Went up to Alpe Scilar/Catinaccio for what my dad promised to be the best mountains Italy has to offer. Didn't disappoint. Could have sworn that LOTR characters were going to pop out from behind boulders. The altitude and mileage were a challenge, but I came out on the otherside in one piece. Due to my train schedule on day one I had to run/speedwalk to my first hut. For the first bit I was encouraged to turn around. The second bit I saw no peoples. But made it up in time for dinner and sunset! Day two was long. Longer than the punishment tromp. Met some more nice italians, shared some more wine, got some more blisters. Day three, wake to snow. Run away home.
You can kind of see the Rifugio I stayed at in the background, and the rock that I used to prop my camera up on in the foreground! Self-timer success!
Before my gnarly descent/ascent to passo prinipe. Not really sure why I'm smiling here.
Weird sculpture sighted during snowy escape.
Perhaps not LOTR characters; but dwarves, gnomes, wizards and nymph live inside this wonderful mountains and waters:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosengarten_group#Legend_of_King_Laurin
Have you seen their in the dawn?
Ciao.
Luca