Sunday September 11th- Day 10

 Rifugio Pedrotti alla Rosetta to Rifugio Treviso

This was a long day. The rain and hail that we'd briefly encountered on Saturday had cleared and it was cold enough for ice to have formed on the decking around the rifugio.

Moonlit landscape with téléphérique station in background

Alpenglow on the eastern horizon

The day started with a descent into the Val di Roda

Approaching Cima Val di Roda. Path ahead horizontal across grassy patch

Descending from Col Delle Fede. Companion "Topper" for scale

Further descent with "Topper" and Paul

Start of a long descent after Passo di Ball towards Val Pradidali

Path towards Passo delle Fede

Looking back from Passo delle Fede

Descent from Passo delle Fede; "Topper" on the move, Paul and I are catching our breath

Rifugio Treviso is in trees on opposite side of valley ahead; path remains more or less horizontal

Colourful Bivacco Minazio
After another 850m descent and 200m sting-in-the-tail ascent, we reached Rifugio Treviso and could look back to where we'd come from:
We'd come from over there... somewhere!

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