My Italian friends had some free days in which I wanted to plan some outdoor adventures around northern Italy. There is a lot to choose from, but the Tibetan Bridge of Val Sorda stood out as an interesting hike.
We had previously missed out on some of Northern Italy’s hikes and when researching I found there were hikes leading to Tibetan Bridge’s all over the place. You could plan numerous daytrips just seeking out Tibetan Bridges. This one was also very easy to plan because we found a Youtube video with keen Italian hikers explaining the full trip – so it was very easy to share the plan for the day – the work was done for us.
The first section of the trail was fairly easy and showcased some of the great landscape, we made it pretty quickly to the Tibetan Bridge.
We continued down the path to find a cave and a spot for lunch. The cave was amazingly like 5 degrees cooler than the ambient temperature. This was an extremely hot and humid environment so we really felt the difference in the cave.
Afterwards we continued towards some of the tougher parts of the trail, where we found ourselves climbing up some very difficult slopes in the humidity and heat. It was an exceptional challenge to make it up the top to see the views depicted below.
We also missed one of the entrances to our intended pathway and ran out of water at the same time, so we had to re-orient ourselves to make sure we were on the right path. With spotty GPS reception its always a challenge on this type of climb, so planning and leaving plenty of time ahead was key.
Overall a great challenging climb – although probably better undertaken in cooler weather. Apparently if you do this track in winter you have to be weary of slipping on ice as you climb up the rocks.
So there might be some merit in chasing Tibetan Bridges, I’ll see what others might be worth visiting around Northern Veneto.