Shortly after we’d arrived, two other small groups showed up, and we let them go first, unsure of how fast we would be moving. Instead it was an unprotected and rather difficult scramble, but we managed to traverse our way round the cliff face to the true start and put on our equipment without anyone else spotting us. After an hour or so we left the road and scrambled across the scree slope to what we though was the start of the Klettersteig. The clouds hung low and shrouded the peaks above us from view. Jerome on the first C section, a vertical wall with extra holds added.Īfter several hours of trains and buses, we made it to Eichatt Bettelwurfsiedlung at 0830, and began to walk up the forest road to the Absamer Klettersteig. Only a few days before the trip started we managed to salvage a new plan from our remaining hut bookings, and so it was that at 0430 I rolled out of bed and stumbled over to the train station. Thanks to the heavy snow this winter, the Pfeishütte cancelled our booking as they couldn’t open in time, and the route to Lamsenjochhütte was closed. We’d originally planned to start in Innsbruck, take the Innsbrucker Klettersteig to Pfeishütte, then onto the Bettelwurfhütte via the Absamer Klettersteig, then north to Lamsenjochhütte where we’d do the Brudertunnel Klettersteig. Although not all of this trip went to plan, it was a great experience and I’ll be back on to the Klettersteig as soon as possible! The cliffs are high and a chaos of folded bedding planes. Three days of hiking and Klettersteig (Via Ferrata) in the Karwendel mountains with Jerome and Johanna.
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