Wednesday, September 25, 2013

PART XV: MONTE SAN VICINO (9/6)

Colin, Alex, and I decided to use a weekend day to hike up Monte San Vicino, the largest mountain nearby Coldigioco. A 2 hour walk got us to the top and we took a longer, gentler route on the return to home.

A harras of horses was turned loose on the shoulder of the mountain so hung out with them for a while.

Climbing in the sun was incredibly hot but the various environments we hiked through were gorgeous: fields, rocks, forests, villages.

Looking west on the summit one can see the weather station and cross that were at the top of the mountain. Almost every mountain top I saw in Europe had a cross on it of some size. This one was about 30 feet tall, which made it taller than most.

Look south.

Looking north.

Looking northwest...oh look who it is!

The sun over the mountain as we walked home.

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