Dolomites – photography trip 2025 – Part 4

We planned to wait for sunset at the Giau Pass. On the way, we stopped briefly at the Snake Road viewpoint. I captured it as a Tiny Planet panorama.

We originally planned to go up to Cinque Torri on another day, but thanks to the telephoto lens, I could already take a few shots from afar. The fog held just right, so I could photograph this special location and its surroundings in a way I hadn’t been able to before.

I tried to take 360° panoramas wherever it made sense.

The mystical fog and the mountains/rock formations really crowned the day.

From one of the peaks, the Rifugio Nuvolau (Nuvolau hut) occasionally emerged from the fog.

As it got darker, the fog became denser, but above La Gusela’s peak, there was a gap, just enough to peek out and see what was above it. For a brief moment, Cinque Torri also appeared below the fog. The peaks sticking out above the clouds had a special atmosphere of their own.

I feel like we really made the most of this day. After finishing the shoot, we continued toward the second accommodation. But there was a complication: google maps showed a road closure on the route we needed. There was an alternative, so we took it, but it was extremely steep and winding, and we ended up making a long detour. The place looked like a private house, offering a little time travel back to the 1980s. Not modern, but it did the job. The final part is coming soon.