Dolomites: Seiser Alm, Alp di Suzi. Almost to the Duron Pass, back via Saltria 2016:06:23
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Down to Ortisei and up to the Seiser Alm, Alp di Suzi. Expensive parking at the lift, but nowhere else to park. Huge drifts of flowers but often yellow buttercups. Some of the best alpine flowers closest to the Gondola, and on the highest traverse close to the Duron Pass. We turned left just before the pass and returned via Zallinger and Saltria. All easy walking. Nothing difficult.
Decided it woud be easier to walk down to the town rather than back up to the gondola, and risk being too late. Very enjyable although on the long side! 18 miles.
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View from Seiser Alm, Alp di Suzi. Top of the gondola. We walked up the ridge to the right of this viewpoint to Piz Ridl, then followed paths through the middle of this view.
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The far point of this walk is the green ridge in the middle of this view, which is Passo Doron. We didn't go over the pass but headed to the left.
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Views from Piz Ridl
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Spider's web in the morning dew
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Views from Piz Ridl
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Views from Piz Ridl
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Our path then goes down through the middle of this picture, then accross to the Dorum Pass on the top left
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Meadows full of orchids
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And butterflies
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Alpine wild flower meadows
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Alpine wild flower meadows
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Alpine wild flower meadows with yellow saxifrage
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Yellow saxifrage
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An alpine hut in the meadow
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The path ahead through the meadows
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No danger of getting lost
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Drifts of Trollius, the globe buttercup
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We are heading past the Almrosen Hutte on path 7
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A bird on an ancient roof
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Alpine primula
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Alpine azaelea
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Gentians
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heading towards Refugio Malignon
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Refugio Malignon, close to the Duron Pass
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Marmot
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Vlocanic intrusions
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Aster alpina
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Now quite a narrow path
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More of the volcanic intrusion
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We are now heading along a level track. The Duron valley is to the right of the ridge
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Yellow anemones
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Gentians on the ridge
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The path drops down to the left just before the track climbs to these huts
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Follow the path down to the left
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A board walk over wet ground
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Time to head back down the valley
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Still heading down the valley
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Over the bridge and on down
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We are now following a forest road down the valley
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With a river below us
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Aste alpina
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Wild lilly in bud
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Solomon's seal
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Campanula spp
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Banks of Thyme
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Views into the main valley we are heading back to Ortsei
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Cutting grass by hand with a long scythe
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Ladies slipper orchids
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Ladies slipper orchids
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Ladies slipper orchids
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Orchids
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Thalictrum
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A wild red rose
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And back to Ortisei
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