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Within the walk descriptions, ‘path’ is used to mean a narrow pedestrian-only way, ‘track’ and ‘lane’ are unsurfaced but vehicle-width and ‘road’ is sealed and open to traffic unless specified otherwise. Compass bearings are in abbreviated form (N, S, NNW and so on) as are right (R) and left (L). Reference landmarks and places encountered en route are in bold type, with their altitude in metres above sea level given as ‘m’, not to be confused with minutes (abbreviated as min). 100m=328ft.

Place names in the Dolomites often come in trilingual versions: the old German names for the northern region (the former Tyrol), along with their Italian translations and the recently re-introduced ancient Ladin versions. For the purposes of this guide the Italian version has been given preference so as not to weigh down the text unnecessarily; other names have occasionally been used as well where deemed useful. There is an Italian–German–English glossary of topographic and other features at the back of this guide in ssss1.