A Refugio is an Alpine Hostel, providing both accommodation and food. We have been seeing them along our hikes, perched precariously high in the mountains, but they have mostly been closed as the summer season has not yet gotten into full swing.
Number 46:
A visit to a Refugio, Dolomites
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| Harsh hiking conditions on Tre Cime de Lavaredo, ice on the path! |
But today the weather got the better of us. We had gotten half way along the hiking Route 101 around the magnificently grand Tre Cime before we turned back. The temperature had dipped below 8 degrees C, it rained, the path had frozen overnight in places and at one point we had a white-out!
By the time we got to the Refugio, open thank goodness, we found a roaring fire, cappuccinos and strudel!
This could not be a better way to experience my first Refugio here in the Dolomites.
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| Arriving at Refugio Auronzo! |
