Aug 10, Fri: Guarda to Scuol

Hard to leave our hotel in Guarda. The temperature dropped soon after we arrived yesterday afternoon and the snow level was only a thousand feet above us. The pass would have been covered had we waited to later in the day to depart.

• Great breakfast.
• Took an hour to tour the town and Lisa explained all the history and details. She lived in this area for several years and knew it well.
• Thus, many of the unique trails we ended up hiking between these little communities were based on her experience and knowledge of the area.




• Left about 11am down the valley toward several other small communities. The town of Tarasp was their destination, and my goal was about 7km farther down the valley in Scuol. They were continuing tomorrow over to the Swiss National Park area and will have a very long day.
  
  
• We stopped at Tarasp and celebrated our 3 days of great hiking and new friendships with their version of a banana split at a little cafe, looking up at all the peaks they would be moving around in the next day.




• I continued on down the valley in to Scuol. Lots of history here and you may want to Google this for more info. Cobble streets, lots of scraffito (wall art). This is a haven for outdoor sports, esp. mountain biking, running, ice skating, skiing, hiking, climbing, etc.

Stayed at Hotel Alpenrose. 61F inc breakfast.

9 miles and another 1000 feet of ascend/descend.

Will return to Klosters tomorrow by train and do a short day hike of some type before returning to Zurich and flying home.