The Brenta Dolomites are a moonscape of spires and pinnacles about an hour’s drive north from Lake Garda. Looping for 60 miles around the entire mountain range and split into 11 stages, the Dolomiti di Brenta Trek is popular for its via ferratas, where each step unveils a new panorama — though, at times, it’s best not to look down at the vertiginous drops. Breaking up stages three and four is Rifugio Tuckett, named after British mountaineer Francis Fox Tuckett, one of the first to explore the Dolomites in the 19th-century ‘golden age of alpinism’ — a period in which many peaks saw their first ascents. The camaraderie forged with fellow hikers in these mountain refuges adds another dimension to the experience.