C. ra Antola di Sopra to HochweilBstein Haus
July 18, 2008 I left the hospitality of the C ra Antola di Sopra at 7:10a and hiked down the road for about a mile past the farm at M. ga Chivion (1745m – 5725ft) (7:35a). It was cloudy and threatened rain but all in all it was a good day for hiking and I made good time. From M. ga Chivion the road swung around a grassy bench and headed northeast gradually rising again through forests as it headed toward the mountains. The road finally turned into a trail as I started the ascending traverse (1994m – 6542ft) of the base of the Weisssteinspitz (2482m – 8143ft). After a long traverse along a wet, brushy trail I emerged at the Passo dell Oregone (ca. 2400m – 7874ft) (9:15a). From here I had a good view of Peralba (8839ft), the highest peak in the area. The pass was at the Austrian/Italian border and was marked with a concrete monument. From the pass the trail descended north under the east face of the Weisssteinspitz and across grass and rocky knolls to the HochweilBstein Hutte (1868m – 6128ft) (10:00a).
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- View up the valley toward the Passo dell Oregone a short distance from the Sopra
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- The final traverse over to the Passo dell Oregone.
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- Looking back toward M. ga Chivion from near Passo dell Oregone
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- Border Monument at Passo dell Oregone
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- The HockweilBstein Hutte from Passo dell Oregone
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- HochweilBstein Hutte
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