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The hiking plan laid out for us from Sëlva di Val Gardena to Compatsch was 11.8 miles with more elevation loss than gain. This would be accomplished by taking the bus from Sëlva to Passo Sella, about 2000’ higher, and beginning the hike there. (The Dolomites region is well-served by buses, and tourists are given cards at the hotels to allow free bus travel within the area – a really awesome idea that more places should embrace, in my opinion.)
We had an inkling this plan might not work the previous night, when we looked at the information booklet about the mountain bike race scheduled for that day. The road to Passo Sella would be closed for a couple of hours in the morning, but as the race was not taking that particular road (it used the dirt and gravel roads that made up many of the marked “trails”) we figured that we’d just have to start our hike a little later. But in the morning we discovered that not only was the road to Passo Sella closed, none of the buses would be running all day!
( Time for plan C. )
We had an inkling this plan might not work the previous night, when we looked at the information booklet about the mountain bike race scheduled for that day. The road to Passo Sella would be closed for a couple of hours in the morning, but as the race was not taking that particular road (it used the dirt and gravel roads that made up many of the marked “trails”) we figured that we’d just have to start our hike a little later. But in the morning we discovered that not only was the road to Passo Sella closed, none of the buses would be running all day!
( Time for plan C. )