Schwarzhorn

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Today was a day off for Simon, so no official walk. However that does not mean that Jackie got a day off. Instead I accompanied Tim and Dennis to the Schwarzhorn (Corno Negra). Simon provided us with the details for the walk, as it one of the walks offered on the 'C' party holidays. The day started with a walk to the bus station in Cavalese, where we got a local bus to the Passo Ocini. This is where we had finished our first day's walk. Note that the local bus only runs until the end of August.
From the pass we walked past the Schwarzhorn Hotel picking up a well walked path to the summit of the Schwarzhorn (2439m). We took some pictures before descending over the grassy hump of Il Palone on path 502 down through forest to the Kugeralm. This was a small shelter where we filled up our water bottles from the supply to a water trough. It was a hot day so we were glad of the cold water. From the hut we continued down path 502 before branching off onto path 53 to Ganzaie. Here we had a beer sitting outside the cafe.
From Ganzaie we walked on a path around Solombo to the Masi Cavello 2 campsite. A short distance downhill from the campsite (cafe here) we picked up a delightful path following the Calveti river downstream to a main road and Castello. Note from Jackie - somehow Dennis missed out the mess we made of finding our way back - we ended up climbing barbed wire fences. Like many mishaps we were close into the village when it happened, and had we been going in the other direction there would have been no problem.
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View across to the Weisshorn. Schwarzhorn summit. Schwarzhorn
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Kugeralm. Forest - proves it wasn't all limestone rock. Flickr

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