View from town of the top; there was a cloud layer between us and the
top. |
One of many closed hotels. |
Schematic of the mountain we're going up. The gondola has three
sections. The red lines are black diamond ski runs. |
View up from Col Durscie, 1770m, the first intermediate station. |
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Approaching the second intermediate station, Ra Valles at 2472m, with the top station visible above it.  |
View to south from Ra Valles. Note the ski trails. |
View to the north from Ra Valles. One can see trails crossing the
scree. |
Telephoto with people on the trail through the scree. |
Approaching the top station, Tofana. |
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There were some ceremonies going on in Italian and the views were
incredible. |
Croda Rosso. |
The path to the summit. |
Tofana di Mezzo, 3244m. |
Enroute we passed this sign. |
It points to a short climb to Tofana III.
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It was quite a scramble, but we made it to the top. |
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As we were going down, a large group of men went up. |
It was a men's chorus and they sang a few numbers at the top. |
There were several of these Alpine chough; Pyrrhocorax graculus, flying
about the mountain. |
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The views were amazing. |
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Across the Cortina valley. |
Telephoto to Faloria where we were yesterday. |