4-6 September Around Tödi

IMG 9902 Leaving Zürich IMG 9903 possible visit in NYC IMG 9905 the Linthal from the bus to Klausenpasse IMG 9912 the valley below Klausenpasse
IMG 9907 Brown Swiss and limestone rubble IMG 9908 cheese from Urnerboden available here IMG 9909 the limestone crags IMG 9910 Urnerboden church
IMG 9911 village house and crags IMG 3360 and the same crags from the top of the lift IMG 9913 cows around the corner of the ridge IMG 9915
IMG 9916 IMG 3362 the landscape through which we passed IMG 3363 sign of fall IMG 3364 more
IMG 3366 looking back IMG 3370 looking ahead IMG 3371 nice trail through the debris IMG 3373 looking across to Kalikritti
IMG 9917 final approach to Claridenhutte IMG 3376 our room IMG 9929 hey! how did Val get in here? IMG 9918 next morning: chickens are loose
IMG 9920 Linthal IMG 9921 chicken and chicken coop IMG 9922 around the side of the hut IMG 9923 in front of the hut with the Tödi in the distance
IMG 9924 the traditional front of the hut IMG 9928 Kindle and coffee IMG 9927 breakfast with German family and single older woman dentist from Zürich IMG 9930 getting over from steep spots
IMG 9931 residual snow IMG 9932 looking back at the hut IMG 3377 this is in fact the wrong way! IMG 9933 back on the right way
IMG 3379 dropping down to the Sand valley with Tödi in front of us IMG 3380 Clariden glaciers to the west IMG 3381 like the Matterhorn IMG 3382
IMG 3384 panorama IMG 9934 where we are going IMG 3388 up and around another ridge IMG 3389 and the trail disappears!!
IMG 3390 the approach to Tödi IMG 3392 looking back to Clariden IMG 3393 around the ridge, more cliffs in the distance IMG 3395 cliff panorama
IMG 9935 been hauling these since yesterday IMG 3397 the Biferten Glacier coming down from Tödi IMG 3398 the sheep thinks we have snacks IMG 3400 sheep attack!
IMG 3399 aggressive but very clean sheep IMG 3402 whaddayagot? IMG 3403 nothing you want IMG 3404 time to pee and move on
IMG 3405 sheep and Alps IMG 3406 sheep and Alps IMG 9936 domesticated edelweiss IMG 9937 on the window sill
IMG 9938 our packs on the bench IMG 9939 sheep studying us IMG 9941 Saint Fridolin, emblematic of Glarus IMG 9942 the view down valley
IMG 9943 panorama from the terrace IMG 9944 Glacier de Biferten IMG 9945 a veritable wall IMG 9946 across from the hut
IMG 9947 our trusty iPad relying on a weak signal to get out the posts IMG 9949 the sheep were still there the next morning IMG 9950 lower down young cow IMG 9951 down by the turquoise lake more cows
IMG 9953 little ones IMG 9956 and big beautiful ones IMG 9958 perfect cow portrait IMG 9959
IMG 9961 IMG 9962 young one IMG 3411 looking back to where we were