Gronton and Cima Bocche

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Today we did the walk that was originally planned for Sunday. The minibus took us along the Fiemme valley to Predazzo where we took the road up the Travignolo valley, through the small resort of Bellamonte to the Alpe Lusia chair lift. Fortunately the chair lift was running, so we took it to the top station at Morea.
From Morea we walked up to the Rifugio Passo di Lusia which was closed. We then took path 633 to the first of the Lusia Lakes. From the lake we took the path following the Gronton ridge. This was our first Via Ferrata of the holiday. Via Ferrate (iron ways) are very popular in the Dolomites. This particular route was easy and did not require any special equipment, it was mainly cables protecting some awkward steps. From the top of the ridge we descended down to the Forcella di Bocche where we had our lunch break. During this walk there was plenty of evidence of First World War activities, trenches lookout posts and plenty of rusted barbed wire.
From the col we climbed up to the summit of Cima Bocche (2745m), there was quite a bit of cloud around so we did not get the best views. From the summit we descended to the Lago di Juribrutto and Malga Valazza where we picked up the minibus. After dinner we returned to Predazzo to watch the summer ski jumping.
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Gronton Ridge. Via ferrata sign.
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Lunch in an old lookout post. Cima Bocche summit.
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Juribrutto Lake. Flickr Ski Jump at Predazzo - our evening entertainment before the heavens opened. Flickr

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