Val di Funes - Magic in Dolomiti

Yesterday first ski mountaineering trip of the year, in Dolomiti!

Mountains are magic.
I have been here many times, but never with skis and skins under sky.
Thirty years ago I walked in these places many times, reading Dino Buzzati stories under rocks, waiting for the sunset. I love these places, there is a sort of mystery and beauty, hugged together.

To see again Odle after many year, I have felt a nostalgic feeling. Sometimes I didn't recognize rocks, so it was like to be here for the first time, but with a strong memory of something lived like in another life.

Here the most famous place, where many people come to take a picture. In background, Odle range, with the light of the sun at sunset:

And here Odle at morning, with some mist, making atmosphere dreamlike:

We climbed up from Chiusa town to a pass with a summit, called Zendleser Kofel (at the right of the map):

The slopes was a bit hard, but condition was good. Only a bit of frozen snow:

Cloudy at start, sun at afternoon:

Here the summit (Zendleser Kofel):

And the landscape from there:

Under summit, Genova refugee:

We started to go down along another side, closing a ring:

In the afternoon, a wonderful light against summits:

Odle wrapped by clouds:

And finally, Odle against a blue sky!

And some pictures of mine and my ski:

I felt again the body alive!
Thanks mountains!

Pictures taken with Sony Alpha 7iii.
22.02.2025