Pale di San Martino 3-day trek, Dolomites

We will meet in Agordo, a town located in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region. We will introduce ourselves and present the Alta Via dei Pionieri schedule. After the initial briefing, we will reach the departure spot by transfer.

The first stage of the trek starts in Forcella Aurine (1297 mt). From this
point we will begin to walk towards Trail Nº33, rapidly increasing the altitude up to Menegazzi Bivouac (1737 mt). From here we will enter the rocky world of Pale di San Martino, heading towards Sass d’Ortiga, walking through Trail Nº 720 up to the evocative Forcella Delle Mughe (2244 mt).

Passing the top of a hill, we will climb down the same track till Treviso Refuge (1629 mt) to stop for a break and enjoy the surrounding view. From Treviso Refuge we will continue crossing Val Canali, walking through Trail Nº707 until Cant del Gal Hotel (1180 mt). From here we will leave again accessing Trail Nº 709, increasing quota and arriving to Pradidali Refuge ( 2278 mt) where we will stop for the first overnight stay.

Positive Difference in Height: +2100 mt
Negative Difference in Height: -1100 mt
Length: 19 km
Duration: around 8/10 hours

After an invigorating breakfast at Pradidali Refuge, our day begins with Trail n. 709, reaching Pradidali Basso (2621 mt) and going ahead through the Pale di San Martino tableland, up to Pedrotti Rosetta Refuge (2581 mt), where our schedule permits a short pause before the descent.

We will continue on Trail n.701 going downhill to cross Trail n. 706, increasing quota till joining up Track n. 721, called the Finanzieri Trail.

We will walk through all of it up to reach Malga Fosse di Sopra (1936 mt), going ahead for a short part of paved street and, once arrived at Passo Rolle, we will nimbly climbing up again on a woody street up to Baita Segantini (2170 mt).

Here you will admire a wonderful panorama above Cimon della Pala (3129 mt) and Vezzana Peak (3192mt): in this spot it’s necessary a break to contemplate the surrounding nature.

With the eyes filled with these spectacular images, we will leave again descending towards Val Venegia, along the forestry way n. 710A for a couple kilometres. Losing altitude we will access Trail n. 710/A on the right, climbing up to Passo del Mulaz (2619 mt); from here we will reach Volpi di Misurata Refuge (2571) where we will stop for the second overnight stay.

Positive Difference in Height: +1250 mt
Negative Difference in Height: -1000 mt
Length: 23 km
Duration: 8/9 hours

After breakfast at Mulage Refuge we will head for Trail n. 722, leaving it then at the crossroads with Trail n.752 (1988 m) beginning the rise towards Forcella della Stia (2190 m).

Positive Difference in Height: +650 mt
Negative Difference in Height: -2600 mt
Length: 23 km
Duration: 7/10 hourse

After it, we will vertiginously descend up to Malga Stia (1778m) where we will follow Trail n. 754 which runs along the main street, reaching Gares (BL).

We will go through the village, towards the lake of Gares, to arrive at Cima Comelle Hut (1333m) to continue on Trail n.756 following directions to Casera Campigat (very close to Forcella Campigat, 1801 m).

From here we will cover an evocative series of ups and downs on the Trail n. 759 reaching then Forcella Caoz (1944 m) and from here we will start descending along Track n. 762, passing through Casera Malga Malgonera (1581 m) and keeping going down and leading into track n.764 that will bring us to the bottom of the valley, on the forestry way.

In the last part of the journey, we will descend along the Trail n. 761 up to the locality of Col di Prà (843m) and we will continue along the main street, running along Tegnass river, up to Taibon Agordino (620m).

Here we will end the Alta via dei pionieri. Transfers will be ready for the group to come back to Agordo.