Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Val Grande - Cannabio Aug 2007

Our summer holiday in nearby Lago Maggiore in Italy. We choose a beuatiful, small and cosy camping in the valley, surrounded by greenness (and Dutch people as it turned out there). We were enjoying the camping for 5 days which it was more or less continuously raining - so on the last day we gave up and fled to a hotel. But at the end we were able to go for a 3-day hiking into the Val Granda Italian National Park.
Cannero - Lake Maggiore
Cannero - Lake Maggiore Camping Val Romantica in Val Canobina -with our new purchase: table and seats :-)
Val Cannabina
In the Italian National Park Val Grande
From Finero via Alpa Cortechiuso and via M. Marsicce to B.tta Terza and Alpe Pian Boit
We saw lots of wild life (butterfly)
At Bivaco Cortechiuso (1838 m), our first accommodation...
there was hard work for a small warm...
...and keeping the cows away
Speciality of hiking in Val Grande: Going up (1000m) ...
...going down (700m) ..
Going up (700m)....
...down (1000m)