Visiting my parent’s holiday home and doing some routes at Ponte Brolla: Mirjam climbed for the first time and she did great! Nice weather, nice temperatures, nice company – just the right thing for a “military weekend”! Continue reading ‘Monti della Costa & Ponte Brolla’
Monthly Archive for July, 2009
Wow, what a tour to forget: Bloody rain ruined the day and there wasn’t much to do besides turning back (what an idea…) or climbing the over-secured “Children’s Route” ( hey, it’s a 4c!) – guess, what we did
Continue reading ‘Mattstock: Children’s Route (hehe…)’
A nice tour ’round, ’round the Capanna Buffalora with some nice steps in the higher T-grades. After that a cold drink again and back down: A really, really nice spot of Switzerland, calm, rugged, wild – always worth a visit! (especially when my sister runs the hut
) Continue reading ‘Capanna Buffalora: I Corn de Golin, Piz de l’Ardion & Fil de Dragiva’
Next day: Getting up (bloody cold in that small hut, brrr…), sunrise, hanging around and helping out a bit, then descent back down, drove Mirjam to Bellinzona, shopping and hauling the quite heavy sack back up to the Buffalora hut, shower, sleep… Continue reading ‘Capanna Buffalora: Sunrise on Passo Buffalora & Hauling Stuff’
We, Mirjam and me, visited my sister Susanne and Philipp up in the Buffalora hut. They were up there as hut keepers: Cooking, cleaning, organizing, financing – all this for 20 persons. Great surroundings, mountains and trees. And: great meal, clean hut, very nice people
Continue reading ‘Capanna Buffalora: Ascent’





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