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July 22nd 2007 Start time: 15:40 Arrival time: 18:20 Duration: 2:40 Climb: 675 m Descent: 70 m |
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We left Zurich in the morning and took the post-bus to the Mattmark dam just outside of Saas-Almagell. Its crest is at an altitude of 2203 meters. | |
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From there it's a pleasant walk of about 3 km along either side of the lake, and right from the start there is a view towards the Moropass. One can even make out the silhouette of the golden Madonna on the pass. At the end of the lake, the path starts to climb. | |
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The first half, up to Tälliboden is very moderate and we saw the first marmot on the way. After taking a short food break, we continued up. The second half is steeper and the path becomes quite rocky. We also had to cross two small snow fields. | |
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When we arrived at the top it was partially cloudy and we got a closer look at the golden Madonna. From the top of the pass (2853m) one can see the terminus of the cable-way from Macugnaga and has to descend another 5-10 minutes to the Rifugio G. Oberto (2786m). The host was very friendly and served us delicious pasta with a mushroom cream sauce, cheese and pork followed by a fruit cake. During dinner we met a solo hiker from Hamburg and had a nice conversation with her. We were to meet her again the next evening. It was not very crowded and we had a room with 3 beds to ourselves. This Rifugio has running cold water and electricity but no showers. | |
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