Completed · 2025·The Dolomites · Italy
Alta Via 1
The classic high route through the Dolomites: Lago di Braies south to Belluno, hut to hut beneath the pale vertical walls and across high cols, a string of rifugios stitched between limestone cathedrals.
- Lago di Braies at dawn
- Lagazuoi & the WWI tunnels
- Cinque Torri
- Civetta’s great wall
▸ The journey
- Lago di Braies, 1,496 metres, Day 1. The turquoise lake start.
- Rifugio Fanes, 2,060 metres, Day 2
- Lagazuoi, 2,752 metres, Day 3. High point; WWI front-line tunnels.
- Cinque Torri, 2,137 metres, Day 4. Five towers of rock.
- Rifugio Coldai, 2,132 metres, Day 5
- Civetta, 2,000 metres, Day 6. The great 1000 m wall.
- Rifugio Pramperet, 1,857 metres, Day 8
- Belluno, 390 metres, Day 10. Down into the valley.
Lago di Braies
Rifugio Fanes
Lagazuoi
Cinque Torri
Rifugio Coldai
Civetta
Rifugio Pramperet
Belluno
- 120 km
- distance
- 10 days
- on trail
- +6,500 m
- ascent
- 2,752 m
- high point
elev 390–2,752 m · 8 waypoints