Next dates
12 — 18 Jun 2027
Length
6
nights
Place
The Dolomites, Italy
Group
Max
10
guests
Intensity
Rest
Effort
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Overview
This is our most physical week and one of our most loved. We walk 12–16 km a day on well-made mountain paths with 600–900 m of ascent, always at the pace of the slowest walker, and always with a long lunch at a hut.
Every evening we come back to the same hotel in Val di Funes — no bag-carrying, no new beds — for Elias's three-round sauna, a cold plunge, dinner and early sleep. By the fifth day most guests say the climbs feel easier than the first one did.
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Is it for you?
You'll love it if…
You walk regularly and can manage 5–6 hours on your feet
You want a real challenge with real comfort at the end of it
You're curious about sauna and cold plunge done properly
Probably not if…
You have knee or ankle problems that make descents painful
You'd prefer a slower, more restful week — see Desert Silence
You're afraid of heights — some paths have exposed sections with cables
Day by day
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Day 1 · Arrival
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Day 2 · Adolf Munkel Weg
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03
Day 3 · Seceda ridge
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04
Day 4 · Rest & stretch
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05
Day 5 · Puez plateau
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Day 6 · Lake day
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Day 7 · Departure
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A day here
Typical rhythm
06:30
Sunrise practice
Forty-five minutes of slow flow and breathwork on the terrace at 1,850 m.
08:00
Breakfast, unhurried
Rye bread from the valley bakery, alpine butter, eggs any way, stewed apricots.
09:30
The walk
12–16 km with 600–900 m of ascent, set to the pace of the slowest walker.
13:30
Long lunch at the hut
Barley soup, mountain cheese, whatever the hut kitchen made that morning.
17:30
Sauna & cold plunge
Wood-fired sauna at 80°C, then the glacier-fed trough. Three rounds.
19:30
Dinner by candlelight
Venison or wild-mushroom risotto, soft polenta, Kaiserschmarrn to share.
Rooms & pricing
Shared twin
€2,480
Pine-panelled twin room shared with one other guest of your gender, en-suite.
2 guests
Private double
€2,960
A double room to yourself with a balcony towards the Odle peaks.
1 — 2 guests
Premium loft
€3,380
Top-floor loft suite with a freestanding bath and a window seat under the eaves.
1 — 2 guests
What's included
Included
6 nights in a family-run mountain hotel
Breakfast, hut lunch and dinner every day
Five guided days with an IFMGA guide
Daily sauna and plunge
Morning yoga
Transfers from Innsbruck at set times
Not included
Flights
Travel insurance with mountain rescue cover (required)
Cable-car tickets (about €40)
Drinks with dinner
Your hosts
Elias Brandt
IFMGA mountain guide · Sauna master
Elias grew up in a hut in the Ötztal where his parents fed walkers for thirty summers. He's guided in the Alps, Patagonia and the Himalaya, and has led every Mountain Trek & Sauna since we started running it in 2018.
He sets the pace by the slowest walker, knows the name of every hut keeper on the route, and runs the evening sauna like a quiet ceremony.
Inès Moreau
Yoga & meditation teacher · E-RYT 500
Inès taught in Paris studios for eight years before deciding she preferred teaching where the floor was a beach, a desert or a pine terrace. Her classes are slow, precise and full of practical anatomy.
She designs the movement on all our wellness retreats, and adapts every session to the day's walking.
The place
The Dolomites
Pale limestone towers above green pasture — the most walkable high mountains in Europe, and the best mountain huts.
Getting there
Innsbruck (INN) · 2 h
Best season
June — September
Altitude
1,850 m base
Upcoming dates
From guests
★★★★★
I came for the trekking and left with a sauna habit and four friends I still message every week. Nothing ever felt rushed.
Hanna K.
Mountain Trek & Sauna
★★★★★
Two days into the silence I stopped reaching for my phone. By day four I could hear the camels before I saw them.
Olu A.
Desert Silence
Questions
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How do I reserve a place?
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What does the deposit cover?
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Can I pay in instalments?
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Do you offer gift vouchers?
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How fit do I need to be?
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From
€2,480
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Choose your dates and room, and we'll confirm availability within one working day. Balance due 60 days before you travel.
✓ 30% deposit holds your place
✓ Move your dates once, free
✓ Twelve guests at most
