Thanks for the comment. I hope your trip went well👍

Thanks for the comment, via Ferrara at the 3 peaks was open but some sections were quite deep in snow. Many people were turning back about 3km in to the hike as the snow was deep and my friend saw a couple ahead of him get buried up to their waste in snow on the trail following a small avalanche. Some people kept going and some turned back. I hope your trip is amazing 🏔️👍

Also feel free to read my blog about our trip here as it includes allot more detail about the locations and the trip generally. www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites

I’m also planning my trip here in May 2024.😉

Ah wow. We could have indeed. Were you traveling on a Camper as well?

Hi There, Thank you for taking the time to watch my video. We travelled from the 7th to 14th May. The mountains and high roads were still thick with snow but the low roads and low lands were clear of snow. Regardless of the snow on the high roads, all roads open to traffic were clear of snow and in great condition. Driving was not a problem. The weather was generally great. We had temperatures of +20 degrees C each day and on the day we climbed Seceda it was 26 Deg C. If you are travelling in a camper van you should be aware that if you park at high altitude the temperature drops very low over night and I found it quite cold in bed, but the vans have heating which solved this problem. If you are hiking you will definitely need hiking boots with ankle support. Regarding clothing all we needed was hiking trousers and then layers for the top half of our bodies. T Shirts, long sleeved tops and then quilted jackets plus hats. We did not need gloves it was not that cold for us. If you would like more detailed information you can read my Blog here - www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites Thank you once again for taking the time and feel free to ask more questions and I will help If I can.

@@anyjimblogs perfect, my friend. I just clicked and open ur blog... I'll read it at all soon!!! U really helped a lot. Greetings from Brazil!😃

Hi There, Thank you for watching my video and thank you for the comment. Our experience was that cable cars were not working in any of the locations we visited during our trip. Every main cable car station we passed had the cable cars themselves taken off of the cable itself and stored in the car park. I do not know if this was a temporary situation for the period between the winter and summer season and the cable cars are up and running again in June or not? It did not look that way to us. The smaller ski lifts were also not in use but in one location we saw engineers using these to move logs / carry out maintenance projects. When we arrived at Col Raiser we saw the cable cars moving so hoped we could take a cable car up to Seceda and hike back down but we found a crew of maintenance engineers working on the cable cars within the Col Raise Cable Car station so they were not open to the public. You can also read my Blog on my website which provides allot more information on our trip and the places we stopped. TOP TIP - Lagos De Braise is very busy from about 8am so if you want to have the lake to yourself get up early and be there from 7am or even earlier. My Blog is here - www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and read my Blog. I very much appreciate you taking the time.

No, cable cars are not working in May. Most seem to reopen mid June. Dolomites are a ghost town in May. 95% of everything (accommodation, restaurants, bars, cafes are all shut). All the places you mentioned have too much snow for hiking, but there's not enough snow for skiing so things shut down... I found out the hard way.

@@ahhughes123 Thanks for the info. I hope this did not spoil your trip. We’re you in a camper van?

@@anyjimblogs no, just a hire car.

@@ahhughes123 thanks we are changing our plans for next May

We had to walk from Lago Antron’s as the road was closed at the lake due to snow on the road. It’s a 6km hike from the lake to the Rifugio and the last 2km was ankle deep with snow. We were not able to get to Misurina View point as the snow was to deep. You can read my blog here if you think it might be useful - www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites

Hi There, we travelled from 7th to 14th May last year. The only location we came across real deep snow was when we hiked to Rifugio Auronzo and it was only as we reach the top. The hike around the 3 Peaks of Lavaredo from Rifugio Auronzo was still quite deep with snow.

Thanks for the comment and for watching my video. No cable cars were open during our trip, much to our disappointment. In case this is helpful you can read my blog here which provides more detail than the video. www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites

Hi There, unfortunately the cable car at Col Raiser was not open to the public for us. The cable cars were moving but there was a maintenance crew working on them inside the station so the cable cars were closed. We asked the guys doing the work (they had no English and we had no Dutch as they were from the Netherlands) if we could ride to Seceda and hike down but they said no. I think the maintenance was after ski season obviously and summer there is little demand to use them. Anyway we hiked from Kol Raiser to Seceda. Depends on your speed but I would allow 3-4hrs for the hike to the top from Col Raiser. When we got close to the top we found a road so it seems you can drive close to the top. There was a construction site with a crane so trucks seemed to be able to drive to the construction site. If we had known that we would probably have driven closer to the top of Seceda and taken a different route around the top instead. You can read my blog here which may be useful as it has more details on locations we parked and visited. www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites

Hi There, thank you for watching my video and for the comment, I really appreciate it. Regarding a suitable day hike, it depends what distance you have in mind and how serious you are about hiking. However, hopefully this will be helpful. Check out my blog article of our trip and if you’re short of time skip to Day 4 or Day 6 in the Blog - link below. Day 4 - 3 Peaks of Lavaredo is a great option but it depends on how much snow is left when you travel. You will likely get up to the start of the 3 peaks hike but too much snow may prevent you getting around the 3 peaks hike itself. Even so it was a great day. Another option is Day 6 - Mount Seceda - this was very accessible even with the snow we experienced at higher altitudes. I have included details of the hikes and locations in the blog. Hope this helps. www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites

@@anyjimblogs thank you so much for the feedback! I will take a look at the blog. In which area do you recommend staying in to do the two hikes that you are referring to?

If you read the blog I have included the What3Words locations of the places we parked the van up for both hikes.

Hi There, I have written a blog which you can read here in which I cover the Indie Campers experience as well. I hope you find this useful - www.anyjimblogs.com/post/camper-van-travel-in-the-dolomites