Daily Archives: 1 September 2015

September 1st

Itinerary: Forno Hut – Monte del Forno (3214 m) – Passo del Muretto – Maloja (car park)
Distance:  14,4 km
Walking time:  5 hours 50 minutes (plus 40 minutes for the stops)
Vertical distance:  900 m uphill; 1670 m downhill

The weather forecast was not good for the afternoon and neither I nor the guide wished to do the 4 km on the Forno Glacier another two times, which climbing the Monte Sissone, for example, would have involved.  So we chose to climb the Monte del Forno, an easier mountain with a marked path leading up it, albeit with a few chains, and not requiring ice axe or crampons.  We started out at 8.30 a.m. in cloudy and windy conditions, tried not to waste too much time and reached the car park at Maloja at 3 p.m. just as it started to rain!

Night: Hotel Station, Pontresina