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Stage 2. Arabba to Alba, near Canazei

Friday 21st July 2023

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km Elapsed
Hrs-Mins Moving
Hrs-Mins Gain Loss Min Max

7.31 3H35 2H07 203 501 2,325 2,496

(Background map courtesy of Tabacco Maps)

(Courtesy of Garmin/OpenStreetMaps)

Porta Vescovo from Arabba.

We had intended to take the main cable car up from Arabba to Porta Vescovo, opposite the highest peak in the Dolomites, the Marmolada. From 1,635 m in Arabba to 2,508m at Porta Vescovo, the cable car has a vertical ascent of 873m.

However this cable car was out of action so we took the adjacent Telecabina DMS Europa 1-2 which goes from 1,613m to Forcella Europa at 2,538m, a height gain of 925 m. This cable car is unusual in that it has a bend or "elbow" half way up, where the cable car detaches from the cable and reattaches to the cable around 90 degrees. You do not have to get out whilst this change of direction is happening.

The Marmolada, shrouded in low cloud

The chair lift station at 2,344m

We headed on the trail to Viel Dal Pan

Here we were faced with a slight dilemma. The instructions said to avoid the path going down the valley,
but the trail that contoured round and over a rocky knoll seemed indistinct (see red dots below).
Hence for safety we dropped down to determine the correct route.

We decided to drop down to the wooden hut (bottom right) to determine the correct route

Lago di Fedaia

From the wooden hut we climbed up to the correct path, the one shown in red dots previously,
which was wider that it appeared at first sight......

........although there were obstacles to overcome

Looking back along the trail

Cloud billowing over the ridge to the right

Rifugio Viel Del Pan, 2,432m, eventually came into sight.

Rifugio Viel Del Pan...... after 4km and 1H49

Another Strudel tasting!

Rifugio Federola (2,370m) in the dip (under reconstruction) and Rif Sass Beccel (2,423m) at the top.
By now there was thunder and it began to rain quite heavily.