Another road walk of 1.5 hours to get to 'go' but really, 'go' was at 1600m as the army have mucked up the head of the valley by digging (on-going) bunkers & roads leading to them. As I could see this from the Foo Pass yesterday, it was hardly a secret. At 1600m, a traverse path climbs to 1700 & zig-zags (the bottom one being a mess) get one up to a pleasant little gorge full of cows. I stopped for mint cake here. Then, a climb up the side to 2000m & a hut at Wicklermatt with two Swiss guys, one of whom described them as 'cow-boys' in English. Like yesterday, there was then a long top valley with a modicum of snow at the top this time & the path became very messy because of snow damage. Mostly, a very pleasant path up after 1600m. The top, 2261m has a spectacular view over the limestone country of the Klausen Pass & further north. The path down was steep & dodgy. It was unrelenting for most of 1000 metres & took 2.5 hours because of the caution exercised, exacerbated by the heat (parasol all day again) & a map-reading error which lead me to believe I had gone further than I had, which is demoralising but also lead me to finish my 2 litres of water too soon. Eventually, I staggered into the top farm & where they gave me more water. Then, there was miles of road slog. At 1650 (I had started at 0740), I heard a car & thumbed a lift for the last 4km, so I have not really done this pass but I was collapsing. I was dropped at the main road & crawled into Linthal 653m to stay at the 'simple' Hotel Raben, only 46.50fr. I dived into the bathroom, locking everyone else out of the bog on that floor for an hour, then had rubber synthetic breaded chicken (not what I expected from the menu but it was not very expensive) for dinner after soup & salad to repair my heels, now luridly blistered.

An 'easy' day. There is a steep, 23 zig-zag path up to near Nüssbuhl from behind Linthal Station. This is not easy to find. Go up the obvious track marked to Ennetlinth for 100 yards & take the double back which is unmarked to join the track proper. Only 17 zig-zags are marked on the map. Fortunately, it is mostly in the woods but still took 1 litre of water in 2.5 sweat-soaked hours, as it was still bloody hot. At the top, I met my original Cross Swiss Walk again. I walked the path back to Braunwald 1256m, round the top of the side valley & found the path to the Bärentritt for tomorrow. This was not quite the same path as the one to the Klausen I used 2 years ago. I booked into the posh Hotel Alpenblick again & saw the Alpenblick this time but did not photo it, as it would obviously be better in the evening. Then I soaked in the bath, during which it rained & clouded up! I washed everything. The cloud shifted later & I got my photo of the Tödi eventually. I had liver & rösti for dinner after salad.