We bade our fond farewells this morning to Villa Kofler – the finest accommodation that any Dolomiti mountaineer could ask for – and began our trek up to the Refugio Alberto 1st Hut, in the Catinaccio group of mountains. That is, after a final coffee at the coolest bar in Campitello. The trek up was Read more

Nice day for a bit of Via Ferrata action again today, but with some serious guidebook inaccuracies! Some of which worked in our favour though! All psyched up for the hour up hill hike, we arrived at the top of the Gardena Pass to find that a new chairlift had been built since publication! And Read more

It’s been a real scorcher today; perfect conditions for a chilled morning around our home village. Starting with a ‘meeting’ at our local coffee shop in the village square. Followed by some more chat and a bit of lunch in the garden! It was actually quite late in the afternoon by the time we decided Read more

It was a real effort to drag ourselves out of bed at 6:30 this morning, but it turned out to be really worth it. We climbed ‘Via Maria’ (Gd. IV+) which at 300m was our biggest route yet. The early start was partly due to wanting to hike the hour uphill to the base of Read more

Today was another beautiful day in the valley and we decided to make it an official day of rest! After breakfast in the sun on the balcony, we took a walk down the river to neighbouring village, Possa di Fassa. It’s another beautiful little village with a few shops to browse, set amongst the stunning Read more

Total bluebird day this morning. With a scorcher predicted on the forecast, we were up and out early for an ascent of the huge cliff of Piz Ciavazes. We chose to climb a route called Rossi (Grade IV), hoping that we would stay in the cool of the shade for some of the morning – Read more