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Stage 1. Corvara to Arabba

Thursday 20th July 2023

Red route

Distance	Time		Elevation in meters
Km	Elapsed Hrs-Mins	Moving Hrs-Mins	Gain	Loss	Min	Max
11.59	4H28	2H37	478	550	1,601	1,951

(Note: Blue route to Arabba is 13.5km, 575m of ascent and 921m of descent)

Blue dots - Colletts route; Red dots - route taken from Arlara
(Background map courtesy of Tabacco Maps)

(Courtesy of Garmin/OpenStreetMaps)

The intrepid hikers, Mick, Lesley and Jim. Outside the Sportshotel in Corvara
with peak Sassongher in the background

Leaving Arlara

Looking back towards Corvara

Capanna-Nera Neigher hutte under refurbishment. We reached this point in 30 mins covering 1.5km

Path goes off to the right by the Capanna-Nera Neigher hutte

Into the forest

Under the chair lift. The Pralongià chair lift was built in 1967 in order to link the village of Corvara to the area of Campolongo,
Pralongià and Cherz. It starts from the Planac area between Corvara and the Campolongo pass..

Sassongher in the distance

2.5 km in 48 minutes to this point. 20 minutes to go to La Marmotta

Route marker on the old wooden hut

First flower photo of the day!

Looking back over the route so far

The head of the bike trail

Arriving at La Marmotta after 3.65 km and 1H12

Snow on the Marmolada in the distance

The refuges always have interesting arts/crafts items on display

Past Rifugio Incisa

Rifugio La Vizza. 5.55km in 2 hours.

At this point we had the choice of continuing along the road, or turning off to the right on a trail that contoured round to Arabba.

We chose the latter.

We kept to the left at this point to follow the contours

Not a well used path

Looking down the Livinallongo Valley.
7.73 km in 3 hours to this point

Livinallongo Valley

8.62 km to this point in 3H20. Just under an hour to go to Arabba

Dactylorhiza fuchsii, the Common-Spotted Orchid

Traversing a steep slope, but no real danger

Back into civilisation and tarmac roads at Varda
10.26km in 4H03

Varda

First view of Arabba

River Boè

Church of SS.Pietro e Paolo

The church of Arabba dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul, was consacreted on 11th September 1664. It is situated in the centre of the town and it constitutes a rare example of building passed unscathed during the World War I, which destroyed most of territory of Livinallongo. The artwork inside of the church have been preserved as the superior altar dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul, the two lateral altars dedicated to Saint Joseph and the Virgin Mary of Monte Carmelo, important mural pictures by J.M. Pescoller at the beginning of 1900. The building in late gothic style has a stonegate and a bell tower with a clock. The church of Arabba is already mentioned in the first decades of 1300, but at that time it was situated further west and it seems to have been the first worship building in the valley. At a later time the church was moved and rebuilt in the current position; in 1681 a later chapel was added to the main building.

Courtesy of https://www.dolomitisuperski.com/en/Plan-ski-holiday/Dolomites-A-Z/Arabba/Chiesa-dei-SS-Pietro-e-Paolo

Both the Italian and the Ladin flag flying in Arabba

View of the cable car we were to take the following day. The main cable car was out of action,
so we took the parallel one Telecabina DMS Europa 1-2 which goes from 1,613m to Forcella Europa at
2,538m, a height gain of 925 m

Accommodation

Hotel Malita,
Via Mersdi 54,
32020 Arabba
Tel: +39043679103

Hotel Malita

Spacious room with a double and a single