Jöriseen

It’s time for another hike with a tent in the mountains. After the Pizol was so beautiful last year, we really wanted to do it again. This year (2021) we were a bit late. The first snow had already fallen in the mountains at the end of August. Nevertheless, we decided to do the tour to the Jöriseen lakes on the Flüela Pass. All but one of the weather apps had predicted good weather for the two days. Unfortunately, the one app was exactly right and it rained the whole time we were climbing. We hiked up to Winterlücke (2785m), the highest point, before heading back down to the lakes. It had become quite gloomy and hazy due to the rain and clouds, so neither of us felt like hiking all the way to the lakes like this. Above all, it was difficult to estimate how far it was, we didn’t know exactly whether we would find a good campsite and we kept hearing cowbells from the direction of the lakes. So we turned round and climbed back down a bit. On the ascent we had seen a metal door in the rock face with a small dry ledge.
We were lucky and our tent fitted exactly into this gap. Once everything was set up, it stopped raining. We warmed up with tea and then went to bed early. On the rocky slopes to the right and left of our sheltered sleeping area, we heard two small rockslides coming down.