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Italy
Hiking the Dolomites
| Outfitter |
Departures |
Price |
Accommodations |
Above the Clouds Trekking
800-233-4499, 508-799-4499 |
3 |
$1,700-$1,950 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
Alternative Travel
800-527-5997 |
7 |
$3,000 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
Butterfield & Robinson
800-678-1147, 416-864-1354 |
4 |
$3,375 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
Distant Journeys
888-845-5781 |
2 |
$1,575 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
Mountain Travel-Sobek
800-227-2384, 510-527-8100 |
4 |
$2,150-$2,350 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
Sierra Club Outings
415-977-5522 |
1 |
$1,795-$2,095 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
Wilderness Travel
800-368-2794, 510-558-2488 |
5 |
$1995-$2,195 |
rustic lodging, tourist hotels |
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The Route: Trekking through the green meadows and soaring spires of white rock that line one of Europe’s best trail systems. Overnights during the five- to 11-day trips are in village inns and remote but cozy rifugios.
When to go: June to September
Difficulty: Moderate
Travel advisory: Some of the outfitters use the notorious via ferrata, or iron trails, a precarious, vertigo-inspiring network of ladders, cables, and footpegs that traverse particularly steep sections of rock — an ordeal for those with a fear of heights.
High/low points:
- Watching a crashing thunderstorm from a rifugio so high in the mountains that you’re looking down on the storm clouds.
- If you’re longing for unpeopled vistas, the Dolomites in the summer is not the place to be.
Copyright 1998, ϳԹ magazine
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