I am going to be hut hiking in the Dolomites in July. I am planning on arriving in Cortina on the 10th and hiking for 4 full days. I am an experienced hiker and would like to do 10-15 miles a day. I would love any advice on routes to take with amazing scenery as well as the best refugios to stay in. Ideally it would be a loop beginning and ending in Cortina but anywhere I could catch the train to get back to Venice or Rome depending on my flight out would be awesome.
Posted by
Forest Grove, OR
11852 posts
We have hiked quite a bit in the Val Gardena and some in the Sesto area, but not Cortina. I have relied on two sources for planning hikes: Cicerone guides (available from Amazon.com) and the local TI. You might write to the TI in Cortina for advice. I recently did this for an area in Austria and they sent some excellent local info to plan my adventure.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
17601 posts
Laurel beat me to it! You need a copy of the Cicerone guide to walks in the Dolomites by Gillian Price. She has written three, but I believe this is the one that includes walks from Cortina:
http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dolomites-Cicerone-Guides-Gillian/dp/1852843853