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Day eight
From the Rifugio Vazzolèr to the Rifugio Carestiato
Gradient: in ascent 550m, in descent 430m
Length: about 8 km
Time required: 4 hours
Path: n. 555,554
Difficulty: E
On the Forcella del Camp
After you leave the peaceful oasis of the Rifugio Vazzolèr, take the
road which goes north for a bit, inside the wood, until you reach
the bed of the torrent of the Val dei Cantoni, at an altitude of 1685m,
where the path veers abruptly eastwards and continues towards the
Pian de le Taie where there is the fork with path n.558 which goes up
towards the huge Torre Trieste.
Continue down the dirt-track road which goes down the Val
Corpassa until the Capanna Trieste and Listolàde, on the SS203 road, in
the Agordino area. At the second large bend at an altitude of 1430m,
at Sass de la Dispensa, with a little green pastureland clearing, path
554 breaks off to the left (south). Follow it, and after a stream of
scree, the path goes up slowly across the hillside among the mugo
pines under the high precipices of the Castello delle Nevère, then
crosses a little valley, reaches a small shelf and continues under the
threatening streams of scree (Giarói or Ghiaoini del Palanzìn), until it
reaches the grassy Forcella di Col Palanzìn, c. 1700m
The path continues among the trees, then cuts through the scree
on reddish outcrops and reaches the Forcella Col dell’Orso, c.1700m.
Go through a grassy bank with some trees and continue behind the
rocks to the Forcella del Camp, 1933m, from where the path, beyond
the spur, goes northwards.
Up to this point, about 2,30 hours from the Rifugio Vazzolèr.
Now cross under the Tridente and the beautiful Torri del Camp,
from where the southern sector of the Moiazza is already visible. Go
down to the east in the Van dei Cantòi, cross a wooded area, pass
through Le Stamère and then, under the Pala delle Masenàde, without
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