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Sulden, 07/1999 |
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Stephan on a traditional avalanche prevention mechanism. This was on a hike from Sulden to Tabaretta Hütte
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Sulden, 07/1999 |
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The Sulden Valley in summer, from the balcony of our hotel room. The big mountain in the background is Suldenspitze, 3376m. |
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Sulden, 07/1999 |
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The North Face of Ortler, 3905m, from the terrace of the Tabarettahütte |
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Goats, 07/1999 |
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Goats on the mountains (trail to the Tabarettahütte, about 2500m). |
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Tabaretta Hütte, 07/1999
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I believe a well deserved break after hours of hiking. |
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Tabaretta Hütte, 07/1999
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The scree in the back is the huge avalanche path that runs down from the North Face of Ortler. |
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Tabaretta Hütte, 07/1999
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Enjoying lunch and writing cards |
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Ortler, 07/1999 |
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On our way to the Hintergrathütte we witnessed this huge ice avalanche coming down the East Face of Ortler. The cliff is probably 200m high. |
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Ortler, 07/1999 |
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The lower part of the East Face in the clouds. |
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Hintergrathütte, 07/1999 |
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The view from the terrace. The huge mountain on the right is Königsspitze (3851m) with the famous North Face. The lesser mountain on the left is Suldenspitze, which looks so impressive from the valley floor. |
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Hintergrathütte, 07/1999 |
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On the way down back to the hotel, we discovered Yaks. |
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Hintergrathütte, 07/1999 |
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Cows on the trail down from Hintergrathütte. |
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Hintergrathütte, 07/1999 |
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Cows down in the valley |
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Sulden, 07/1999 |
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A small waterfall. The snow to the right is the rest of an avalanche of the last winter. Another week, and it will be gone completely. |
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Sulden, 07/1999 |
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A waterfall coming down the east flank of Ortler, almost at the valley bottom. |
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Sulden, 12/2002 |
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Zebru Hotel - where we spent the most wonderful Christmas ever. |
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Sulden, 12/2002 |
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View from our balcony |
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Sulden, 12/2002 |
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The town of Sulden from the room |
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Sulden, 12/2002 |
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Christmas tree |
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Sulden, 12/2002 |
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Christmas dinner at the hotel |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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Once again we decided to spend Christmas in Sulden. |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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We drove up and down many 'tornante's. |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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And arrived in Sulden |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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After a wonderful true Christmas |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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We walked down these steps and walked all the way to church in the evening |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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and celebrated St. Stephan, Stephan's name day. |
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Gomagoi, 12/2005 |
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Here, we bought speck and sausages for Stephan and we carried it all the way to Tampere. |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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An old house in Sulden |
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Sulden, 12/2005 |
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Ortler from Sulden - the peak is 3905m. |
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