Haute Route Graubunden 11 - 17 March

20170311 124157 Day1 - leaving Montreux IMG 1775 Dining in Davos L to R, Vance, Jeff, Kim Faerthen, me. 20170311 195238 A Davos burger IMG 1778 Day 2 - training to St-Moritz
20170312 094750 Cable car to Piz Nair 20170312 094757 Faerthen and VAnce 20170312 102956 exiting via the backside 20170312 102959 thin cover
IMG 1783 in the cable car 20170312 111648 up the other side 20170312 111828 up... 20170312 112823 and up some more to the pass down to Jenatsch
20170312 123041 our tracks on the far side IMG 1793 Drying room at the hut IMG 1794 Goal for the day 20170313 064806 Day 2 - dawn
20170313 080025 Starting off but too many avalanches.. 20170313 102825 We bail down some breakable crust.. IMG 20170313 104739 into a long, long valley... IMG 1805 where there is however a nice restaurant.
IMG 20170313 132856 that takes us to the very infrequently served train stop of Spinas... 20170313 163420 We train to Bergün IMG 1819 They stay in the Kurhaus where we stayed two years ago IMG 1822 WE ate dinner at the same table as we did two years ago!
IMG 20170314 080922 Day 3 - We take the lifts up from Bergün IMG 20170314 092519 then follow a ridge - I note the mtn in the background from two years back 20170314 101021 the ridge line 20170314 111700 At the top, conferring...
IMG 1827 and pointing out the next part of the day 20170314 120007 We decided to come down the ridge, not the face IMG 1829 Me looking for less tracked 20170314 123534 Best pitch of the whole trip!
IMG 20170314 124100 20170314 125845 then up the valley through the debris 20170314 125848 down valley 20170314 133328 turning up toward the pass
20170314 133331 in the L background, the peak we came down 20170314 133337 avi debris 20170314 134324 the route up to the pass 20170314 151059 on the pass but still not there!
IMG 1833 Finally (8hr day) the hut! IMG 20170315 065244 Day 4 - early departure from Es-cha 20170315 074157 A short skin up IMG 20170315 090506 where we finally must take off the skis
IMG 1841 and climb up the rocks 20170315 090544 but there was a chain 20170315 095125 down the other side beneath Piz Kesch 20170315 095503 Our tracks
VID 20170315 095315 Me in front and Faerthen right behind IMG 1848 The interior of the hut. 20170315 132614 Vance and I went out in the PM to ski and dig a snow pit 20170315 132901 the block before
20170315 132925 Vance starts jumping on it 20170315 132935 more jumping 20170315 132952 it finally breaks (not too scary) 20170315 155648 outside boot drying
20170315 155709 Lenticular clouds 20170315 155743 Piz Kesch and novel drying arrangements 20170315 160201 A valley we won't go down 20170315 160205 The route by which we came
20170315 172549 Out our window 20170316 085646 Day 5 - after a long ski down valley time to climb 20170316 085913 across the valley floor IMG 20170316 090339 Nice shapes
20170316 104144 Looking south from pass, Piz Kesch on the R 20170316 104153 Preparing for the descent 20170316 111441 20170316 111447 Snow dunes
20170316 111527 Off ... 20170316 111529 we... 20170316 111532 20170316 111533 go...
IMG 1857 At the end of the descent, Grialetsch Hutte IMG 20170316 130534 The view from the terrace 20170316 144310 A little rope work in the afternoon IMG 1862 The point here in not Jim, but rather Green Pants
IMG 20170317 075659 Day 6 - checking our fillings on the icy slopes out IMG 1865 from Durrboden, we follow a road... 20170317 084146 past a lot of avalanches IMG 1868 to the bus stop where we get the bus to Davos
20170317 105030 My father's mittens: could he have imagined them serving here? 20170317 164723 Meanwhile back at the ranch....