Back to the hills again. We were woken from our comfortable beds by the chiming of a massive church bell close by. 6:30am! OK the sun was up but so were we before long. After breakfast said goodbyes to our very kindly host Frau Hubertus and hiked to the station for the journey to Sankt Anton.  

 The trains here are clean and spacious. All electric and immensely powerful it seems for a lot of the track is uphill and through tunnels. 

 From there we caught another bus which climbed even higher into the Arlberg Pass. Just to complete it all we took a cable car from Lech to the mountain top at 2450m high. 

 The good news – for once the hiking part was really easy. Beautifully clear crisp and sunny day, spring flowers and snow all around plus stunning mountain vistas.  

 These photos certainly do not do it justice (will have to wait for the Nikon pics later)  

  Got to the hut relatively early sometime after lunch. As the afternoon progressed the place got busier due to it’s accessibility to Lech and the cableway.  

 Consequently supper was somewhat hectic and although we played many rounds of cards, we were finally driven to bed by around 21:30 by the noisy kids and parents.Tomorrow will be another serious all day hike with high altitude, cliff side paths and sheer drops. Damn; at least the next hut should be sparsely populated…..