Dolomites hut to hut
4.9(187)South Tyrol and Veneto, ItalyHiking
A week through the pale towers of the Dolomites, walking from mountain hut to mountain hut on the Alta Via 1.
- The best stages of the Alta Via 1, from Lago di Braies to Passo Giau
- Six nights in family-run rifugi with homemade pasta and strudel
- Sunset over the Cinque Torri and the Tofane
- First World War tunnels on the Lagazuoi
- A guide who grew up in these valleys
About the trip
The Alta Via 1 is the most loved long walk in the Dolomites, and for good reason. Every day brings a new skyline of pale limestone towers, flower meadows and emerald lakes, and every night ends in a rifugio with a hot shower, a full plate and a terrace for watching the light on the rock.
We walk six of its finest stages, using a lift or two to skip the dull bits so the days stay at five to seven hours. The paths are well marked but long and steep in places, with a few short sections protected by cables.
Travelling light
You carry everything you need for the week in a pack of 30 to 35 litres. We will send you a pack list, and huts provide bedding, so a light sleeping-bag liner is all you need.
What's included
- Six nights in mountain huts, mostly in shared rooms
- Half board every day
- Marco as your guide all week
- Lift tickets on the route
- Transfer from Bolzano to Lago di Braies
- Return transfer to Bolzano
Your guide
Marco Dellantonio
Lead guide, Dolomites and Swiss Alps
Marco is a qualified mountain guide from Val di Fassa who has spent twenty summers between the huts of the Dolomites. He plans every route around the best coffee stop and the best view, usually in that order.
Meet MarcoDay by day
8 km, 950 m up
Meet in Bolzano and drive to the lake, then climb through larch woods to our first hut.
14 km, 600 m up
Across the wide limestone plateau of Fanes, with marmots everywhere, to Rifugio Lavarella.
12 km, 1,100 m up
Over Forcella del Lago and up to the summit hut on the Lagazuoi, through tunnels from the First World War.
10 km, 650 m up
Down past the five towers to Rifugio Nuvolau, perched on a summit with a view of half the Dolomites.
11 km, 700 m up
Through high meadows to the little lake below the Croda da Lago.
9 km, 500 m up
A transfer to Val Gardena and a final walk along the famous Seceda ridge.
Breakfast and a transfer back to Bolzano.
