Cabane de Moiry - Zinal

Evening below the Moiry Glacier and Icefall brought more cool and crisp air. There was plenty of our beef, veggies and rice dinner to refuel us from the day's hike. But we fretted over the next morning's descent down from the cabane's rocky perch. 

After a restless night we awoke at dawn, ate a typical alpine hut breakfast, settled our tab from yesterday's refreshments and put on our boots and those instruments of pain, the backpack. The walk down the 1500' rocky "Swissback" trail felt much better on fresh legs. Rhonda cruised on down. 

Then we veered right at another intersection that took us on a traversing trail high above the river and then the Lac de Moiry created by the Barrage de Moiry. After several miles we reached the dam and realized we lost more elevation than expected. We now climbed 462meters back up to the Col de Sorebois. 

Once again we were given more incredible views, this time of the Zinal valley. The village of Zinal lay nearly 1200 meters below. The hike up to the Col nearly did me in. Rhonda is the encourager going up. The only encouragement going down was the Tram we found halfway down. Last night's hut crew gave us free tram tickets and we took full advantage. 

Tonight we are in Hotel Europe in Zinal. Zinal is a smaller resort area that promises some nice skiing. It is now bustling with tourists. 

I'm looking forward to a pizza later on.