Route: Pontresina to St Moritz
Area: Eastern Swiss Alps
Date of walk: 29th June 2014
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 6.7 miles
Weather: drizzle and rain, cloud over most of the peaks. Surprise weather event later!….
The poor weather and even poorer forecast meant that we had to plan a low level walk, so we decided to walk to St Moritz in the next valley. As we left our hotel it was spitting with rain, but the rain became heavier as the walk progressed. We couldn’t possibly have foreseen the freak weather conditions after we finished our walk – see the final photos
We walked along superbly maintained and waymarked paths through the pine forest until we arrived at Lej da Stax, a small lake situated in an idyllic situation
From there we made our way along more forest tracks to St Moritz-Bad, then alongside the lake of St Moritz into the town itself. We wandered around the pedestrian section for a while, and then caught the bus back to the start
The walk was beautiful throughout and we thoroughly enjoyed it despite the conditions, though it was a shame that the surrounding peaks were all out of sight today. I couldn’t take many photos on account of the incessant rain
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Crossing the river by our hotel in Pontresina
We follow an easy path through the forest
The path is also a cross country ski route in the winter
Polygonum Bistorta everywhere
The Bernina Express passes by
Back into the forest
Lej da Stax, shame the surrounding mountains are in the clouds - and sorry about the raindrops on the lens, it was pouring at this point
Looking back down on the lake as we pass above it
St Moritz and its lake
Walking round the lakeside into St Moritz
This looks interesting……
Who could resist such an invitation? Not us, that’s for sure
Cresta Rider by David Wynne
We walk down through the town to the station and catch the bus back to Pontresina
Later that day it starts to snow - on 29th June! Our hotel is on the left
What a contrast with the photo taken from the same place at the start of the walk
