Forno di Zoldo Day nine was bittersweet.  We looked forward to a clean set of clothes and an opportunity to rest our weary feet from the brutal, rocky trails of the last week.  But we most certainly weren't ready to leave the Dolomites.    Our last day was quite short, just a couple of hours walk down into the town of Forno di Zoldo, so we weren't in a hurry to leave.  But to make things easier on Lidia, we got up and had breakfast when Christine did and left Malga Pramper around 9am.   

Our notes to walk from Malga Pramper to Forno di Zoldo were a bit cryptic.   We think there may have been a few different places to pick up the trail, and I'm not sure if we used the right one.  But the trail we chose took us into the woods for about 45 minutes.   We passed over a few streams and by little mountain huts.  

Moutain Hut

We have arrived! Our days on the AV1 were unbelievable.  We felt like we won the lottery with having had such incredible weather nearly every day on the trail.  We are hooked on long pack trips and are anxious to find another one... Iceland, New Zealand, the PCT or AT are all ideas floating around my vacation crazed brain...

The few pictures we took on our last day are here.