• Dave, Rachel and I at the summit of Roda de Vael.

  • Marmots wrestling on the way to the start of VF Roda de Vael.

  • The view from Passo Viaolon.

Dolomiti: Giorno 7

Our final morning in the Dolomiti started at Rifugio Roda de Vael. The views were lovely and we set off to finish our traverse of the Masare Crest before heading back to the car and Munich. We retraced our steps of the previous afternoon in much better weather, stopping to watch a couple of Marmots wrestling, and were soon back in the little hanging meadow. At the top of that is the rather nice Fenestre del Diavolo, a window in the rock, complete with a metal cross, now leaning at quite an angle, filling it. From there the cables start again, with a fun section into a small gully that seems to have a lot more footholds now than I remember from my previous visit. The cloud had unfortunately come back in by this stage, but we pressed on to the summit of Roda de Vael, and were lucky enough to get occasional glimpses of the valley below. After waiting on the summit for a while hoping the cloud would clear, we continued down to Passo di Viaolon, and descended back to the Paolina chair.

Marmots wrestling on the way to the start of VF Roda de Vael.
Marmots wrestling on the way to the start of VF Roda de Vael.
Dave, Rachel and I at the summit of Roda de Vael.
Dave, Rachel and I at the summit of Roda de Vael.
The view from Passo Viaolon.
The view from Passo Viaolon.

Series - Dolomites '11

  1. Dolomiti – giorno 1
  2. Dolomiti – giorno 2
  3. Dolomiti – giorno 3
  4. Dolomiti – giorno 4
  5. Dolomiti: Giorno 5
  6. Dolomiti: Giorno 6
  7. Dolomiti: Giorno 7

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