Silvretta Traverse – Day 1 by Lou Dawson April 4, 2009 by Lou Dawson April 4, 2009 Is slogging up a ski area for five hours the way to start a classic ski tour in the Alps? No. So day one or our Silvretta adventure involved a few ski lifts, which then morphed to an easy short tour leading to the Heidelberger Hutte.