Breakfast at 7:30, and a surprisingly good one, and we are underway by 8:30. We head up, up out of town and through the woods to Monte Angone. There’s a village fest here today, but we’re too early for it, so we continue up, up, through the woods some more, through Frageira, up up. A food break for strength and then we finish the last bit of climbing to hit the ridge at Passo Crastumo. Hoo boy is it windy up here! Nice to keep things cool. The views probably would be pretty good in both directions, but off to the East there is still a solid layer of clouds at around 2500m.
Along the ridge we go, ascending up to Motto Crostel and then further, past Mottarone, until we head down to the Bassa di Nara. We find a wind sheltered place for a food break and plan our next step. Rather than doing the scrambly ridge to the Poncione di Nara and continuing to the Pizzo Molare (definitely attractive looking ridge fun) we take the "let’s save our legs a bit for tomorrow" approach. Up to the Pizzo di Nara and then along the ridge until we re-join the red-white hiking path. Down a bit more, contouring around, gently up and down, sometimes in the forest, sometimes the open, until we hit the Capanna Gorda, our destination for the day.
Cool drinks and a cheese and salami plate in the sun, check in, a short nap, a bit more enjoying views, some games, a really good meal, and then we head off to bed.
We kept the day intentionally a bit light(er) since Monday’s a big one, but it was still really nice.
Track:
Stats: 6:55, 16.7km, 1515m up, 831m down
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