VId.7    Section Colle Gaudolino - Morano Colabro   21 km

I swept the floor before leaving the hut. Near the hut I noticed a fox. Today I was able to shoot a picture. Unfortunately he was too far away and is hardly recognizable on the pic. Once at the pass the trail went downhill through a beech forest. There where far too many beech leaves on the rocky path. It was a rather slow hiking. I had to be very careful not to slip. Further down I took a side trail to spring Romania. Here the trail turned out to be even more difficult to navigate. The ground consisted almost exclusevely of small pebbles. Finally I arrived the bottom and took an underpass under the motorway.

From here I was in the open without any shade passing through an agriculture area to Morano Calabro. I contucted the host of the room I had booked. He had lived a long time in Germany and spoke good German. The room had not been made and I had to wait for a while. As everything was closed in town I set down in the shade on a curb and waited for the time to pass. In the evening I had for dinner a large and well tasting piza.

Mountain hut at Colle Gaudolino

Descent from Colle Gaudolino

Further downhill from Colle Gaudolino

Looking back at the pass Colle Gaulino

Morano Colabro

Pizza for dinner in Morano Colabro