This is a view of the mountain at the end of Stubaital (in the province of Tirol) called "Zuckerhuetl," which means something like "sugar shack" or "sugar hut." To get to the horn or peak of this mountain, you need to cross a glacier--something Tim Forward and I did on skis in May or June 1968 (thanks to Caecilia Werth and Liselotte Schartner, who lent us skis and the animal skins put on the skis that allowed us to climb uphill).The backside of the mountain descends into northern Italy, the area Austrians call "Sued-Tirol," a German speaking area that once was part of Austria. When we were there, there were occasional acts of terrorism (not committed by us!) and graffiti that read "Sued Tirol Bleibt Deutsch," that is "South Tirol Remains German." In the next post I'll talk about another great mountain, "Serles."
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