On our route from Bled to Cortina, Italy we stopped at the Worther See in Austria to look around and grab some lunch. It was an interesting stop because although it was a large lake, it was built-up like a seaside resort. There was a Euro sportscar rally scheduled for the following day so we got several glimpses of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, etc racing by.
From Cortina we took the chairlift(s) to the top of Monte Cristallo. There are two lifts. One goes up to about 2000m and the second covers the additional 1000m up to the summit at 3000m. We took both lifts up to the summit where we snapped some photos. Unfortunately the camera failed its high altitude drop test.
It sounds trite but the photos don't do the area justice. The peaks are magnificent and rival any mountains we've seen in North America. The wooden building shown in the last picture is called a refugio. They are the Dolomite version of a ski lodge. We spent some time at this one sharing a light lunch and soaking in the views before hiking down the bottom half of the mountain.
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