We're hiking to the ocean!

Stefan says "it's not the ocean, it's the sea."

In the tradition of our long hikes, this year's grand adventure links up with a previous one. On Saturday, we'll take a train to Brixen; on Sunday, a bus and gondola lift to Seceda; and from there, we'll spend seventeen days hiking to Trieste, on the Adriatic sea.

Feltre, where we claimed to have reached the foothills of the Alps in 2024, is in the southwest tail of that pale patch due south of the second to sixth black dots of our pending route, meaning we are not taking the most efficient path from Steinebach to the ocean sea, but we think it will be more interesting and hopefully a little cooler than tromping through the plains of Friuli in mid-July. 

Komoot predicts our route is about 207 miles, 39,550' elevation gain, and 47,400' descent. Tune in mid-July to find out if Garmin agrees.