28.8.2020: Dorfer Alm
After a rainy night, the weather got a bit better in the morning. For a fee of 6 Euro, we have organized the key to the gate of the gravel road leading up to the Dorferalm and drive up to the forest boundary at about . 1.800 m asl.
It is cloudy, with a few sunny spells.
We walk up to the ridge at 2.374 m asl. Due to dense fog in the uppermost parts, we renounce a ridge walk.
Back to the pastures.
Panoramic view of the Dorfer Alm. In the Krakaudorf valley, the sun is shining. Click here or into the picture for a larger display.
Dorfer Alm
Panoramic view of the Dorfer Alm. Now it is sunny up here too. Click here or into the picture for a larger display.
Dorfer Alm, nearly back at the car. On the drive back, we stop to look for more mushrooms, to bring them back home.
Back to the apartment, after a hot shower, I drive to the Bergerhof, Styria´s highest farm at an altitude of 1.450 m asl.
Lots of different animal species are living here, highly appropriate to the species, ...
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... among them are Alpine pigs, a verya old pig breed that seemed to be extinct for a long time, but a few animals were found a few years ago at farms in southern tyrol.
Since then, a breeding- and maintanence program had been started.
Most pigs are black, ...
... but there also are light and brindled ones. Thanks a lot to the farmer, Christian Bachler, who took the time to explain me facts to his barnyard. I bought meat for Sunday´s roast pork from the Bergerhof, and when I write this, bacon and sausages still are in my fridge.
