Haute Route Day 3 Cabane Mont Font

We got up early and headed off. We were cranking it up the mountain making great time. Then we were looking at the book and realizes that we were on the wrong trail. While we were walking through the town we took at turn that was marked Cabane du Mont Fort. However the book specifically said to not take that turn. We had gone 1.2 miles and 1200 ft in the wrong direction. I rarely swear but quite few choice word left my mouth as we then walked 1.2 miles back down. We found the junction were we made the error and walked in the correct direction. 

The views were beautiful. We had great mountain views. 

I will say that we did a lot of up hill -6500 ft over 11.6 miles.   We made some new friends and help each other navigate as needed.  At one point we were an intersection that had a sign that indicated that we should turn right to go to the town that was out next destination. A runner on the trail told us to go the other way as well.  However, the direction seemed seemed to indicate another direction. We did a vote between us and made a decision to go left which was correct because 20 min later we came to the next landmark. 

However it was a stellar day and the hut sat on top of a big  hill on top of the mountain. It was stunning. 

We spent the afternoon discussing our plans for hiking tomorrow. We have decided to leave early and walk together for safety. 

Tomorrow we will go over three passes.