Weekend in the SNOW with snow shoes

Meeting point	Parking-lot at highway exit: autostrada ROVERETO SUD on Saturday at 10 hrs. - you can park your car there and from there we are leaving with our mini-vans to the starting point of the excursion.
EXCURSION Typ A - Monti Lessini Overnight stay in mountain inn From the meeting point we reach with our mini-vans a typical mountain inn (30 min. drive) and we occupy the rooms which we have reserved for you. The trip on Saturday reaches the "Busoni": there are interesting forts, trenches and tunnels dug into the rocks by Austrian soldiers during the World Wear I (torch indispensable). The excursion will take us about 3 hrs time of walking. For the trip on Sunday we follow a path between the "malghe" (malga = alpine farms, typical Italian cow shelter). We will walk ca. 4 hrs. on nice, undulated snow fields.
EXCURSION Tipe B - Pasubio mountains Overnight stay in a mountain lodge From the meeting point we reach with our mini-vans a typical mountain village (40 min. drive). Everyone puts on his show-shoes and we are starting with the ascent to the lodge which we will reach after ca. 3 1/2 hrs time of walking (slowly) on an easy path. You will be served a set dinner but you will have the option and possibility to choose between some typical local dishes which you agree upon with the other participants. Soft drinks, beer and wine, available as you like. Sleeping: 'mountain-lodge-style' which is dormitory-like: all in one large room. Although a great number of blankets is available, we recommend to bring a sleeping-bag. On the following day, on Sunday, we will try to reach the mountain top "Col Santo" (2.100 m.) in an appx. 1 hrs. walk with the snow-shoes. Descent back to the village through easy and panoramic snow fields in ca. 3 hrs. walking time
Night excursion	After dinner we are suggesting to everyone who is interested a small night excursion in the moonlight or under the stars.
Equipment	We will provide you with the snowshoes and one pair of hiking-sticks upon arrival at the starting point of our tour.
For further info: e-mail garda@garda-trekking.de

PHOTO ALBUM	TREKKING IN WINTER
Weekend in the snow - Snowshoe hiking incl. dinner and overnight stay in a mountain lodge or mountain inn.
Excursions with snowshoes in the winter are beginning to draw more and more attention and interest for a large number of persons as they are offering the possibility to encounter nature even in the cold season without too much physical exercise and without the use of complex equipment. The dinner in company with your friends in a warm and cozy mountain inn or in a mountain lodge situated in a lonesome valley which is easily accessible by hiking in the snow under the moonlight, will make you live a very special and different weekend.
This type of trekking requires a basic physical condition. Some sense for adventure, training and flexibility are necessary for the overnight stay in the mountain lodge.
WHEN ? every weekend from JANUARY - MARCH, with the following program: