A long weekend at the Albigna hut

We've planned at least one other trip to the Albigna hut and tried to do a climbing course there a couple of times, but something has always happened in the past, so this was our first trip there.

Things we did, some of these deserve their own posts; they are coming....

Thursday:

the long trip down, the short hike up the hut, climbing Piccolo on the Torre dal Päl, checking in, climbing Wassersymphonie on the slabs below the hut (a bit of fun with skipping stands), eating outside, fires, crazy rain

Friday: 

dodgy weather day: hiking up to the Pass da Casnil Sud and then playing a bit on the ridge before heading back to the hut for lunch and a quiet, rainy afternoon.

Saturday: 

early start to climb the Punta da l'Albigna along Via Meuly, the walk to the other routes, and then the last 6 pitches of Via Steiger to the North peak. From there a short stretch along the ridge to the South peak, two abseils, and then the hike back to the hut.

Sunday: 

early start to climb Mild West to the Piz dal Päl. Almost starting in the wrong route before Martin yelled at us from the hut, then on to the correct route. Pretty quick ascent to the top before hiking back to the hut and then heading back down to the gondola

We could easily spend a week at this hut and continue to have big fun on the granite.