Oh Brother! Dolomites rule.

Took a drive to the Dolomite Ranges north of Orsago where we're staying. The day began in full sunshine and went from mild to wild to wilder culminating in an ice storm at 2000 feet which blanketed the roads in white snow and the temperature plummeted to 4 degrees in ten minutes. It was 32 degrees on the plains. Quite a day.The photos tell some of the story. They don't do the grandeur justice. We were gobsmacked. and not just us - people we met all said they'd never seen mountains like these - sheer cliffs 2-3000 metres rising abruptly and surrounded by deep deep ravines. Snow chais everywhere -  evidence of snow fields on every possible mad slope and beautiful villages in hidden valleys. Don't miss it if you're in the north of Italy. Kosciuszko Mountain by the way  is 2228 metres in height. We were driving at 2239 metres and were dwarfed by our surroundings.

ICE ON THE WINDSCREEN

Took a drive to the Dolomite Ranges north of Orsago where we're staying. The day began in full sunshine and went from mild to wild to wilder culminating in an ice storm at 2000 feet which blanketed the roads in white snow and the temperature plummeted to 4 degrees in ten minutes. It was 32 degrees on the plains. Quite a day.