Recommended stages

Day 1: Plose hut - Genova hut, 5 to 6 hours

• From Bressanone you can reach the Plose hut by cable car. Here you start going up through the Luson fork and the Pütia fork to reach the Genova refuge.

Day 2: Genova hut - Puez hut, 5 to 6 hours

• From the Genova hut a pleasant walk through pastures, forks and screes leads to the Puez plateau.

Day 3: Puez hut - Pisciadú hut, 5 to 5.5 hours

• A pleasant excursion leads through the natural park Puez-Odle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to its southern border, at the Gardena Pass. Just below the pass, in the direction of Alta Badia, take the Pisciadú via ferrata which leads to the homonymous refuge. The via ferrata, although classified as medium, presents rather challenging points such as passages on a vertical wall and a rope suspended bridge.

Day 4: Pisciadú hut - Boé hut, 3 to 3.5 hours

• A trained hiker can easily deal with the short sections of fixed ropes and can master the scree slope.

Day 5: Boé hut - Castiglioni Marmolada hut, 3.5 to 4 hours

• On scree with fixed ropes you go up to Piz Boé, the highest point of the entire excursion. By crossing the plateau of the Sella group you reach Forcella Pordoi and the Pordoi cable car that goes down to the homonymous pass. Turning right towards Sass Becè, follow the Viel del Pan, a pleasant path with a unique view of the Marmolada glacier, up to the Padon where you descend to the Fedaia lake and the Castiglioni hut.

Day 6: Castiglioni hut - Fuciade hut, 5.5 to 6 hours

• From the Castiglioni / Marmolada hut, descend to Malga Ciapela to climb up to the Forca Rossa pass and then descend on a path between the meadows to the Fuciade hut.

Day 7: Fuciade hut - Passo Valles hut, 4.5 to 5 hours

• Through the San Pellegrino pass you arrive at the Passo Valles refuge.

Day 8: Passo Valles hut - Mulaz hut, 3.5 to 4 hours

• Attractive walk at the foot of the Pale di San Martino to the Mulaz hut.

Day 9: Mulaz hut- Pedrotti hut, 4 hours

• Hike along the Farangole path with some exposed passages and stretches with a fixed roped.

Day 10: Pedrotti hut - Treviso hut, 6.5 to 7.5 hours

• Walk through woods and screes with a view of Sass Maor.

Day 11: Treviso hut - Cerèda hut, 5 hours

• Hike on pleasant paths and through the Forcella d'Oltro fork to the Cerèda hut.

Day 12: Cerèda hut - Walter Bodo bivouac, 5 to 6 hours

• Hike in an east-north-east direction along the main road, go up through the Comedon pass – partly with fixed ropes. A short descent down a scree slope leads to "Pian della Regina" and after a few meters to the Walter Bodo bivouac.

Day 13: Walter Bodo bivouac - Bruno Boz hut, 3.5 to 4 hours

• From Val Canzoi go up to Troi dei Caserìn on a fixed ropes path and up to Passo de Mura and the Boz hut.

Day 14: Bruno Boz hut - Dal Piaz hut, 6 to 7 hours

• Go up in a southerly direction to Passo Finestra, to the crest of Monte Zoccarè and towards Sasso di Scàrnia on rock steps and along an exposed hike. The descent between boulders and gullies and slopes covered with pines leads to the green alpine meadows of the Busa di Pietena and up to the Vette Grandi pass. Just south of the pass you reach the Giorgio Dal Piaz hut.

Day 15: Dal Piaz hut- Feltre, 4 hours

• From the Vette Grandi pass, descend towards Feltre (Pedavena) through an easier (but longer) mule track or along a little more demanding paths through meadows and woods (but shorter). You reach Pedavena, about three kilometers from Feltre. Pedavena and Feltre are connected by public buses.