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SWISS ALPS (3 PART). DOWN A SAAS GRUND

Lagginhorn board the plays today, to 4,010 meters. But when we got up very early this is what we see through the window so heavy snows.

He must have snow during the night and the cracks were dangerous today than yesterday will be impossible. The refuge is a part missing that atmosphere meteorological and mountaineer, where you talk to other climbers on the status of the route, the difficulty of a bill, etc, etc, so common in the mountain huts. That if watching TV yesterday (riiiiiiight, the shelter has 50-inch flat screen TV!) Is was a murmur of disappointment when they gave the news about the time he would do during the coming days.

Just after seven o'clock, the sky clears and we left we see the mountains across the valley. This is the Alphubel of 4,206 mts.

Pico Täschhorn of 4.491mts.

Pico Dom

of 4.545mts, the highest altitude of this valley.

And Stecknadelhorn and Dürrenhorn peaks of 4,241 meters and 4,034 meters.

This is what happens exactly three minutes after taking the above photos, witness live the mountain known as "brown mess."

black clouds, very black, you're going to cover everything in a matter of minutes. When this happens to you on the outside is very worrying, but when you see the other side of these windows you see as illusory.

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time for two hours we talked with several people who tell us that today will be snowing all day and that the forecast for the following days are not very good. So decided to suspend the accession to Laggihorn and get down to Saas Grund to spend across the valley where we assume that having more peaks and shelters will be more "movement" on the mountain.

Before leaving and seeing that the weather is so mild, we take something on the terrace of the shelter.

just out and already we miss the warmth of the interior.

continue with our idea of \u200b\u200bnot using the lifts, so we went down a foot to Kreuzboden, which is an intermediate station of the gondola. In the upper part has but as we have fallen snow snow becomes water, which is even more annoying.

In Kreuzboden, after falling 800 meters. altitude, a kind of rent bicycles or scooters, backpacks let us bring them down in the gondola and begin to enjoy some of the descent.

But when I asked to rent the dishes, the guy looks at us thinking we're crazy to go down with it is falling.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Aguita !!!!!!!!!!

And more water. At first we try not to get wet a lot, but it is impossible and after ten minutes we are up and down drafts. So, as the saying goes, "Without a Paddle."

A little bit of balance. The devices that they are stripped down, no saddle or pedals, or cushioning, but with the wheels they spend the latter is not necessary. Also, weigh enough, so quickly grab cane.

Logs on the way down.

Now get to do a little trial.

We still have a while to get to Saas Grund, which is what you see down there.

Throughout the fall did not stop raining for a second, less evil than the Goretex holds.

Oscar before you leap and left the pines.

We reached the top of Saas Grund and seeing the houses with smoking chimneys like to go somewhere to warm up a bit.

Swiss
little cabin.

Church.

Cruz

typical of the area.

about to get to Saas Grund.

No more good. We arrived at the base of the gondola that is where we must return the "scooter." It has taken just over an hour because we stopped a few times and we are definitely not tired. Yes, fancy a hot rosette spray.

seek a hotel and found it. Well (more or less, one should not exaggerate), nice and cheap. People who Regents are very Majete and one of them tells me he has been in Tenerife four times.

rosette spray, change of clothes, beans COAST, nap and went for a walk. Today take the opportunity to see the weather forecast, find out how they can be paths to the peaks and see where we go tomorrow. Pictured another house with dwarfs.

In the afternoon we decided to take the car and approach the Mattmark reservoir. The water falls through innumerable waterfalls along the road.

Another waterfall.

And in fifteen minutes that has not stopped raining for a single moment we Mattmark Stauss. This is the artificial reservoir built to higher electricity production in Europe, at almost 2,200 meters. altitude. It has a depth of 93 meters. and is fed by the glaciers that surround it. In 1965 during construction, a portion of Glacier Peak Allalin slumped and killed 88 workers.