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Caption: REFUGE A Ski Tour Through The Italian Dolomites
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Caption: Our journey through the Alta Badia was a circumnavigation of the Marmolada glacier with overnights in alpine rifugios along the way
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Picture of Marmolada Glacier
Caption: Early in the trip we experienced a rare and intense wind event with gusts reaching to near triple digits, scouring the slopes and creating variable snow conditions. But certain slopes transformed to the most perfectly buffed, chalky surface imaginable.
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Picture of Marmolada Glacier
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Picture of Giau Pass
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Picture of Museum Marmolada Great War 3000 M
Caption: We ventured through regions with a heavy past, where the Italian and Austrian armies had once battled fiercely in the dead of winter for control of the high ground during WWI. Boot packing up one unnamed couloir, we came across a large clump of barbed wire still hanging off the side of the rock wall. The feeling was one of humility and silent respect.
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Caption: The sheer limestone walls and couloirs of the region, coupled with the remnants of the war, can feel otherworldly.
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Picture of Lagazuoi
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