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Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini*

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bagi4. 10. 2019 10:42:25
Dolomitic highlights don't mean much to us, but we happily seek hidden gems. They are not on the masses' wish list, many don't even know about them. One of them is the mountaineering trail *Dolomiti senza confini*, which widely encircles the Sextens.

The planned route was our basic idea, which we spiced up with visits to nearby peaks. Along marked and unmarked paths we discovered incredibly wild, lonely parts of this range, elsewhere heavily visited areas. Often we marveled at the madness from the First War and realized that many trails wouldn't exist without it.

For our full loop we spent five days, adjusting them on the go to the weather. So we didn't book huts, space for two was always found nasmeh. Bottom line 88 km and 8300m elevation. In the hiking sack we gathered so many impressions it's impossible to describe briefly. Some main features in the photo story, details via my contacts. In short ... hiked with pleasure, grinning ear to ear velik nasmeh.

Starting point coordinates (Passo Monte Croce): 46.656451, 12.420084

Next day we explored Cadini too, which belong to the same range … CLICK

Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The red thread of their path through the Sexten Dolomites - thematic *Dolomiti Senza Confini*1
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Pass *Passo Mt. Croce* and the start of their path. We headed towards Berti Hütte.2
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* View from the old abandoned hut Rif. O Sala, formerly a military object from the First World War.3
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Berti Hütte, Italian Rif. Antonio Berti. They serve excellent cappuccino :)4
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Right behind the hut is the turn-off for the Rogeli via ferrata, but it is still far to it.5
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* To the via ferrata entrance, one still needs to cross the scree on the right side of the photo.6
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The entrance is unambiguously marked :)7
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The Rogeli via ferrata is C/D rated and the via ferrata kit comes in quite handy.8
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* It doesn't get much traffic, we only occasionally met a few hikers.9
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The route is well marked and protected, but requires full attention.10
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Passages are mostly natural, where not possible, the via ferrata plunges into the rock.11
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Our route, Rif. Carducci hut.12
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The descent from the via ferrata is no picnic either. It follows very steep walls.13
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Sentiero Gabriella. Not exactly a via ferrata, but extremely exposed, poorly protected and long path. Difficulty A/B.14
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The surroundings are wild, wild and wild again...15
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* View of the ledges the path follows. It all resembles Debelakovi pod Kanjavcem, only much longer.16
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Gabriella surprises you around every corner.17
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Sometimes you need to duck...18
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* ... sometimes lean on the sparse protections.19
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Atmosphere...20
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* ... and again on the cables. They are only where absolutely necessary.21
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Incredibly wild environment...22
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* One of the descents...23
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The mists further enhanced the severity of the wild walls.24
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Rif. Carducci, where we spent the first night. We hadn't booked, they gave us a winter room.25
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Morning of the second day, we continued along the renovated Severino Casara path, i.e. Sentiero de Toni.26
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Mornings are the most beautiful :)27
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* A bit of light, pleasant warm-up to the route entrance.28
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Then it starts. The path is not exactly easy, nor too difficult :) Difficulty B/C.29
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Some stretching in the initial part ...30
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Some more squats ...31
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* And we arrived in the heart of the giants.32
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Without this footbridge, crossing the gorge would be much harder.33
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* View back. The path runs along these ledges.34
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Here you realize your smallness ...35
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Classic bivouac De Toni at Sella De Agnel.36
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Closed :) We only found out after walking the entire Severino Casara path. Warning only on this side.37
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Military path Kriegssteig. Wonderful experience :) Difficulty A/B.38
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Small hut Rif. Pian di Cengia. Hard to overnight without reservation.39
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Path 101 to Monte Paterno. Nothing special until the saddle below the summit.40
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Tri Cime. We saw them from different angles and from many places you don't recognize them.41
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Chimney on Monte Paterno. Slightly harder, the right variant of the ascent (B/C difficulty) was empty :)42
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* On the summit43
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* View from the summit to Rif. Locatelli and Torre di Toblin.44
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Descent from Monte Paterno summit to the saddle where paths split. We chose Passportensteig towards Rif. Lavaredo hut.45
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The military path is carved into mighty walls.46
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Passportensteig. Difficulty A/B.47
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* One of the famous views of the Cime is right from this path.48
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We slept in Rif. Auronzo hut, where we got the last two beds :) With us in the room were Greeks with suitcases49
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Morning of the third day and the famous path past Cim towards Locatelli hut50
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* No need to comment :)51
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Rif. Locatelli, or Drei Zinne Hutte with Torre di Toblin in the background52
