature attraction	#258 September 6 6 miles Rating: 9
	Rifugio Fonda Savio  {#10} glorious views and an optional taste of via ferrata	#259 September 7 5 miles Rating: 9
	Lago di Braies  {#1} stroll around a beautiful lake, with a little climb	#260 September 8 2 miles Rating: 5
	Monte Piana Open Air WW1 Museum  {#11} an emotion-inducing historical walk with great views	#261 September 9 5.5 miles Rating: 10
	Val Fiscalina  {#8} stroll though forest and meadow to a restaurant	#262 September 10 5 miles Rating: 5
	Santa Croce Sanctuary  {#27} take a great chair lift to a chapel and a waterfall	#263 September 11 5 miles Rating: 6
	Circumambulating the Settsass  {#25} great scenery surrounds a climbable mountain	#264 September 12 6 miles Rating: 7
	Pisciadu Cascade stroll between two villages for a mediocre view	#265 September 13 5 miles Rating: 4
	Up the Nuvolau  {#21} the best views in the Dolomites?	#266 September 14 6 miles Rating: 9
	The Rasciesa Ridge  {#30} easy walking above an inclined railway	#267 September 15 3 miles Rating: 5
	Val Ciamin  {#35} a brisk climb to a good spot for meditation	#268 September 16 5 miles Rating: 7
	Rifugio Toni Demetz  (#39) climb a difficult scree slope among towering spires	#269 September 17 5 miles Rating: 7
	Rifugio Tuckett e Sella  {#49} climb among the spires or visit an incredible waterfall	#270 September 20 10 miles Rating: 7
	Rifugio Nambino a mundane forested climb to a modern, expensive hut	#271 September 22 5 miles Rating: 4