After a snowy day the sun came out and we just had to go for a walk. It's been a while since we've done this route and we found quite a few changes.
Across the Plat de la Le and up the first section everything was covered in an inch or two of fresh snow - not enough to completely cover the autumn colours, but it gave it a certain something.
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| Walking up from the Plat to the bridge |
Reaching the upper level, we came to a new bridge spanning the Navisence. Since a storm in
August 2013 washed away much of the river bank, (including the original bridge), several temporary bridges have been used to span the multiple streams and rocky floodplain, but these too were vulnerable to flooding. Now that's changed as this new wooden structure is built up on solid concrete footings.
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| New bridge spans the Navisence |
Once over on the east side we found the path has been re routed. The new way, freshly carved into the turf, heads south to pass close above the cascade, before climbing up to the cross and enclosures at Le Chiesso.
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| The new path goes above the Cascade de la Volermo |
Continuing on up to the Lac, there was another surprise - two shepherd's huts with solar panels had been dropped in for the season. Designed by three carpenters from Diablerets these high tech, mini pods are light enough for a helicopter to lift up to the high 'alpages', giving shepherds a more comfortable night under the stars.
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| Temporary shepherd's huts by Lac d'Arpitetta |
You can read more about this project on
www.24heures.ch
