Aug 8, Wed: Berghaus Vereina. Pass to next valley

Cloudy, rainy in morning, so descended back to Alp Sparra (about 1/3 of the way back down the valley to Klosters.

• Then hiked up adjacent v-shaped valley to the Berghau Vereina, which sits at 1943m.
• Took about 3 hours walking time to do the 7 miles.
• Beautiful trek up winding valley with water falls coming out of both sides of the valley.
• Huge thunderstorms over the past few days so these falls and streams to cross were really full.
• Forecast still bad for tomorrow. Not good. The plan is to cross over the Vereina Pass to the next valley tomorrow (Lavin, Guarda). Will just have to wait and see.
  
• Met another group (Lisa, Philippe, and Beppe) from Zurich.
• They have the same trek planned as I do for the next few days. They have programmed their GPS with the key waypoints and stated they would like to have me join them if I wished.
  
• Ate dinner with them and had great conversations as we got to know each other. They are really outdoor people and very fitness oriented. And they have all had many interesting careers that were fun to hear about.
  
• So, the decision to join them for the next few days over the passes and in their own territory was a no brainer.
  
  
• In my room (8 beds) was a family from Germany: grandpa, mom, dad, and 2 girls about 7 and 10. Grandpa was singing good-nite songs and the girls chimed right in. So cool to observe. I asked the girls if they snored and they said no, but that their grandpa might.

7 miles and 5,100 feet descend/ascend today.