On the way back from Venice, we wanted to do some hiking, because that is what people do when they are in Switzerland, right? So we drove over the Bernina pass and on the way down before reaching Pontresina we stopped and took the gondola up to the Diavolezza.
The view to Piz Palü and Bernina is just breath taking. The snow covered ridge is the famous Biancograt.
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| Bernina |
From the Refuge Diavolezza we walked down to the glacier, put on the crampons, roped up and hiked over to the other side. The weather was perfect.
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| Piz Palü |
After we enjoyed being alone in the mountains, we needed to hike up the moraine to the gondola station. The gondola would take us to our car in the parking lot down in the valley. Well, it turned out that the last gondola left already and it was barely 5:00pm, ok maybe 6:00, but still. Short of too many choices, we decided to hike down to the car and by that time it was completely dark.
Of course, we arrived in Pontresina without a hotel reservation and lucky us we found a cozy family own hotel with a kitchen that was about to close. With all of today's exercise we were felt we deserved a good local pasta dish.
What an adventures day this has been.
