THE LÖTSCHEPASS GLACIER HIKE
PHOTOS BY DAVE GARDNER & MARK HUTTON .

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At this stage the weather was still holding out but rain clouds were ominously clustering around the peeks.

On the steep uphill section we get very hot so here you see the 3rd Gidea Park "Pretty Boys" in there summer hiking gear. 
Group three about to start walking

Group three set off from Selden approximately 45 minutes behind group two.

Selden Bridge
 

Group 2 take a short rest at the Gfelalp cafe. 
 After climbing steeply in the forest for about an hour we reach the Berghuss Gfelalp hut.  This is a small restaurant/bunk house perched on the hillside.  It can only be reached by the footpath up which we had just walked.

Supplies are brought in on an aerial runway type contraption.

 By the time this picture was taken its difficult to see where the snow ends and the cloud begins.  In the distance, behind them is the Kanderfirn Glacier.  This is much larger than the glacier we will cross.

By now the hikers are above the tree line.

Andy, Mike and Dan admire the view.
Group one and two at lunch.
 Group one stopped on a small plateau for lunch and were soon joined by group two.  From this plateau they could clearly see the Lötschen glacier.

 The highlight of the lunch break had to be seeing a very large Avalanche fall onto the glacier in about the place we would be crossing it.  Well it all adds excitement!
Shortly after group one had departed from the lunch plateau to start the final climb to the ice, Group three arrived.

Everyone seemed to be coping fine, hiking at their own pace.

Terrance and Phillip start hiking again.
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