December 04, 2005 we arrive in Belluno, it´s completly foggy, the typical north italian lowland winter weather. "La speranza e´ l´ultima a morire" (hope dies last), so we start the ascent from refuge Col di Roanza; in this deep fog, we don´t see more than 20 meters. Fortunately the first part has to be effected on a forestry road, so we don´t have any orientation difficulties.
Few meters after the tree-line it happens: the fog slowly begins to dissolve, and after few minutes we stand all at once under the sun and above a see of clouds.
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In this surreal atmosphere we keep on ascending over the wide slopes and the view is getting more and more stunning.
We are not alone on Monte Serva: an old man of Belluno is walking up, no skis, no snow shoes, all he has is a pair of ski poles and yet a lot of endurance.
In the meantime, we have 1.000 vertical meters behind us, other 200 meters elevation gain and the summit is reached. The view here above is striking!
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A last picture towards the neighbor summit called Cima dei Tre Mas´ci....
...and then let´s go downhill! A very pleasant descent: powder snow on the upper part, spring snow on the lower part.
A very relaxing ski tour above the clouds.
