Walking in the Dolomites: 25 multi-day routes in Italy's Dolomites (International Walking) by Price Gillian

Author:Price, Gillian [Price, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783624430
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Published: 2017-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

STAGE 4

Rifugio Coldai to Pecol

Start Rifugio Coldai

Distance 5.3km

Ascent 0m

Descent 750m

Walking time 1hr 45min

This concluding stage is a straightforward return to the Val di Zoldo.

From Rifugio Coldai, retrace the route followed in Stage 1 via Casera Pioda (45min) and back down to Pecol (1hr).

DOLOMITI BELLUNESI

Brilliant views after Forcella de Zita Sud (Walk 12 Stage 2)

The vast Parco Nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi, encompassing wild valleys and untamed mountains, accounts for the southernmost outpost of the Dolomites. Covering terrain as low as 400m above sea level and up to 2565m at the summit of the Schiara, and sprawling over 320km2 , it is much less visited than the northern mountain groups. Watched over by experts from the State Forestry Authority, the Park is bounded by the towns of Fiera di Primiero and Agordo in the north, and by Renaissance Feltre and historic Belluno in the south. For more information, go to the Park’s website (www.dolomitipark.it ) or the Visitor Centre at Belluno (tel 0437 27030).

The easternmost sector, focusing on the Talvena–Pramper and the Cime di Zita, embraces glacially shaped landscapes that enjoy special protection for their incredible concentrations of rare wildflowers, survivors from ice age ‘islands’ that harboured seeds and plants seeking warmer conditions in these southernmost realms of the Alps. Wildlife is also understandably abundant here. The surrounding valleys are particularly steep-sided and thickly forested, boasting an age-old tradition of woodcutting for domestic use, with the use of ingenious cableways strung up for dispatching the timber valleywards. Small-scale pastoral activity is limited to cleared medium-altitude meadows. Walk 12 comes through here.

Near Forcella de Zita Sud (Walk 12, Stage 2)

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