¬A¬ Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites : [untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys]
The Val Flemme, or Fleims Thal (about the middle of which Predazzo is situate), is but one portion of an immensely long tortuous valley called in part the Val Fassa, in part the Val Fiemme, in part the Val Cembra, which begins with the source of the Avisio in that depression between thè Marmolata and the Monte Padon which is known as the Fedaja pass, and ends where the torrent debouches into the Eisack at Lavis, seven miles north of Trient. The collective name for this chain of valleys is the
Val d’Avisio ; and, except at quite thè upper end of thè Fassa division, it is the least picturesque of any that carne within the compass of our journey. Leaving Predazzo after one day of rest—for, however attractive to geologists and mineralogists, it has no excursions to repay thè unscientific visitor—we next pursued our course up the valley purposing to put up for a couple of nights at Vigo in thè Fassa Thal, and thence to explore the cirque of the Rosengarten, and ascend thè Sasso dei MugoniA
It is a dull day when we start, having a somewhat dull journey before us. Our way lies at first between a double ränge of low hills partly clothed with pine- forest, and partly with scrub. These hills, which are of the dark igneous rock thrown up from the Predazzo crater, hide the loftier peaks and are not picturesque at all. By and by comes a long straight road, terminated miles away by the village of Moena. Going along this road, a few unmistakably Dolomitic summits begin to * There is now daily
communication by omnibus between Predazzo and Vigo by thè road from Cavalese to Vigo. (Note to Second Edition .)
