I've been hiking again, in and around Grimentz. Made my journey a little later this year, to avoid too much mud and snow on the paths. When the snows melt, the cows move in, to get the tasty grass. They bring their own portable milking parlour. The resort is really busy, but as usual, it's easy to avoid the crowds.
It was a very warm 1st day, and I was really surprised that my boots rubbed my heels. Compeed to the rescue!. I have no idea why this happened, and it's not happened since.Andy arrives on an early flight the next day, so we take a gentle hike around the Naviscence in Zinal. I put a hand in the water to test the temperature, incredibly cold. The cows in Zinal seem much bigger, what do you think?
We walked past the remains of a small avalanche. Andy decides to poke a stick into it, and fails, as it's rock solid.
The cloud is starting to drop, so we head for a coffee and cake!The next morning is fine and sunny, so we set off for the Cabane Becs des Bossons from Grimentz.
This is a walk that I failed to complete last summer, when there was just too much snow on the path. Soon we reached the snowline, and headed up to the Col.
After we cleared to Col, we spied our lunch stop, and on arrival the clouds descended!
Lunch over, we set off to return to Grimentz, stopping to observe that it's hours to everywhere from here!
The terrain in this area is quite different to what we experience in Grimentz. Far more rolling hills with more gentle paths.
As soon as we are back among the rocks heading for the Pas de Lona we see that we are being watched!
Looking back up to where we crossed the Col, at the end of a fairly long hike.
