Walk
The larch trail with the dog
2.5 hours · Easy · 6 km
Shade, water and soft ground the whole way — the walk we do when it is too hot for anything else.
Guide
Walking the Orobie with a dog
Which routes work with a dog, where the water is, and the two months you need to think about livestock.
The short answer
Almost everything here works with a dog. The trails are quiet, shaded for the first climb, and most rifugio terraces are happy to have a dog under the table.
Grazing season changes the rules
From roughly the middle of June until early September, cattle, goats and sheep graze the upper pastures, often with working dogs. Keep your dog on a lead across grazing ground, close every gate, and give herds a wide berth rather than walking through them.
Water and heat
There are drinking fountains and stone troughs on most of the routes above the village, but the first hour of the climb can be hot and dry in July. Walk early, carry water, and use the larch shade.
- Larch trail — shaded, off-lead outside grazing season
- The hour before dinner — cool, short, ends at a meadow
- Rifugio walk — dogs welcome on the terrace, lead through the pasture
Do it yourself
Walk
Walk to Vodala & lunch above the valley
3–4 hours · Moderate · 8.4 km
A steady climb through larch woods to a rifugio terrace where lunch takes as long as you want it to.
Relax
The hour before dinner
1 hour · Easy · 1.8 km
A twenty-minute walk to a bench above the village, timed so the valley turns gold while you sit on it.