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| Looking down from the Bödenalpe |
Day 18 Sexton
Day 17 Durrensteinhutte
From today there are three of us - we have been joined by Paul Agius from Spain who is going to walk with us for the rest of the trip.
Not an auspicious start for the new enlarged group, poured with rain all day and we decided we would have to modify our route. Real shame because Christine and I were looking to visiting the Lago do Braies, the northern starting point for the Alta Via 1, a trip, one of our first, which we did about 10 years ago, (an amazing walk by the way). The forecast was snow above 2,000 metres and nobody seemed to think it was safe to make the trip, much of which is exposed and over 2,200 metres.
Not an auspicious start for the new enlarged group, poured with rain all day and we decided we would have to modify our route. Real shame because Christine and I were looking to visiting the Lago do Braies, the northern starting point for the Alta Via 1, a trip, one of our first, which we did about 10 years ago, (an amazing walk by the way). The forecast was snow above 2,000 metres and nobody seemed to think it was safe to make the trip, much of which is exposed and over 2,200 metres.
Day 16 Antholz Mitteral
Had originally planned to stay in Ahornach but we are now a day behind schedule and the hotel we had booked could no longer find us a room. So yesterday we came down to Sand in Taufers where there were plenty of hotels to choose from.
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| Gelltalam Meadow |
Day 15 Sand in Taufere
Christine's Guest Blog
Apart from a small sting in the tail, my best ever day's high altitude walking.
We left the wonderful Edelrautehutte at 7.45, giving ourselves just a few moments to relish it's location perched on a col - huge east/west views with a glacier hanging over us to the north.
Apart from a small sting in the tail, my best ever day's high altitude walking.
We left the wonderful Edelrautehutte at 7.45, giving ourselves just a few moments to relish it's location perched on a col - huge east/west views with a glacier hanging over us to the north.
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| Edelrautehutte |
Day 14 Edelrauthutte
Looked out of the window at 6.45 and the weather looked as bad as ever - had we made the wrong decision yesterday? Within minutes however we saw our first glimpse of blue sky and within an hour or so the mist had gone and we had perfect weather for walking - cool and clear.
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| Descending from Pfitscherjoch Hutte |
Day 13 Pfitscherjoch
Stuck at Pfitscherjoch. Had been anticipating bad weather for several days, it arrived today. Heavy rain through the night, thunder lightening, all gone in the morning but very low cloud, cold north wind and visibility down to a few metres.
Big decision in the morning, should we go or should we stay. Not easy, we had a tough walk ahead - my notes said "don't do this walk if you're not sure of the weather" but there was a general exodus from the hutte and staying was not exactly going to be fun. It also meant rearranging our schedule.
We stayed and the weather didn't start to improve until early evening. Had a good rest and luckily this is a very good hutte. I think we did the right thing, better weather tomorrow will provide a full vindication.
Interesting the number of the walkers on a trip that goes from Munich to Venice. Pfitscherjoch is a stop-over on the route and we met a group on the trip last night and there are another two groups on the same trip staying here tonight - surprisingly this is about the half way point.
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Big decision in the morning, should we go or should we stay. Not easy, we had a tough walk ahead - my notes said "don't do this walk if you're not sure of the weather" but there was a general exodus from the hutte and staying was not exactly going to be fun. It also meant rearranging our schedule.
We stayed and the weather didn't start to improve until early evening. Had a good rest and luckily this is a very good hutte. I think we did the right thing, better weather tomorrow will provide a full vindication.
Interesting the number of the walkers on a trip that goes from Munich to Venice. Pfitscherjoch is a stop-over on the route and we met a group on the trip last night and there are another two groups on the same trip staying here tonight - surprisingly this is about the half way point.
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Day 12 Pfitscherjoch
Just as yesterday was worse than we expected, today was better. It's all about expectation management. We are busy turning tomorrow into a nightmare.
We decided yesterday that getting a bus to Ginzling was a better start than an endless walk up the long valley. That meant staying in Mayrhofen in a fairly luxurious ski hotel at a bargain rate. The only trouble was their internet wasn't working and I was hoping to get onto the Via Alpina web site and go through the itinerary again. It gets a bit complicated over the next few days.
The decision to get a bus was a good one. I'm sure the route from Finkenburg to Ginzling would have avoided the road wherever possible but it's still a long valley bottom walk and there is plenty of that to enjoy after Ginzling.
We decided yesterday that getting a bus to Ginzling was a better start than an endless walk up the long valley. That meant staying in Mayrhofen in a fairly luxurious ski hotel at a bargain rate. The only trouble was their internet wasn't working and I was hoping to get onto the Via Alpina web site and go through the itinerary again. It gets a bit complicated over the next few days.
The decision to get a bus was a good one. I'm sure the route from Finkenburg to Ginzling would have avoided the road wherever possible but it's still a long valley bottom walk and there is plenty of that to enjoy after Ginzling.
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| Easy trail up from Ginzling |
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