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Crossing "The Fuorn - Sur En"

August 22, 2010

I just in time to recover from 9 hours of time after returning from the United States, which are already ready to start again to go to the mountains. I have not contacted friends, but on Friday morning, on time, get a phone call from Aldo asking me if I want to start the next morning for a two-day trek in the Engadine.

Mauro, my companion, he decided to go climbing in Val di Mello, and then accept the invitation.

This time we are 8 and take advantage of one of the few windows of fine weather that have opened in the summer so unpredictable (so at least I was told!) The idea was to be away three days, but the bad weather is still lurking, so Aldo has concentrated around the two-day trek. Our destination is the Lower Engadine!

arrive in Zernez Saturday morning around 9:00 and immediately take the Post Office which leads us to Stabelchod, where the trail begins that we will follow up to S-Charl.

The sky is blue and cloudless and the sun is hot.

We enter the forest along a stretch apparently flat after 15 minutes and begin the climb to the range Margunet, reachable in about forty minutes from where we can admire the high mountains surrounding the Val dal Botsch.

front of us, on the other side is clearly visible that the path we must travel, which goes on the zigzagging mountain ridge. After 2 hours of walking we reach the valley from Bosch Fourcla where we provide the lunch break.

then go down the other side along an endless scree slope that puts a severe test our knees and then a path along the hillside allows us to reach the Foss Sur where, after a second short stop, we begin the gentle descent to Plan Mingèr.

Unfortunately we arrived a little after 17:00, the bus has just left and we have to walk a stretch of paved road 3 km ., adding another 160 m. uphill to the 980 already traveled. Too bad!

Crusch Alba arrive at the hotel-shelter that's already 18:00, just in time for a refreshing shower and we sat at a table in a room of the restaurant reserved for us . Prejudiced against the Swiss (it will be because we were Italian caciaroni?) However, we must think again, because the treatment we receive is impeccable and dinner excellent and plentiful.

After a peaceful night's sleep thanks to the providential earplugs, given the "Russians" (and here no one is excluded!) We are ready to restart the next morning for the second leg of our trek . At 8:00 am when we take the path that leads up a slight incline and then Sesvenna Alp at the base of a channel of unstable rocks and gravel that rises steeply and we walk stoically until, after about three hours, the point of the Fora from Agua, beyond which we arrive from the enchanting Lajet Lischana, an incredible blue, set in a circle glacial debris that resembles a lunar landscape.



We expect another 100 m. the difference in height is to reach 2,954, the highest point of our journey, where we stop to eat what's left of our lives. In the distance we can see the white ball and, according to new horizons, we also recognize the Ortles. Just half an hour and then begin the long descent towards the valley, with short steep sections that alternate with flat or nearly so. Along some lakes reach a wide and verdant valley (Alp Sursaas) and in the distance we see the path, crossed by many bikers, which leads to the Refuge Sesvenna and that we ought to follow, thankfully downhill.

reach the path at the point in where the valley narrows between high cliffs insinuating that surround it and we realize that we have reached the Gorge of Uina. This section of the trail is completely dug into the rock and the view is spectacular on the brink. We can not help but stop and continue watching the stretch of road before us and behind us, the stream below and take a picture after another.

exiting the gorge trail and improves long and slopes gently toward Sur En, the village when we reach the valley floor that are now 17:30 8 hours after the walk (not including stops, of course). We can take the bus at 18:00, in 25 minutes brings us to the station Scuol, where we climb on the train that takes us back to Zernez.

A well deserved drink at the bar makes us forget the fatigue and gives us a new boost of energy for the long journey back home.

While I'm sitting in the car, including a chat and the other, I can not help but think that must really have a great passion for the mountains to get to be so tired and never complain and are happy to share everything with friends.

A special thanks to Aldo, who constantly and regularly undertakes to organize our outputs, but also to all other participating with great enthusiasm.

THE COURSE AT A GLANCE:

1 or day the road Ofenpass 1886 m, 1810 m, S-Charl
Time 6h 30 '- drop +1150 / -1230

Development: Bus stop 1886 m Stabelchod

; Stabelchod m 1958

                                     Margunet m 2328

                                     Val dal Botsch m 2176

; Fourcla Val dal Botsch m 2677

; ; In 2317 he Foss m

; Plan Mingèr m 1654

S-Charl m 1810

2 ^or day S-Charl 1810 m, 1121 m Sur En
time 8 am - drop +1150 / -1830

                   sviluppo:     S-Charl m 1810

                                      Alp Sesvenna m 2098

Fora dal'Aua m 2860

Slabs of 2856 m Lischana

; Fuorcla Rims of 2954 m

Rims of Lais 2687 m

; Alp Sursaas 2155 m

                                      Gola d’Uina

                                      Uiña Dadaint 1783 m

Donor 1499 m uiña

; Sur En 1121 m

walked with me: Graziella, Marica, Franca, Laura, Aldo, Daniel Franco.