Hiking above St. Anton in Arlberg

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Well it's already thursday. The lift we took today only runs Wed. and Thurs. It goes high

above the valley below. We took a gondola car for the next 30 minutes and then we followed

this narrow rock strewn trail for 1 1/2 hours high above the small villages.

At that point we turned back because we would have had to descend

a very steep trail down to the villages below. This day the views were all we could have expected.

Back to the cable car station and down.

Wish you could have been with us.

All for now.

Lowell

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Comments

[nancy clement]

You bet!
you bet i wish i could be there. the hiking would be my style. i did get to hike in Switzerland once and stay in a hostel on the side of a mtn. memorable! it is amazing to me that the mtns are so rugged and above timberline, but they are not nearly as high as our CO mtns. get a good night's sleep and continue to feast on the beauty. ps.....good time to be away from the US. yucky.

[Lowell and Glorias trips]

Hi Nancy C. Yes the tree line is much lower here as is the starting base.

[Ann Phillipich]

Huh?
Saw this bldg. in the distance in an earlier photo and wondered what it was doing waaaaaaaay up there. So...?

[Lowell and Glorias trips]

Building
Annie. That is the gondola car termination at the upper end. (you can see the blue gondolas in some images if you look closely) also large restaurant and viewing platform.

[Ann Phillipich]

Pipes?
popular place, I guess. Are the pipes venting from somewhere?

[Lowell and Glorias trips]

Pipes
Annie, These are part of the snow distribution system. Also the red one that looks like a jet engine on another image Lowell

[Sharon]

Hi, my friend Carol would love to see your blog and pics. How does she join up?

[Lowell and Glorias trips]

Carol
Hi Sharon, I put Carol M on the subscriber list. Also I forward the previous ones as well Lowell