Finally we have our big day ahead! We all have waited for it a long time - some of us needed to have a day to rest, others just wanted to enjoy some epic views from highest trekking peak of European Alps!
We woke up very early and at 6:27 AM, long before sunrise we were ready for action:
We started with fast pace uphill. Today we had only small bags with some warm clothing, snacks and drinks. 25 minutes later we already passed the glacier and continued uphill:
Another 25 minutes later we reached near Turtmannhütte (2519 m asl):
Very soon we met a very steep and serious gully to climb:
On the upper end of the gully we saw other trekkers to follow our trail:
The scenery and views were fantastic on this altitude, but we had much higher to go:
We were still in the shade, but we had much hope to meet sunshine very soon:
And here are our first sunrays over the nearby pass:
Finally we reached to Schöllijoch pass at altitude 3343 m asl to take a view of next valley:
This was a very nice place to take a breath and enjoy the best views:
But we still had to continue till summit:
And eventually, after 4 hours of walk, we reached to summit (Üssers Barrhorn 3610 m asl) with fantastic vistas!
I hope, you don't mind, if I add some pictures with views to many different directions:
After spending 45 minutes on summit, we started our fast descent to base camp. We returned mostly the same way, so I made just a few pictures on descent. Trail was the same, but light was changed due to sunshine and I got some better pics of the gully on our way:
And once again I got a rescue workers on my pic:
Very soon we were able to see our basecamp next to the lake:
Without wasting too much time, we packed our camp together and continued our journy to meet the rest of our team, 5 km away. This is the last memory from our camp:
It didn't take a long time to find the fist marks of civilization:
We continued and saw the fist village on the distance:
Twenty minutes later we saw first cars again:
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We still had some kilometers to walk and saw a warning sign on river bank:
And very soon we had found our other group members on riverside and joined with their camp:
Do you see, how close we are to the river? We were just too tired to care about warning signs, but I don't recommend to use us as role models ;)
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After 1400 meters of ascent and 1800 meters of descent in 9 hours and 20 minutes and 19 kilometers of distance we totally deserved a very nice campfire:
And this is it for now! Everybody got what they needed on our bonus day and we have just three days to complete our trek to Zermatt...
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