Like most things, it started easy and ended tough. We needed to descend to Imst to get new boots for Guy. So starting from our very nice hut that we had worked so hard to reach, we embarked on 30 mins of uphill along a cliff side path 

 Reached a working ski-lift which descended for ages to a lower station, then another lift to upper Imst and a half hour hike to town.  

  Found a knowledgable sports shop (nice change) so Guy now chuffed in his new Meindls. The hard part was then finding a bus to a nearby town from where we would start our ascent. It then took us 5 hours of non-stop uphill to climb 1300 metres to Steinsee Hütte. En-route passed a massive stone quarry. Maybe that’s the wrong description because there are literally trillions of tons of stone scree on the lower slopes. We were all finished by the time we got to the hut. Quite busy with a load of big school kids from a nearby town. 

 Our dinner on the balcony was surprisingly good considering that this in an inaccessible but. Even jeep track to lower reaches had been washed away. Soup starter, lasagne and pudding. All happy. Guy collapsed in bed early. Liam read his book outside and later we chatted. Nice end to the day. And.. I got a proper shower AND washed my clothes. We all smelt like polecats on arrival 😋 The boys not quite up this clothes washing yet, so polecats again tomorrow!