Maira Stura
As announced, we continued South hoping to be able to access the Maira Stura trail which was closed during our last visit in summer.
1. Chapel of San Salvatore, driving up the Val Maira.
2. Village of Macra, in the same valley.
3. Indeed, the gate located after Pian Preit is open at this time of year. We can take the small road towards the Meja Pass.
4. Cloudy weather as the road climbs steep.
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6. The limestone is steep on this side of the valley.
7. Near Meja Pass.
8. We continue on the trail towards refuge Gardetta.
9. Meja Mountain in the clouds.
10. Altitude marshes.
11. The atmosphere is magical with the fog coming in.
12. Fall colors…
13. Under refuge Gardetta, at almost 7,000 feet elevation.
14. We do the entire crossing of the Maira Stura trail via Margherina Pass in the rain. Here, the old Barracks Della Bandia.
15. We find a nice boondocking spot on the edge of a small lake.
16. Rainy and windy twilight.
To be followed soon… 😉
D5 Creation
Hello! Tu as le chic pour trouver ces pistes d’altitude. Très belles ambiances avec cette météo automnale. Je ne connais le Val Maira qu’à ski de rando, de grands souvenirs!
Amitiés
Fred
Salut Fred,
Je ne sais si c’est le chic mais c’est en tout cas beaucoup de recherches… 😉
Comment sont les conditions pour la peau de phoque près de chez toi ?
Bises à Martine, à bientôt.
🐦well- this may be my favorite ride yet
Do you recall of all your travels one which stands out as close to the most stunning ? I can’t imagine being more deeply moved then the feelings derived from this journey. That said, isn’t cool we are ready to please creatures & generally we go merrily along getting high on life with every day
Well, it’s hard to say. It depends on the emotions of the moment. There have been so many! Northern lights, encounters with wild lynxes or bobcats, a grizzly bear that came within 15 feet or some fantastic lights lasting only an instant on a landscape… One replaces the other and they overlap in time. So no favorite but many favorites!