BigJimSlade
Seceda.
I have a Flickr extension for Chrome that brings up pictures with each new window or tab. A few years ago I kept seeing Tre Cime (google it then click on “Images”), which inspired our first trip to the Dolomites. This time, I kept seeing Seceda. So that was the centerpiece for this trip, plus Val Gardena offers so much, so it was the place to go!
On The Road – BigJimSlade – Hiking in the Italian Dolomites – 2021 – Day 3Post + Comments (13)
After taking a gondola from Santa Cristina (we took the bus a few miles up the valley from where we stayed in Ortisei to get there), we started to climb up the rest of the way, up an enormous, grassy hillside full of ski lifts and incredible views. This is looking back across the valley at Sassolungo (left half of mountain) and Sassopiatto (right half of mountain).
We took one of the slightly cheaper gondolas and walked up the last 1,000 or so vertical feet.