Alta Via Stage 8.

Monday 28th August 2023

Rifugio Vazzoler to Rifugio Capanna Trieste and
taxi to Rifugio San Sebastiano, Passo Duran

Initial Walk to "wash-out" point and return to Rifugio Vazzoler

Distance	Time		Elevation in meters
Km	Elapsed Hrs-Mins	Moving Hrs-Mins	Gain	Loss	Min	Max
1.9	0H57	0H30 (*)	95	95	1,627	1,716

(*) Best estimate

Thunder, lightening and biblical rain!

Very fast flowing water..... not good but just about passable

The second stream was much easier

Houston, we have a problem! This third stream was running wild, and there was no obvious place to cross.
If you lost your footing the force of the water would carry you away.

We decided to return to Rifugio Vazzoler and wait for a couple of hours.

Sitting it out

With a bit of ingenuity we soon had a sock drying thing going on.

Second attempt - 11-30 a.m.

Rifugio Vazzoler to Rifugio Capanna Trieste

Red dots show the intended route: blue dots show our route to Rifugio Capanna Trieste 1135m;
We took a taxi from Rifugio Capanna Trieste to Rifugio San Sebastiano at Passo Duran
Base map courtesy of Tabacco Maps

Looking much better

The torrent had gone as quickly as it arose

Waiting for the taxi

Our taxi at 2:40 p.m. from Rifugio Capanna Trieste

Arriving at Passo Duran, Rifugio San Sebastiano at 3-30 p.m. Four Australian walkers self-guiding
with Alpine Exploratory came with us.

Rifugio San Sebastiano

A nice log fire to welcome us.

An interesting fossil; supposedly mushrooms and edelweiss