Trekking through the snow

"Sunday, taking advantage of the splendid day, we set off in the direction of the well-known Parma tourist area... We arrive, but we realise we weren't the only ones to have had that unhealthy idea, but we don't let it get us down. In some way we manage to park the car, we get the sledge ready for little Matty, then we load up the backpacks, put on our crampons and head for the lake (naturally frozen now)... At the Lake Santo refuge, as usual, we're welcomed with the greatest warmth, besides which most of them are friends... A bit of chat, a coffee, and we go back down along the central groomed slope.....meanwhile the temperature had already begun to drop, so there was a bit more ice, but the experience is always wonderful..."