Settsass to Pralongiá
Dear friends,
Last Saturday me and the brave guests from the Posta Zirm Hotel left the Hotel in the early morning heading by local bus towards the Passo Falzarego, the scenery where the front used to be during World War 1.
I say brave because we had to defeat strong winds and temperatures like 3 degrees celsius! The sky was perfectly blue and the air was so clear that we could have seen to Venice had we been high enough!
Our hike started on the top of Passo Valparola along a really narrow path that winds up along the ridge of the mountain Settsass.
The views are breathtaking, the Lagazuoi, the Sella and the Fanes Valley cought our eye straight away.
During this time of the year it was amazing to see a large number of lazy and fat marmots lying on the rocks in order to get warmed up by the morning sun.
There were also some parts where the trail is on rocks and where we really had to watch out not to get frightened by the exposure. At the end of the ridge we climbed a pass and before our eyes the scenery changed completely!
Around the corner of the Settsass we see now the glacier, the Marmolada, the emerald green pastures of Pralongià and Störes and the Col di Lana.
We walked on a completely different terrain now, narrow paths on soft, grassy ground until we reached the Rifugio Pralongià where we had a good plate of pasta before heading down towards the Posta Zirm Hotel for the afternoon tea!
Approximate lenght: 5 hours of walking
Difficulty level: medium, some exposed parts
