Sorapiss Lake is located in the Veneto.
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To know
It is a lake of glacial origin that rises at 1,923 m.s.l.m. The water that descends from the slopes of the surrounding mountains makes the water mirror a turquoise color.
Territories and tourist destinations
Sorapiss Lake: full screen map.Urban centers
How to get
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By plane
1 Treviso Airport, Viale Noalese, 63 / E, ☎ 39 0422 315111.- 2 Venice airport, Viale G. Galilei, 30/1, ☎ 39 041 2609260.
- 3 Innsbruck Airport / Austria, Fürstenweg 180, ☎ 43 512 22525-0.
- 4 Verona Airport, Caselle di Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095636.
By car
The lake is about 15 km from cortina d'Ampezzo. 
Motorway A27 d'Alemagna: Exit Belluno, then state SS51 (Alemagna) to Cortina and Misurina.
On the train
By bus
Service Dolomitibus is SAD.
How to get around
It is advisable to move early in the morning due to the significant influx of hikers, especially in summer.
- By car to Passo Tre Croci, then on foot for about 6 km along the path n. 215 del CAI (about 2 hours of walking), with 200 m. in altitude and in some places exposed on the ravine;
- Walk from Cortina for 15 km (about 4 hours of walking).
What see
What to do
- 1 Tour of the Sorapiss (For experienced hikers).
To be divided into two days. Departure from the Vandelli Refuge - Comici Bivouac (2.020 m.) - Via Ferrata Alfonso Vandelli (difficult, duration 7 hours) - Aided mountaineering route Carlo Minanzio - Via Ferrata Berti - Return to the Vandelli Refuge.
To be divided into two days. Departure from the Vandelli Refuge - Comici Bivouac (2.020 m.) - Via Ferrata Alfonso Vandelli (difficult, duration 7 hours) - Aided mountaineering route Carlo Minanzio - Via Ferrata Berti - Return to the Vandelli Refuge.Shopping
Where to eat
Vandelli Refuge
- 1 Alfonso Vandelli Refuge (at 1,926 m.). At 150 m. from the lake.
Where stay
- 1 Alfonso Vandelli Refuge, ☎ 39 0435 39015. 57 beds.
Safety
Hiking equipment (hiking boots, poles, backpack, windbreaker, goggles, hat, gloves, etc.) for high altitude ascents.
How to keep in touch
Around
Itineraries
- Dolomite passes - The itinerary follows the most scenic passes of the Dolomites, where the rock and nature are the protagonists.
Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Sorapiss Lake
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