On the second day there was lots of fresh snow up at the Passo di Giau, and the sun was shining strongly – accordingly sunburnt we looked in the evening. In between came a great snowshoe hike through 30 centimetres of fresh snow with many views over the Dolomites down into the valley to Cortina d’Ampezzo, of course also from above with the drone. The Passo di Giau lies at 2,236 metres between Cortina d’Ampezzo and Colle Santa Lucia, on a wide alpine pasture at the foot of Nuvolau and Averau; from up here the view reaches as far as the Marmolada.
The pass road curves through the wide snowfields of the Passo di Giau, the Dolomites behind.A snowy ridge in front of a dark, steep rock face.A hairpin bend in the snow, twice.A snowy crest above the dark forested valley, a chain of snow-capped peaks behind.Left, jagged pinnacles; right, a summit in the clouds – in black and white.A steep rock tooth with a cap of snow above the wide snow slope.A sharp summit rises into heavy clouds, in black and white.Left, a bare forested slope; right, brown rock ribs in the snow.Jagged peaks beneath big cumulus clouds.Two faces, lots of sunshine – by evening we looked suitably sunburnt.A pale rocky knob above scree in the snow, single boulders in front.Between large snow-covered boulders – a snowshoe hike through 30 centimetres of fresh snow.Left, a low rocky hump with larches; right, a steep tower with a hut.A bank of cloud above the row of peaks, nothing but snow in front.A small group in orange and blue jackets in the middle of the white.Two rock massifs side by side, the left one brown and steep, the right one snow-covered.A pointed rock on the left, two broad snowy summits behind.Dark rock towers in the snow, a few larches in front.Left, a steep rock flank; right, a snowy ridge – in black and white.Rocky pinnacles above dark conifer forest, more snow peaks on the left.A rocky summit above the snowy forest, a free-standing tower in front.Hairpin bends in the snow, twice, in black and white.The pass road winds through open winter woodland.Bare larches in front of a long chain of rock in the snow.Two rock massifs above dense conifer forest, the way down towards Cortina d’Ampezzo behind.Tight hairpins through dark conifer forest.A broad valley between snow peaks and conifer forest – the view reaches all the way down.Left, a pointed snowy summit in cloud; right, a rock face above the forest.Sunlit snow peaks beneath heavy clouds, the foreground in shadow.“Cortina d’Ampezzo” on the old building, a little glass booth in front – in black and white.Left, pinnacles lit by low light; right, a snowy ridge in cloud.
