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The
pittoresque village Macugnaga, on 1300m, below the
east wall
of
Monterosa. The peaks reach more than
4500m, impressive to say the
least. The picture can onle
give an idea, you have to be here to get
the size of it.
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The
first cable car reaches Alpe Bill on 1700m. |
After
that the next cable car climbs to 2810m. The almost vertical cliff wall
behind is 2500 altitude meters high. One must be here and see it to
fully understand.
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First
we climb to the golden madonna, marking the Monte
Moro Pass. That is
also the border to Switzerland. Our
rented snowshoes work excellent in
the soft snow. |
Joderhorn
seeen from Monte Moro Pass. |
The
climb to the summit is harder and more difficult than I had expected.
Both hard and soft snow on a steep slope isn't perfect for our
snowshoes, even if they have steel crampons. But I make it anyway,
carefully and on tired legs.
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The reward for my effort is big, about
as beautiful I have
ever seen. I can see far down on the Po
valley to the south. |
The
view towards Monterosa is hard to beat. From 3036m
I
can see
Magugnaga on 1300m, far below. At the same
time there
is Dufourspitze on 4634m, high above me.
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The
summit cross can barely bee seen, not being placed on the highest
point. Snowshoes or no snowshoes, I won't go down that slope to the
cross. There is a vertical cliff below...
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To
the northwest, in Switzerland, you can
see Strahlhorn,
4190m. |
Straight
to the north, parts of Berner Alpen above the Rhone valley,
with Bietschhorn 3934m. |
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