Venice and the Dolomites
September 1 - September 14, 2015
Page Nine - Dolomites - Hike 7
Passo Cir, Forcella Ciampai and Rifugio Puez
Our final day of hiking, we hiked a sometimes steep
rocky trail through towering pinnacles up to
the Cir Pass and then Forcella Ciampai Pass, eventually
eating lunch at Rifugio Puez, then hiked down to Corvara.
Flat section at start of the hike
Looking back as we started to ascend
Hiking below the pinnacles
The Sella Range behind
At Cir Pass (Passo Cir)
From Passo Cir, there was an optional longer option to
summit of Sass
Ciampac (8,770 ft.). This photo shows
some of the trail leading up to Sass Ciampac.
Sass Ciampac in the distance
Looking back down as we were nearing the summit
A view from the summit
The group at the summit: Liz, Pat, Jenny,
guide Tomi, Jeff, Ken
Beautiful valley on our way to Rifugio Puez from the summit
The rifugio where we had lunch had two pet rabbits that were wandering
around outside the rifugio. They were quite cute.
Here's another of the pet rabbits
Hiking downhill from Rifugio Puez back to Corvara, we
saw different views of Mt. Sassongher (high mountain on the left),
the mountain that towers over Corvara
Hiking back into Corvara
Mt. Sassongher from a street in Corvara on our hike back
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