Via Alpina (yellow trail) - 2007 0 Stage B4: Sistiana - Gradisca d'Isonzo 05-AUG-2007 07:20:11 Stage B4 of the yellow trail from the Via Alpina is supposed to go from Sistiana to Gorizia. It is a mostly flat and uneventful walk along asphalt and to long for one day especially with an unpredictable bus connection at the end. Therefore we decided to shortcut this stage ending in Gradisca d'Isonzo instead. Time: 7:15h total Distance: 21.1km distance Pure Walking time: 5:15h 0 Stage B5: Gradisca d'Isonzo - Castelmonte 06-AUG-2007 07:52:18 Instead of Gorizia we started in Gradisca and walked directly into Cormons from there. But we still had many kilometers to go in the heat over asphalt through uneventful scenery. Therefore we did a shortcut by bus and walked the final uphill into Castelmonte. Time: 10:00h total Distance: 20km distance Pure Walking time: 4:58h 0 B6: Castelmonte - Rifugio Solarie 07-AUG-2007 07:10:30 Thankfully a bit less asphalt than before and we only did some short trail modifications this stage. Time: 9:00h total Distance: 23.6km distance Pure Walking time: 6:05h 0 B7: Rif. Solarie - Cepletischis 08-AUG-2007 08:18:12 A rainy day. Instead of walking as proposed we stopped earlier and found a nice and unexpected accommodation directly in Cepletischis instead of walking further up to Rif. Pelizzo as proposed. Time: 5:30h total Distance: 13.3km distance Pure Walking time: 3:53h 0 B8: Cepletischis - Montefosca 09-AUG-2007 09:34:51 Walking shorter the day before also means modifications the following day. We made it to Montefosca this day. Time: 10:30h total Distance: 26.3km distance Pure Walking time: 7:24h 0 B8: Montefosca - Montemaggiore 10-AUG-2007 08:56:19 We lost basically one day from the proposed route on the Via Alpina homepage but are now again back on track. Time: 7:30h total Distance: 17.9km distance Pure Walking time: 4:50h 0 B9: Montemaggiore - Passo di Tanamea 11-AUG-2007 09:39:57 It's getting more and more hilly. We like it! Time: 7:15h total Distance: 13.8km distance Pure Walking time: 4:15h 0 B10: Passo di Tanamea - Prato di Resia 12-AUG-2007 09:00:20 The proposed stage is 48km long and more than 13 hours pure walking time. Who makes those decisions? Surely not a hiker. We modified this stage heavily and stopped in Prato di Resia. Time: 6:30h total Distance: 22.7km distance Pure Walking time: 5:50h 0 B11: Prato di Resia - Moggessa di la 13-AUG-2007 07:35:47 Another time we changed the plan. From Prato di Resia (and not from Resiutta) we hiked to Moggessa di la (and not Rif. Grauzaria). Time: 3:30h total Distance: 9.3km distance Pure Walking time: 2:30h 0 B11: Moggessa di la - Casera del Mestri (below Monte Sernio) 14-AUG-2007 08:34:11 And another modified day. From Moggessa di la we couldn't walk to Rifugio Grauzeria as it was closed in 2007 and we stopped after a long uphill crossing the Focetta Nurviernulis in a nice and new Bivacco called Casera del Mestri right below Monte Sernio. Time: 7h total Distance: 14km distance Pure Walking time: 4:25h 0 B12: Casera del Mestri (below Monte Sernio) - Imponzo 15-AUG-2007 07:34:05 The official webpage suggests a huge detour for stage B12. Walking all the way from Rif. Grauzaria down into Tolmezzo and walking it up again the next day following the river on the other side. We decided instead to shortcut this stage ending in Fielis which would also nicely cut the official stage B13 into Ovaro but we only made it to Imponzo. 2008 will see us starting there again! 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