The Alta Via no. 1 is about 125 km long and connects Lake Braies in Pusteria (BZ) with Belluno.
Starting from the amazing Lake Braies in Pusteria (BZ), you will go up to the Biella, Sennes, Perderù shelters and then reach the Lavarella and Fanes ones. This leg of the trail runs through a large lunar plateau and offers breathtaking views of Mount Cristallo and Croda Rossa.
From the Fanes refuge to get to Forcella del Lago, you will cross the desert Limo mountain pass and, reached the lake bearing the same name, you will walk through Val di Fanes. The next leg starts from the Lagazuoi shelter and you will reach Tofana di Rozes following the CAI no. 401-402 path until you reach Dibona refuge, continuing then towards Cinque Torri mountain group and to the Nuvolau refuge, on the scenic top of Mount Nuvolau.
From here, go down to Passo Giau and, heading towards Forcella Ambrizzola, you will reach Città di Fiume shelter. Along this stretch you will pass under the north wall of the magnificent Mount Pelmo, one of the most spectacular mountain peaks of the Dolomites.
From the shelter you will go down towards the locality of Pala Favera, and passing by the Coldai and Tissi shelters, there is another great wall of the Dolomites: the north eastern slope of Mount Civetta. Then continue towards Vazzoler shelter and from here, first along a mule track and then along the CAI no. 554 path you will reach Caraestiato sulla Moiazza shelter. You will soon reach Passo Duran and then Pramperet shelter, flanking the entire west side of the San Sebastiano peak.
After the stunning Ampezzo landscapes and the grandiose mounts Pelmo and Civetta, you will now enter into a more wild and rough, but not less fascinating, environment: the territory of the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Parl. From the Pramperet shelter following the CAI 514 path, continue up to the amazing Van di Città plateau and then to the Pian de Fontana shelter. Still along the same signposts, you will reach Forcella di Varetta, in front of the Dolomites wall of Mount Schiara.
Among the Schiara and Pelf mountains, you will go up to Forcella di Marmol, following then the path marked until the shelter bearing the same name and from here, along an equipped trail, you will reach Rifugio 7° Alpini refuge and then down easily to Belluno in about a 4 hour's walk.
Stage 1 - From Lake Brais (BZ) to Rifugio Biella alla Croda del Becco
Stage 2 - From Rifugio Biella to Rifugio Fanes
Stage 3 - From Rifugio Fanes to Rifugio Lagazuoi
Stage 4 – From Rifugio Lagazuoi to Rifugio Nuvolau
Stage 5 - From Rifugio Nuvolau to Rifugio Città di Fiume
Stage 6 – From Rifugio Città di Fiume to Rifugio Venezia and Pala Favera
Stage 7 – From Palafavera to Rifugio Coldai, Rifugio Tissi and Rifugio Vazzoler
Stage 8 – From Rifugio Vazzoler to Rifugio Carestiato
Stage 9 - From Rifugio Carestiato to Rifugio Sommariva al Pramperét
Stage 10 – From Rifugio Sommariva to Rifugio Pian de Fontana
Stage 11 – From Rifugio Pian de Fontana to Bivacco del Marmol
Stage 12 - From Bivacco del Marmol to Rifugio 7° Alpini, towards Belluno crossing the locality of Case Bortot
Alpine path of the Dolomites no.1
From June to September
