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Long walks · Dolomites

Alta Via 2

After several setbacks before we even reached Italy, I reunited with a friend from the PCT to walk Alta Via 2 through the Dolomites. Thunderstorms, pasta and robberies shaped the trip in ways we hadn’t expected.

A winding path climbs a green ridge in the Dolomites

A hiker pauses on a dawn trail beneath a Dolomite peak

Morning light crosses an alpine meadow and grazing cattle

Pine trees growing from a limestone tower

A hiker rests on a grassy ledge in evening light

Backpacking equipment and sheets drying at a high camp

A hiker climbs a pale limestone path above layered mountains

Alta Via 2 trail signs beneath a towering summer cloud

A group approaches a stone mountain refuge beneath cliffs

A hiker climbs a protected limestone passage

A hiker climbs towards a vast sunlit rock face

A remote mountain refuge in a pale limestone basin

A shadowed trail leads between monumental rock walls

A hiker traverses an exposed cable-protected ledge

A yellow shelter stands beneath jagged Dolomite peaks

A red trail mark overlooks a tiny refuge and immense rock walls

A swimmer looks up from a clear pool surrounded by limestone