Silvretta I – 20-22 April 2008

28th April 2008

Heidelberger Hütte & Jamtal Hütte

This was the first day of a ski tour in the Silvretta region which is somewhere I’d never visited before. I was looking for a tour to hook up with and I recalled seeing a mail from John Stafford of the Eagle Ski Club suggesting a trip with the guide Andy Perkins. John confirmed a slot was still available so I met a group of other Eagles in Landeck on Saturday evening, in fact in a fluke of good timing I bumped into John at the station in Landeck-Zams as he arrived from Innsbruck and I stepped off the postbus from Ischgl. In another coincidence we were joined later by John How whom I’d met back in January at the cabane des Becs de Bosson near Zinal.

Sunday was spent skiing a little in the Ischgl area again so the guys who’d flown in from the UK could get their legs a little. A major bonus was that Jimmy Cliff was playing a concert on the slopes above Samnaun (CH), I’ve actually seen Jimmy Cliff in concert before in Switzerland at the Montreux festival in 2007.

Sunday was going to turn out to be some of the best weather of the week, leaving the ski area for a moderate climb to the col thena ski down to the Heidelberger Hütte. The Heidelberger Hütte was a revelation for me, here in Switzerland the huts are fairly basic but the standard of the Heidelberger Hütte was amazing, not only does it have running water but there are hot showers, great food and comfortable sleeping. The Heidelberger Hütte is actually located in Switzerland and owned/operated by the German Alpine Club (DAV).

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Above, some of the group above the Heidelberger Hütte and above right, Andy Perkins the guide.

The next day really wasn’t too good but we were able to make the route to the Jamtal Hütte (DAV) without any problems. It turns out the Jamtal Hütte is of an even higher standard than the Heidelberger.

Andy heading back to the Jamtal Hütte after a tour up to the Jamtalferner.