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We continued towards the via ferrata. Access to it is on the left side, descent from the top on the right53
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* View back at the sights :)54
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Two more eyes winking in the morning sun55
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Torre di Toblin, observation tower from which soldiers monitored the surroundings56
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The ascent is via a more difficult via ferrata, where steep sections are overcome by ladders57
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Abundance of air under feet not too much trouble, soon at summit part. Difficulty B/C58
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Summit, the descent follows the easy Feldkurat Hosp Steig. Difficulty is A/B.59
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* As usual, we also visited the surrounding peaks, this time Lastron dei Scarperi.60
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Tourist *mountaineers* have greatly decreased, we two remained alone.61
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The route is visible and occasionally marked with red dots.62
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The environment becomes pristine, the passages are logical and trodden.63
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* At the summit, 2957 m high.64
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Return to the Rif. Locatelli hut. This is certainly one of the most crowded huts in the Dolomites.65
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* With a lot of luck we got a free table and the friendly staff quickly satisfied our wishes :)66
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We also set out for the third access to Monte Paterno, namely Sentiero de Luca/Innerkofler. Difficulty is A/B.67
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Soon the tunnels begin and the headlamp becomes an indispensable part of the equipment.68
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Incredible what they did during the First World War69
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The steepness doesn't let up and the fixed cable mainly serves for pulling up the steps70
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Back at the saddle Gams Scharte, where we had been the day before. This time we skipped the summit71
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* View back to Monte Paterno and the path that winds along the ledges72
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Promenade73
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Again a military path, as so many times before74
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We also detoured to the friendly summit Punta Fiscalina75
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* towards the summit76
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Otherwise friendly summit has a sheer precipitous wall several hundred meters on the north side77
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Cima Una, inaccessible to ordinary scree walkers78
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Back at the hut Rif. Pian di Cengia. Prices are quite high, this time we continued without a stop79
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Along the path to the hut Rif. Comici, better known as Zsigmondy Hutte80
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We were chasing the last sun ...81
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* ... and arrived at the hut just before it set behind the mighty ones82
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Sven and Simon, mountaineering friends whom we had been meeting since the first day83
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Morning of the fourth day and new challenges. To start we chose the three-thousander Monte Popero84
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Access to this summit is marked by scree slopes, scree slopes and scree slopes again. Snow patches were no obstacle85
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* At the summit. Apart from the exceptional height it's not very exciting overall86
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Descent from Monte Popera along the approach direction and continuation along the famous Strada degli Alpini87
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Soon we reach extremely steep slopes and a path torn into the mountain with the help of explosives88
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* This section is extremely attractive and you can't marvel enough at the madness of those times89
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Path course under the ridges La Mitrie and Torre Undici. Incredible, exposed90
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* From the Forcell Undici pass we started to descend towards the valley.91
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Our goal was the hut Rif. Prati di Croda Rossa, or Rotwandweisen Hütte.92
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The hut is more like an inn with lodgings, closed on Wednesdays. Reservation recommended.93
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Morning of the fifth day and view on Rif. Locatelli far above.94
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We headed to Croda Rossa di Sesto (Rotwand) via the Rotwand Klettersteig (A/B).95
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* In fact it is again a military path leading past numerous remains of those times.96
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* In the summit section. Observation posts everywhere.97
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* On the top of Sextener Rotwand. Not entirely easy, but not really difficult.98
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* We continued on in the direction of the Zandonella via ferrata.99
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* At the start nothing special yet. Some hauling and nothing more.100
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* From this military nest everything gets a bit more complicated :)101
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* A few hundred meters of descent are quite steep and exposed.102
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* The via ferrata sign is only below, none above.103
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Over steep, firm scree slopes we descended to the Vallon Popera valley.104
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Some more machine-gun and gun nests...105
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* ... a bit of heavenly refreshment as a sample...106
Sexten Dolomites - trail *Dolomiti senza confini* Conclusion of the magnificent Sexten traverse.107
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bagi20. 07. 2023 13:56:01
We took advantage of nice weather and headed to Dolomites for a few days. To start, we repeated part of the trail from years ago in one of the nicest corners of Sextens. A bit worried about snow given Triglav range week before, but worry totally unnecessary nasmeh. Dolomites have exceptionally little snow up to 3000m, only in eternal ice fields. Huts full, lots of visitors, prices more than normal. How we hiked this time described in photo story…

