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When
I step out of my car on 2334m, at the Flüela pass in
Switzerland, I get
no warm welcome. The clouds are
hanging just over my head, the visibility
is almost nothing
and it snows. Alps or no alps, today I'm using my
Jotunheimen clothes... .
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But
there IS a high pressure coming in, and the weather
WILL improve...
From 2400m you can see the road
climbing up to the pass from the east. |
At
2500m I am higher than the lowest stratus clouds, and can now see there
is a new layer higher up. A small, careful optimism is starting to
emerge.
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at 2600m, still free from clouds |
At
2700m (yes, I did stop to take a picture every 100
altitude meter)
small blue holes in the cloud layer start to appear. The summit on
Fluela Wisshorn 3085m is almost visible. There is a small increase in
my very careful optimism.
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From
2800m I can nw see the saddlepoint Schwarzhornfurgga 2880m, free from
clouds.
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still
imbedded in a thick cloud layer. |
Up
into the steeper section towards the summit, from
2900m. This is a
fairly simple 3000-er. Clearly visible and
well marked path, where you
can walk all the way. No hands are needed.
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This is
what the summit looks like, in a short moment when you can get a
glimpse of some mountains behind. Most of the time you can see nothing,
and it snows. Several other groups have climbed the mountain today, and
one after another they go down again. But I stay there, stubbornly.
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I
decide to wait until 15.00. Then, two minutes before
three o'clock,
this happens. Suddenly it opens up, and
I can enjoy the view for 25min,
now all by myself. |
The valley going to the east, towards
Unterengadin. |
There
is a special kind of beauty, just as the clouds disperse and reveal the
mountains. Here is Piz Radönt 3065m, in the middle of the picture.
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Far
to the west, between the clouds, Davos can be seen.
Now the clouds move
in again. But I am more than satified,
as I got the only opening at the
summit that day. I make my descent in 1h 15min. |
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