| IgorZlodej3. 08. 2010 12:55:33 |
Val Settimana is really as long as a week (from Claut 13 km to Pussa hut); there are also some landslides in between, which they more or less constantly clear. At the start of the valley, there are signs about a closed road, but apparently no one respects them. The hut keepers also said not to take them seriously. After spending the night, we set off yesterday morning along the gravel road to the idyllic Senons pasture. Besides cows, a goat from Slovenia also grazes on the pasture. From the pasture, we continued left along the old marked path, which wasn't the best choice as there was quite a lot of wet grass and brush. Higher up, this marked path turns downward; further on, an unmarked trail leads to the col Cuel. From the col, we climbed steep grassy slopes on the NE side of the mountain; the direction was shown by red dots "bolli rossi" and cairns. About halfway, the path goes onto the north ridge and is then mostly grade I climbing; only the last 100 m to the summit flattens a bit. The summit of Monte Caserine Alte is extremely spacious compared to Cima Emelia, where we were the day before, and of course very panoramic. Due to the forecast deterioration and as a result of the SE wind, mists formed quickly, so we left the summit after about an hour and returned via the ascent path to the saddle or col Cuel, continued via the cirque Ciadin de Senons, and towards the pasture took the left path, which is much better and nicer to walk, although the brush has overgrown the path quite a bit there too, and there were quite a few fallen trees across the path from snow slides. Well, almost at the pasture, we bumped into two path maintainers with a chainsaw trimming the brush and trees, so the path, as they assured us, will soon be nicely passable again. From the pasture, there was still almost an hour's descent to Pussa hut. Since we trusted the weather forecast, we returned home towards evening, but we'll definitely come back to these valleys and beautiful peaks. Above all, there's still lots of wilderness and true solitude there, and the spirit of exploration gets satisfied.
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