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A Taste of Summer Soft Adventure in the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Dolomites

| Wed, 07/30/2025 - 11:59
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo can charm in the summertime, too / Photo: M. Vineusa via Shutterstock

It’s a summer day in the resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, and the Faloria cable car is closed due to a landslide. In wintertime, such news would surely disappoint the many skiers hoping for a lift up into the highest heights of the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Dolomites. But it’s July, and the closure changes nothing about my group’s plans. Still, as we walk past the cable car, I feel a twinge of longing to be here at a different time. A thin blanket of clouds covers the sky, seemingly he

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