September 3

Back into Switzerland to Binntal
IMG 4959-2 Day 3 sees Jeremy up early to capture the sunrise on the L. Vannino 20130903-0153-2 Will captures our group before we start off Sept13 5 Crossing streams running into the lake 20130903-0155-2 Then climbing above what look like a lake of paint
IMG 0856-2 Will on the way up to Scatta Minoia Sept13 6 Just a bit of snow at the top of the pass DSCN9265-2 A boquetin in the crags above the pass IMG 0865-2 Rosalie, Sarah and Bruce obscuring the route ahead
Image 30-2 the huge Alpe Forno DSCN9271-2 Alpine wetlands IMG 0870-2 The barns and hut at Alpe Forno DSCN9275-2 We are still in Italy
IMG 0871-2 We climb toward Albrunpass IMG 0873-2 Lago di Dévero below us CIMG3296-2 Leo and lake IMG 0550-2 Bruce crossing over the Albrunpass
20130903-0166-2 Will and borne DSCN9281 The hut was hidden from us. IMG 4977 the sesquicentennial of CAS IMG 4978-2 Our destination on day 3: Binntalhutte, run by Francophones from the Jura
IMG 0876-2 We arrived here in the early afternoon IMG 0878-2 so after regrouping we did separate things 20130903-0170-2 some did laundry and 20130903-0168-2 stared down Binntal
CIMG3303-2 Others went on an outing up to some caves DSCN9288 while others reconnoitered the next day's route DSCN9294 Wetlands below the hut which DSCN9289-2 eventually drain over this falls
DSCN9291 The next day's Plan B runs across the photo DSCN9292-2 Binntalhutte from the Binntal side DSCN9293-2 Binntalhutte IMG 0880-2 The crew had moved to a different bench
IMG 0881-2 but the m.o. was the same! IMG 4982 This continued on after dinner IMG 0883-2 and into the evening IMG 0887-2 starting with this board game
IMG 0889-2 but this was just the beginning of a long evening for some! folderimage folderthumb