Myself and some friends were very lucky to be able to stay over in a privately owned Alp Hut at Biglenalp last week. No electricity, no running water, outside toilet, wood burning stove.
Fabulous.
And up to the right behind the hut.
Looking from the hut towards the valley we see the outside toilet, found at the other end of that barn.
How do you turn this oven on?
Getting the outside grill going.
Watching the storm come in.
Which produced an amazing light show.
Luckily we missed out on the golf ball sized hail that Wengen got that evening.
The next morning we had to collect water from the glacier fed stream. By the afternoon there is too much silt and sediment for it to be drinkable.
The next morning we had to collect water from the glacier fed stream. By the afternoon there is too much silt and sediment for it to be drinkable.
It then, of course has to be boiled for safety.
At that height, 1750m, water boils at about 80*C, so to be sure we had to boil it for a while.
We needed enough to supply five adults and five teenagers for breakfast and the days hike. We also had to leave water stored for the next visitors.
There were a few trips made to the stream.