Coordinates free parking (near Lago d'Antorno): 46.5909308N, 12.2632556E
We drive away from the hut in the middle of the night and park by the small lake Lago d'Antorno. We stretch our legs and head off on the path.1
Soon we encounter a long line of people waiting at the toll booth for Rif. Auronzo. Here we turn left onto path 108.2
At Malga Rinbianco with its characteristic hexagonal shape we turn onto the beautiful Grohmann path marked 105A.3
This path brings us after some time into the magnificent world of the Dolomites :) We continue along path 105 past the alpine pasture Malga Langalm.4
Of course, the world-famous Tre Cime steal the view, but they are not the only gems around here.5
The Monte Paterna group is not lagging far behind, only its appearance is quite different.6
First we head to Torre Toblin, a mighty tower dominating the surroundings.7
Yes, up there we have to go...8
Ferata delle Scalette originating from the First War.9
After a long drive, some proper stretching works excellently :)10
Just right, for some whitewashed verticals follow.11
The sympathetic local women let us pass ahead. They speak an incomprehensible dialect, luckily also English :)12
Not for baroquely rounded ones :). Everything I have hanging on me catches on the rocks.13
This is how the narrowest part of the ferrata looks at the exit from the narrow passage.14
The complete opposite follows: exposed ladders over the precipice.15
The safety gear is excellent, huge air under the feet.16
The path turns among the rocks once again, the summit is already visible...17
Torre di Toblin, an isolated peak over 2600 m with excellent panorama.18
View of the continuation of our route towards Monte Paterno.19
We descend the Feldkurat-Hosp via ferrata. Descent by ladders is not recommended due to the ascending crowd.20
Not far away rises the impressive peak Lastron dei Scarperi, which requires more experience for the ascent.21
Rif. Antonio Locatelli at the most eminent location. Large draft beer is 6 €, same as a pint a week earlier at Staničevi.22
Interesting punitive policy (bottom right). With plenty of tourists it surely has effect :)23
As if someone had painted a picture :)24
Preparations for the De Luca Innerkofler via ferrata. It is not too demanding, so it is usually full of people.25
It all starts with tunnels through the rock masses. They offered shelter to soldiers and eased access to the mountain.26
View from the tunnel onto nearby summits.27
Some open sections are short, but the entrances are strongly fortified.28
The steps are extremely steep and without steel cables it would be quite difficult. To prevent overheating, water cooling drips from the ceiling :)29
The via ferrata follows a steep gully all the way to the Forcella del Camoscio saddle.30
In the upper section there are two variants. The outer one is newer and intended for passing each other.31
The summit section is pure classic, meaning full of people with varying experience and resulting jams.32
Monte Paterno, 2744 m high summit.33
Views are wonderfully befitting the height. In the center right is the recently visited isolated Torre Toblin.34
Via the descent via ferrata we go back down to the Forcella del Camoscio saddle.35
There we take the far right path 101B - Passportensteig. Extra caution needed in the initial section.36
Then it leads along magnificent ledges carved into the mountain by soldiers.37
Through a tunnel we reach the other side of the mountain, then descend into another, extremely low one.38
End on the other side of the tunnel. Through it you'd go easiest on your knees, but it's full of water :)39
The Passportensteig path has an exceptional view of Tre Cime. Some of the most famous photos were taken right on this path.40
View back. We came from there.41
View ahead. That's where we're heading...42
Rif. Lavaredo along the main promenade with mark 101.43
To there leads more a road than a path, and on it are crowds of tourists.44
Rif. Auronzo. Above it there is a huge parking lot, we will turn there.45
It turns left onto path 117. Direction signs are not followed.46
View back to Rif. Auronzo and abundance of Crod in the background.47
Sentiero Alberto Bonacossa with mark 117, exceptionally beautiful and wild path.48
Cadini. We're going between those spires :)49
The path is narrow and steep, but nowhere do we have a feeling of excessive exposure.50
We just went under those horns :)51
Not everything is quite easy. Here it is necessary to descend steeply.52
Water flows over the rocks and everything is wet. We are really glad we are not here during some frost.53
The harder part is behind us, new challenges await us :)54
Signposts at the path junction. A steep ascent follows on path 117 to hut Rif. Fonda-Savio.55
The time is already late afternoon and to our luck the ascent takes place in the shady part of the valley.56
Rif. Fonda-Savio, a hut like from a fairy tale :) Here live climbers who try themselves in these walls.57
Lots of signs, lots of paths. Ours is 115, on which we descend to the starting point.58
Still a view back to the wonderful environment and friendly hut in the embrace of the mountains. We are slowly ending the day.59
GPS track of the hiked path. It recorded 24 km and 1900 elevation gain60
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