Two and Two – September 21, 2026 

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo: Day 3
  • Time: 2 hours / 2 miles
  • Weather: 45-65° / sun shine and clouds mixed & winds 5-10 mph

Two hours.  Two miles.  How can that be?  You stroll around the lake stopping to take in the view. Why rush?

Rookie rowers looked more like an assault by bumper cars.
This New Yorker wins wagers skipping pebbles. The water is so clear.
Team America. The Chinese, English, Germans, Israelites, and Italians are well represented.

Lago di Braies #01 – September 21, 2026 

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo: Day 3
  • Time: 2 hours / 2 miles
  • Weather: 45-65° / sun shine and clouds mixed & winds 5-10 mph

Deep emerald-green crystal clear waters, bleached stone beaches, and sheer cliffs make Lago di Braies a jewel in the Dolomites. 

Kudos to iPhone 15’s camera.
The lake is alpine streams and underground springs fed. Always too cold for a dip.
Alas white stone and not snow beaches.

Lago di Misurina #11 – September 20, 2026 

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo: Day 2
  • Time: 6 hours / 6 1/2 miles
  • Weather: 45-65° / partly cloudy & winds 5-10 mph

All that is missing are the Boston Common Swan Boats. A couple was walking seven Dachshunds. I feel sorry for their other four Dachshunds left at home.

No swan boats…just wooden row boats.
EZ stroll.
Care to check in?

Walking – September 20, 2026 

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo: Day 2
  • Time: 6 hours / 6 1/2 miles
  • Weather: 45-65° / partly cloudy & winds 5-10 mph

Walking the Three Peeks. 

Joined by New Yorker who enjoyed the path less traveled.
Rifugio Locatelli. On rock face were WWI gouged caves. In military tactics take the high ground.
Pausing was as enjoyable as discovering. Kristen’s Whippet, Sully, would burry his nose in this cup of whipped cream.

Tre Cime di Lavaredo #8 – September 20, 2026 

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo: Day 2
  • Time: 6 hours / 6 1/2 miles
  • Weather: 45-65° / partly cloudy & winds 5-10 mph

Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Three Peaks) is one of the most popular hikes in the Dolomites attracting hordes of people. Walking the circuit backwards avoided much of the crush. 

Three Peaks
Reflection of Three Peaks. The New Yorker gets credit for seeing this perspective.
Hordes of people on lower trail. We took upper trail.

Landro to Cortina on Old Railway Line #5 – September 19, 2026 

  • Cortina d’Ampezzo: Day 1
  • Time: 4 hours / 10 miles 
  • Weather:  45-70°/ partly cloudy & winds 5-10 mph

Walking on an old railway line offered a gentle incline then a gentle descent. Tons of mountain bike cyclists whizzed by.  

Cyclists
Cyclists were usually in a peloton.
Dolomites