Finally I hiked the mountain top I've been looking at for 4 years!

in #trailtuesday6 years ago (edited)

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This is the first picture I took of this peak, the pyramid shaped Pavione in Trentino, Italy.
From the first sight, this was my favorite peak, I found it's perfect pyramid shape so mystic and magic.

A little less than a year later, we moved into a house in Italy with the permanent view of this peak:

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Me and little Willow on our balcony the first day in the new house

And how many pictures i have taken of this amazing view those 1½ year we lived there! (We don't live there anymore since we rented out the house and moved into our campervan 2 years ago)

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And I could keep on going!
So many times, when the sun had gone behind the mountains (especially in winter where we just had 10 minutes of sun reaching the house a day!), I would look at that mountain top from my window and dream myself away to those last rays of sun!
But did I ever climb it? Not until two days ago! But then I finally did it!

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Roberto showing the way

We went by car to Vederna, a beautiful mountain valley at the altitude of about 1,300 mt. From there we just had about 1000 mt to climb to reach the top.
As I didn't do very much of "mountain climbing" (if you can call it that) or let alone trekking in my life, this was sufficient for me ;D
I come from a country (Denmark) where we the highest point is 170 mt above sea level and the closest thing to a mountain is a hill called "Himmelbjerget" translated "The Sky Mountain", which is 147 mt high...! And no I haven't even climbed that one XD

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That being said, I do quite a lot of hiking and love to be in forest and mountains. So I was quite excited to finally hit that mountain!

On the way up we had stunning views of the Dolomites, just on the other side of the valley.

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me, looking down at the starting point

The first part went through pine forest, the next some grassy hills, with a few trees and flowers - most of them already went into seeds though, it being late in the year.

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Then the last long bit was more grassy hills. Up, up!

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Roberto looking over to the peak, just behind the hill :9

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Then we reached the pass. Just another 50 minutes..

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Up this..!

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Almost at the first top..

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We made it, and luckily, from the first top to the next was just this sweet piece that seemed like a stroll ;D

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This part was the best to walk, almost straight and there was this incredible warm humid wind coming up from one side! I had always imagined it would be kind of cold and dry, but instead it was warm and humid! And apart from this warm wind, there was no strong winds at all, almost completely calm!

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At the top of the world..

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Monte Pavione, 2335 m and me.. ;P

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It's always strange to be on top of a place you've looked at for so long. I was a bit surprised of how much grass there was..! And then at the amount of people (not so visible on the pictures but there were quite a few other trekkers up there). I had always imagined this completely desolate mountaintop, far away, seen from my window..!
Instead, there is probably almost always a few people who climbs it everyday, just can't see them from down there ;D

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"Our" village - Imér

It is said that on a clear day you can see all the way to Venice from here, but we had clouds in that direction!

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And back down again..!

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Met this guy on the way..!

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And then where we started at the "malga" where a family that takes care of the cows live for the summer together with the animals. This is a beautiful experience too, we did something similar last year, though at a place with a restaurant too. Will write a post about that too one day :)

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That was it for now, thank you for stopping by!!

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Wow. The best photo out of everything here is that one of the Dolomites. Just wow. Looks amazing.

Next is the cloudy mountain on top of the rainbow pic. And then that one above the purple(?) flowers. And lastly that one under the sitting Roberto in the foreground.

If you're going to make prints those are my top picks. They all look great on my phone screen. 😁 Post processing is really helpful to make photos look fantastic.

Am not a mountain person, am more of an ocean lover but those views are amazing.

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Thank you, and thanks for being so specific with the photos!! :D Wonderful! thanks! <3 <3

Absolutely STUNNING! Congratulazioni!
Truly amazing place, you very well captured the magic of it.

grazie mille ;D

First, I must say congratulations @frejafri. You finally made it. The photos taken by you? It is amazing,the view was stunning. I love the photo with little willow:) When reading your article, it more like i am virtually hiking with you.From the view of the photo, I do believe you need to build your stamina before the hike? I am afraid of heights. So hike a mountain really not in my dictionary. Thank you for your lovely article, now i can enjoy the scenery as you do.

Thank you! yes all photos taken by me, a part from the ones with me in, which roberto took :)
Haha, I didn't really do anything to build my stamina before, which also made it take me 2 hours instead of the normal 1½ for other people XD

Two hours is not bad but it worth it by looking at the scenery :)

Wow, wow, wow! The photos are amazing! You make me want to climb, and I'm not even a hiker. Wonderful!

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thank you! :D

It’s so beautiful out there!! I love the view in your home too!! And also congratulations you made it!!! All photos were beautiful!! You are beautiful!! That place is like paradise!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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haha thank you very much :D

Wonderful post @frejafri ! Really oozes with your personality and very gorgeously written, accompanied with so many interesting and beautiful photographs <3 Love it !

Thank you :D

Thanks for those stunning views! I don't like to hike but when I know I get rewards like this in front in my camera during the hike Than for sure I love to hike 😍

And my question is answered by this post, yes your still in the south of Europe. 😉

Yes, I just came back to this part of Italy 2 weeks ago :)
Thank you!
Haha, yes the pictures are a good reward, but the real view even better ;D

Real views are usually better indeed, but photography is the fun part I like and helps to secure the precious memories better.

That loos like an amazing hike, and the view are just stunning! I am not much of a hiker myself, but maybe one day I will motivate myself to do it.

Me neither, but it's wonderful to get out there once in a while, though I did think I was never gonna reach in on the way up!!

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Thank you!!

too beautiful the photos of the first photo to the last photo that the experience so bonitalo you have lived @frejafri I am satisfied to go to the first mountain and see below as seen in the images I am speechless thanks for sharing that experience greetings from venezuela friend.

very beautiful really

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