Dolomites: Selva, Val Gardena, Wochenstein. Ciampanoi to Paso Sella 2016-06-21
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A bright but cool day. Excellent for walking and the flowers were superb. Good, well marked paths.
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We stayed in Plan, close to Selva, Val Gardena and walked along paths to the Ciampinoi Gondola
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Knapweed flowers
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Flowers in the meadows
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The Ciampinoi Gondola Selva, Val Gardena, Wochenstein
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The Ciampinoi Gondola Selva, Val Gardena, Wochenstein
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And the view from the top of the Ciampinoi gondola, Selva, Val Gardena, Wochenstein
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And the view from the top of the Ciampinoi gondola, Selva, Val Gardena, Wochenstein
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Sasso Lungo still in the mist. We are heading towards this path.
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Sasso Lungo, morning mist clearing
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Yellow anemone beside the path
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We are following path 21A to Passo Sella Joch
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First Gentians for this holiday
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A good path from the gondola
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Flowers beside the path right from the start
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The larger blue gentian
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We are following the path curving round the right of the opposite hill
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Soldanella - it grows in the damp areas where deeper snow drifts melt
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Alpine primula
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Mossy saxifrage
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The scenery gets wilder, but the path remains good.
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Crocus
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Alpine Willow
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A rest and a view
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Approaching the single person cabin lift that goes up to the hut at Lankofelek
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The hut is till surrounded by deep snow
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The view back down from the hut
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The path down the other side looks deep in snow, so we return down the gondola
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We are heading back down path 657 to Plan De Gralba
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Many alpine flowers beside the path
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Kingcups
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Meadows full of primulas
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Back into the valley bottom meadows
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And the final descent to Plan
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