> looks to finish on a summit I think.
Mmm.. but it's about dodgy weather. When I was in Val Gardena with t'other half, 11yo daughter and risky weather in August last year and we thought it best to run away from a summit, not towards one. This is what the same weather did further NE when we were hastening down through a near-continual 90 minute thundery hailstorm (Italian):
http://www.montagna.tv/cms/65681/fulmine-sul-peralba-un-morto-e-un-ferito-s...
phil27uk: FWIW every day the weather forecasts said thundery/stormy in the afternoon that is what was delivered to the mountains... sleet, snow, hailstorms and of course, lightning. We did manage a few VFs in mostly sunshine but started very early, aiming to be heading down by mid-day at the latest and sipping cappuccino somewhere by around 2pm. The one where we ran away was a later start because we'd had to catch a bus there.