The Lotchenpass hike began with an early start, the instructor confusing the numbers as he believed Joe Armstrong was a girl. After collecting our two lunches, cheese proving to be a bad choice as it needs to last nearly 36 hours. We met our instructor, a young man, who urgently needed some Gillette and a razor. We then set off on our exciting excursion. Heading flat and then ascending high, we managed to see some very nice views before stopping for a picnic lunch outside a restaurant. Tired from the first climb, we were gob-smacked to hear that the hardest part was yet to come, we also accidentally broke a fence. As we continued to ascend two party members had to turn back. There was plenty of mourning for them as we ascended further. We finally reached the glacier after a heavy walk, walking through snow and ice. As we reached the final cliff face to climb a large cloud nearly forced us to turn away from the hut which was a mere 20 minutes away.
Deciding to risk our lives we chose to carry on, making it to the warm hut before we were engulfed by the raging mist. The hut was very different to the others and was professionally ran, rather than cooking for ourselves we feasted on veal, soup and pasta. The following morning we descended quickly, catching the 13:02 train back to Kandersteg town.
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