6/12/24
Beck Family Vacation: Day Four in the Alps/Dolomites.
Today we drove 20 minutes to our hike at Lago Di Boe (The Lake of Boe). It was cold and foggy but we were hoping the sun would come out and change that pretty quickly. No such luck today. It stayed pretty cold and even drizzled on us a bit.
The whole first part of the hike was a STEEP climb up a pebbled road.:
“Wait, what!? We’re climbing that?”:
The wind made it colder:
Lizzy tried to run it! She made it pretty far at a run:
Rest break!:
We turned the corner and the climb continued. Rachel creates her own switchbacks along the way to make it a little easier:
We made it up to the first ‘lake’. Well, based on the trail info we read we thought this was going to be a lake:
A retention pond! Really!?:
Rachel’s expression is quite fitting as well:
There’s a restaurant up the hill. Perhaps they have hot chocolate!:
Ducking down beneath the wind chill helps a bit:
When I got to the top I found Lizzy riding a zip line!:
Mom thought this was a slingshot so Lizzy tried to launch a rock. Oops, it was a kiddie swing:
The restaurant was closed so we kept hiking. The trail drastically changed to a pretty rocky climb:
The clouds were thick but we could make out the large rock formations:
It was still an uphill climb for another mile:
We ran into a group who decided to abandon their hike and wanted directions to the quickest way down:
As we continued our assent there was snow and ice along the trail:
And the rocky climb continued:
There are some pretty wildflowers along the trail too. See the pink/purple flowers up on the right:
Back in the snow:
Even more snow:
The trail narrowed and it got a little cliffy and the fog was thickening:
I bet the view from up here is spectacular when the fog is lifted:
Hiking in the edge:
Snowball fight up here!?:
Lizzy built a snowman:
We could hear water flowing under the ground around us and it was a little bit creepy. We also saw lots of scat along the trail and we were hoping to see some wildlife.
We had several little detours around snow and ice:
We saw an Alpine Marmot and lots of marmot scat.:
We made it to Lake Boe! I’m sure it’s an awesome lake but it was more creepy with the fog.
We were enjoying the hike while also wishing we could actually see the lake:
Lake Boe if only we could see you:
We are sure it’s beautiful on a clear day:
Swimming anyone?:
One last look:
A creepy ski lift currently closed:
Another snowball fight:
Dad got Lizzy!:
Racing back for more snow:
She got him!:
This was a loop trail. Can you see the road we climbed up this morning in the distance?:
Up there:
We hiked down below the clouds and it was a little warmer too:
This is a pic of the mountain views we would have seen on a clear day:
As we approached the end of the hike we somehow lost the trail and had to hike through a very pretty yet soaking cold wet grassy field. We are all ready to get warm and dry! We did hard things today as a family and that always brings us closer together as a family.
