Rätikon Höhenweg – day 3
13th July 2008
This is the big day of the Rätikon Höhenweg, the summit of the Schesaplana itself and the descent to the Schesaplana Hütte are major objectives. The summit is pretty straightforward although it’s high alpine terrain and it’s required to cross some fairly extensive snowfields although it’s only névé which is frozen and melted and re-frozen snow rather than glaciers which would have been problematic for this solo trip.
Originally the forecast hadn’t been promising for the trip and it wasn’t until Monday I decided to risk the weather. Today should have been cloudy and raining so the clear skies and sunshine are a huge bonus and mean I can stick to my planned route to the Schesaplana Hütte.
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