recommended route
FONTANAZZO - VAL DE GREPA - PIAN DE SELE - CIAMPAC - ALBA DI CANAZEI
Author’s recommendation
Transport with lifts.
There are no mountain huts in Val de Grepa.
Track types
Safety information
For your hikes in mountain always choose itineraries in accordance with your technical and physical abilities. Consult maps of the area to visit and check the best way to follow. If you walk in group including slower hikers, always calculate longer average times to cover the distances.
Preferably do not hike alone in mountain. Otherwise tell someone the itinerary that you are going to follow and let him know when you are back.
Check the weather forecast and, while hiking, constantly pay attention to the evolution of the weather.
If you do not feel safe, give up. In mountain, sometimes, it is better to surrender than to face the dangers deriving from bad weather conditions or from difficulties superior to one’s limits. In advance look for alternative itineraries to get back.
Bring rubbish back with you. Respect the flora and fauna. Remain on the marked tracks, avoiding to follow shortest ways, in order to avoid causing damages to vegetation and the territory. Respect local cultures andtraditions, always bearing in mind that you are a guest.
Tips and hints
Azienda per il Turismo della Val di Fassa
Strèda Roma, 36
38032 Canazei (TN)
Tel. +39 0462 609500
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Turn-by-turn directions
Leave Fontanazzo on Strèda de l’Albolina and cross the river Avisio. Turn left and then immediately right onto path no. 645, which leads directly into the wood. The climb begins and you will pass an iron cross. There is a succession of steep bends and after an hour of climbing you will come to the meadow at Duì (1,771 m; 1 hour) where there are a few wooden huts. The path is now flat and leads to the Ruf de Grepa. Then there is another steep section of path which winds up through the trees. You will reach a gate and then suddenly you will be in the high pastures of the Val de Grepa. Now the path proceeds gently through the huts and barns. The valley is flanked by stone pine woods, and the skyline is dominated by the black summit of the Crepa Neigra mountain. Go on to the end of the valley and then you will begin to climb again. You will come to a working dairy, and then the path zigzags up to the Pian de Sele (2 hrs; 3 hrs). The path is easy down the other side to the Ciampac basin (2,152 m) (45 mins; 3 hrs 45). From here take the cabin-lift down to Alba (Dèlba).
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Public transport
Regular bus service operated by the bus company Trentino Trasporti in Val di Fassa:
bus line n. 101 Canazei - Cavalese - Trento
bus line n. 104 Cavalese - Ora - Trento
bus line n. 123 Moena - San Pellegrino Pass - Falcade
Regular bus service operated by the bus company SAD in Val di Fassa:
bus line n. 180 Pozza di Fassa - Vigo di Fassa - Passo Carezza - Bolzano
bus line n. 471 Dolomites Passes (Sella Pass, Gardena Pass, Campolongo Pass, Pordoi Pass, Fedaia Pass). Only in summer
Getting there
Main access points to Val di Fassa, coming from the A22, Modena-Brennero motorway:
- Ora / Egna exit, S.S. 48 delle Dolomiti - San Lugano Pass - Val di Fiemme - Val di Fassa (distance 45 km). At the roundabout in Moena, follow the direction of Canazei upwards;
- Bolzano Nord exit, S.S. 241 Grande Strada delle Dolomiti - Carezza Pass -Vigo di Fassa (distance 40 km). From Vigo follow direction Canazei upwards or the direction Soraga di Fassa and Moena downwards;
Other accesses to the Val di Fassa:
- from the A27 motorway (Venice), Belluno / Ponte nelle Alpi exit, then take S.S. 203 to Agordo and S.P. 346 to San Pellegrino Pass - Moena (Val di Fassa). At the roundabout in Moena, follow the direction of Canazei upwards;
- from the A27 motorway (Venice), exit Belluno / Ponte nelle Alpi, S.S. 203 to Agordo / Alleghe / Rocca Pietore first and S.P.641 to Fedaia Pass - Canazei;
- coming from Arabba, S.S.48 Pordoi Pass - Canazei;
- from Val Gardena, S.S.242 Passo Sella - Canazei.
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