We planned to start out early from the Douglass-Hütte, walk around the east side of the Lünersee, then take the Schweitzertorweg to the LIndauer-Hütte and spend the night there before continuing on. But things did not turn out as we had planned...
1 Here we set out from the Douglass-Hütte.
2 Flowers are wonderful on this walk -- as on all of them. But this altitude, about 2000m, seems to produce really amazing examples, llike these small yellow flowers growing among the rocks.
3 At the southern end of the Lünersee, looking west towad Scesaplana...
4 ... and east towards the Schweizertorweg
5 It is amazing how mountain flowers manage to grow almost everywhere, including among stones like these.
6 Alpenaster
7 Gelbe Enzian (yellow gentiane), the ones used for the eau de vie
8 Siv, what is this?
9 Zwergenzian (dwarf gentiane) of an intense blue
10 Stones and snow in a pass
11 From Verajöchli, the path descends and then climbs back up to the Öfajoch.
12 The impressive Schweizertor ("Swiss gate"), leading through the Kirchlispitzen into Switzerland
13 At a crossroads: "Keep the mountains clean"
14 Looking from the Öfajoch down towards the Lindauer-Hütte...
15 ... and back towards the Schweizertorweg
16 Descending now
17 Wolfs-Eisenhut
18 Blaue Eisenhut (Monk's hood)
19 Finally, resting at the Lindauer-Hütte, only to learn there is no room for the night and we will have to walk on down to the valley and look for transport back to Brand. Phooey!
