Not much to write today. It was super cold, windy wet and foggy. Especially the wind and low temperatures were ugly and everything was wet when I packed my stuff. If I wouldn't have had a suboptimal tent spot last night, I wouldn't have left it today. But I wanted to get down a bit and find a more wind sheltered spot.
I started late, wearing my raingear, a hat and gloves. But it was just not nice, although it was at least some road walk and mostly under trees. When I came close to 1956 m high Montalto, I decided to change my hiking plans. The Sentiero Italia drops down nearly 1500 m, goes through some open areas, 2 villages and along lakes, before it climbs up again to about 1500 m. In this weather I decided to take a big shortcut over a little road, that stays in the forest all the time.Before noon, the rain stopped and I decided to set up my tent, when I saw a nice and wind sheltered spot, not too far from the road. Fitst I thought, what a stupid decision, because the sun came out a little bit. But turns our it was a good decision, since not even 1 h later, it rained again. And like this, I was able to set up camp in conditions that weren't too nasty. But it's crazy, how cold it is. I wouldn't wonder if the rain turns jntk snow. Weather forecast for Montealto was rain, 2°C and strong wind gusts for today!
Nice forest, the weather not so much
A few second of sun and beautiful autumn colours
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