Freshly snow-dusted rock in the clouds – the first day near Cortina d’Ampezzo.
At the end of April/beginning of May, we spent a long weekend hiking in the Dolomites with some friends. I had already been to this beautiful area last year and was eager to return as soon as possible… The weather forecast for our first day in Cortina d’Ampezzo wasn’t very promising, but we got lucky with a three-hour window of dry weather, during which we managed a shorter hike from Cortina up to Monte Cristallo. On the way back, a strong snowstorm rolled in, bringing several centimeters of fresh snow overnight. Luckily, we had our snowshoes ready for the next two days, and the weather was supposed to be great!
When we got back to our accommodation, I went out again with Alaister to capture some photos of the winding mountain roads with the drone.
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Jagged peaks with fresh snow, twice.
A snow-covered massif beneath low clouds, in black and white.
Pale rock walls above the dark forest.
Left, open woodland; right, signposts to the rifugio.
Steep walls, snow in the gullies, forest below.
A pale rock step between wooded slopes.
Summits with fresh snow, their tips in the clouds.
A larch trunk in the brown grass.
Open larch woodland with a few patches of snow.
A red-and-white waymark on a mossy trunk.
A path through the forest, snow on the ground.
A clearing in the larch forest, snowy summits behind.
Left, a rock face; right, summits in the clouds.
Larches in the meadow beneath the cliffs – a three-hour dry window.
A snowy summit beneath dramatic clouds.
Left, snowy summits; right, a wall in the clouds.
Larches in front of snowy mountains beneath a blue sky.
The forest under fresh snow, everything above vanishing into mist.
Larches on the snowy slope.
Left, spruce tops in the white; right, a valley in the haze.
A mighty rock tower above the snowy forest.
Clouds above the snowy spikes, in black and white.
Signposts for “Po’ Pontiò”, “Son Forcia” and “Rio Gere”.
A small lake in front of snowy mountains.
The path along the slope as it starts to snow.
A thick trunk in the freshly snowy forest.
Spruces vanishing in the swirling snow.
Left, snowy spruces; right, a signpost in the snowstorm.
On the way back a heavy snowstorm blew in – two hikers in the white.
The forest in thick swirling snow.
A tall larch in the snowstorm.
Two hikers with poles in the swirling snow.
A snow-covered massif, in black and white.
A stream winds through the forest, the road above it.
Left, a stream in the forest; right, a summit in the evening light.
Snowy slopes and forest beneath a grey sky.
A rocky summit above the dark forest.
Snowy forest, twice, in black and white.
The road follows the stream through the forest.
A rock face disappearing into the mist.
The road winds around a wooded rock.
Valleys and forest, twice, in black and white.
A rocky mountain above the valley, river and hairpins below.
A pale stream meandering through the dark forest.
Hairpins through the forest – heading out once more after the snowstorm.
