Dolomite peaks Croda dei Toni and Croda Antonio Berti rise above the clouds near Rifugio Auronzo. These ancient coral reefs became a vertical battlefield in WWI. The small Cappella degli Alpini on the trail honors those who served on this high-altitude front. A landscape where deep geological time meets 20th-century history.

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