Dolomiti: Alpe di Siusi - Selser Alm

Today we took the cable car to Alpe di Siusi - Selser Alm. Arriving to Mont Seuc at 2005m. Here we decided on a fairly easy loop taking trails 6A - 6 - 6B. 

Heading out 

Tim & Beth walking to meet us 

The cable car entrance 

Our ride

The view of the ascent 

Start of hike

Starting out on 6A to Malga Contrin hut … X marks the spot. 

Starting out

X marks the spot

Calf with goats

Here is where we saw 3 goats being chased by 1 calf! It was a sight to be seen, and I only videoed it. Check my Instagram.  We also found Jesus (note: we find Jesus often on the trails). 

Selfie with Jesus

Photo opp

Continuing on the 6, we found an instagram photo opp and a large bench that was hard to get up on, but we did! 

Instagram photo opp

A hut with a view 

Now on the 6B we headed toward SANON HÜTTE BAITA SANON where we had a beverage and chips and sat out in lounge chairs watching the sky and the clouds cover and uncover Sassolungo. 

My new favorite place 

Then we climbed a tiny bit and returned to the lift by chair lift! 

Hiking single file

Our ride

Our ride back up

Chair lift

On the lift with Tim & Beth on
the one behind us 

Dolomiti - Day 2

Today we got 8.5 miles of hiking in (probably more with the walk to the Seceda lift & back). 

This is the entrance to the lift

This is a cable car then gondola ride. Once up top, we did the walk Tom planned out for us. We had an option to walk down but we planned to assess if we felt like doing it as it’s a long steep downhill. This is the hike we did 

After the Firenze hut, we walked up to Col Raiser then took the cable down. We continued walking from there until into Ortisei, roughly 4 miles.

Ortisei was our destination 

Photo dump of the hike 

This is me and my sister in law, Beth

The motley crew 

Heading to PIERALONGIA

We walked in a cloud 

PIERALONGIA 

This is the “hut” at Rif Firenze

Headed to Col Raiser

At the cable car 

On the ride down 

From the bottom we walked back to Ortisei. Here’s a photo dump of that 

Dolomíti Day 1

 It’s beautiful here, Here’s a photo dump

Our hotel is on the hill to the left of the cable cars

The hotel 

View from our room / patio

A walk from the hotel to the village 

Wooded trail 

Another view from our room

Tomorrow, depending on the weather, we are going to take a gondola ride up and do some hiking, and see even more views! 

Dolomiti - day 1 (food)

The Dolomiti are about a 3-4 hour drive from Milan. We will be here for 3 nights, staying at a half board hotel that provides a substantial breakfast buffet and a multi course dinner (fine dining). Tonight we had salad bar starter (ok salad bar is not fine dining but wait for the pics). I didn’t take pictures at dinner because I was too busy having “which utensil do I use anxiety.” The courses were

• Salad (help yourself salad bar)
• Starter (carpaccio)
• First course (chose of 4, I had the carrot soup)
• Second course (choice of 4, I had the Beef Tagliata) 
• Dessert (Tiramisu with hazelnut icecream)

Photo dump of the salad bar 

How sandwiches are part of a salad bar — idk!