This weekend we took ourselves off up Monte Stivo in Trentino to Rifugio Marchetti which is run Matteo Calzà...who is a machine!! To celebrate our good friends birthday...it was tough going, the sun managed to shine for us almost to the top...but 3 hours of incline is alot to ask on a Saturday morning. We finally made it to Marchetti for the night, after a couple beers and an amazing view...the 3 hours prior seemed a distance painful past.
Goulash, polenta and saurcraut to fill our tummies before grappa, cards and then off to bed, one last trip to the outside loo before hiding under 3 layers of blankets to fend off the cold...finishing off an exhausting, head clearing day.
Quick lunch stop
Halfway up
Brrrr...it's cold at the top
A moment of contemplation...
Beers and sunset.
Breakfast in the Rifugio
Early morning frost