 | Brauneck via the piste 12.12.2020
12. 12. 2020 15:06:32
Currently the glory is over; no more snow down below - too bad, but c'est la vie!Going up to Brauneck at the start of winter is a classic for Munich folks. Last year I posted a film for a nice variant. This film is just a snapshot for interested people: what does it look like in lockdown? You may go... |
 | Sascha Wallot, a tragic hero - Reading from 'Bodenloser Fall'
30. 01. 2022 09:00:15
For literature lovers among us: Nine minutes reading from the Munich crime novel 'Bodenloser Fall' - It's about the tragic hero in this novel, about Sascha Wallot and his crash while mountain biking; the film also plays a bit with the images of this chapter and the 'moving pictures' are a bit humoro... |
 | Nice Brauneck loop | Idealhang and more
5. 02. 2022 20:30:14
Does one need to say another word about a tour on Brauneck? - No. - All said, all filmed. - Still: From Draxlhang comfortably to Bayernhütte and Stiealm, up to Idealhang, then seek out natural snow slopes (a bit of powder left), skins on again at Bayernhütte and then to Schrödelstein and its short e... |
 | Notkarspitze from the South
19. 12. 2020 19:45:08
Snow shortage in the Bavarian pre-Alps - what now? Put on mountain boots and from the south to Notkarspitze, a beautiful and surprisingly solitary tour. Most come up from Ettaler Sattel, but on 19.12.2020 there weren't many either.... |
 | Dôme de Gouter & Descent from Gouter Hut
25. 12. 2020 19:40:10
Dôme de Gouter (4304 m) - perhaps the least spectacular 4000er in the Alps. Bad weather on Mont Blanc a year ago - summit search with GPS and then turn around at Dôme de Gouter. Instead, some impressions from the hut descent.... |
 | Winter hike from Fischbachau | Breitenstein
1. 01. 2021 18:05:42
Too little snow for off-piste ski touring - what to do? Winter hiking. On New Year's Day no need to overdo it - so a half-day tour to Breitenstein. Recommended; dumplings would help, but today it went fine without. Up via Kesselalm and down Bucheralm with quiet Bockstein makes a nice loop right on M... |
 | From Sachrang on foot | Spitzstein
2. 01. 2021 17:30:08
Hardly any snow - nothing new! So the ski tour to Spitzstein from Sachrang just on foot. Not so bad - what is fun in summer works in winter too. Still: when walking over the sugar-coated slopes, you'd love to be on skis. - Three tough tourers even did it - but then you really can't spare your skis r... |
 | On the Zahn with powder
12. 02. 2022 16:05:29
Nice little tour in Ammertal - to the Zahn via Kolbensattel. With a bit of fresh snow the last days, almost a winter dream in some places and up top there's really a little powder.... |
 | In the skies over Brauneck
13. 02. 2022 16:35:05
Today the sky is no longer full of violins, but full of paragliders, and 'normal' skiing is just too boring - impressions from Brauneck on a sunny Sunday... |
 | Fresh snow makes it possible | Skiing Kampenwand
16. 01. 2021 16:02:56
A week ago there was really too little snow, but we made it to the summit. Today with fresh snow it was good on skis, but due to lack of visibility it ended at Steinlingalm. - When no lifts are running, almost everyone goes via the piste, and on the classic ascent route you have quite some peace. - ... |
 | Ideal slope at Brauneck (treat for ski tourers in these times)
24. 01. 2021 16:49:20
Everyone knows Brauneck and it's beautiful in its own way again and again - today here so to speak a conditions report across Stiealm to Idealhang, a little treat a bit off the standard route. Currently nice up and down - the family descent is then 'a bit bony'.... |
 | Heimgarten on skis
13. 02. 2021 20:26:21
On skis from Ohlstadt to Heimgarten - a historic classic, nowadays a somewhat neglected tour. Ski-wise, from the summit down the first north slope to below Rauchköpfl is a treat, with luck still powder right up to Käseralm, the rest of the descent mainly on the forest road ... Because of the descent... |
 | From Fall | Lerchkogel (Karwendel)
20. 02. 2021 19:34:46
In search of more solitary winter mountains: Lerchkogel in Karwendel, from Fall up the Dürrachtal. A rather infrequently visited ski tour, but not to be viewed from descent perspective, as the slopes available are limited, and the first 4 km on Dürrachtal road best by mountain bike (with really lots... |
 | Scheinbergspitze
1. 03. 2022 19:30:22
No insider tip, not at all solitary - still a beautiful easy ski tour in the Ammergau Alps, right behind Linderhof. In the forest still surprisingly good snow.... |
 | Fernpassrinne & Eastern Kreuzjoch
5. 03. 2022 17:29:37
The Eastern Kreuzjoch is no summit one must know, moreover the ski summit is completely unspectacular. However, it features a beautiful steep summit slope (up to 42 degrees), which, as long as it still has sun after noon, can nicely crust up. The ascent overall is very scenic and quite demanding - u... |
 | Over Wasserspitz and Rinnerspitz | Bodenschneid
13. 03. 2021 17:04:10
Another Munich house mountain, as winter ascent on a beautiful ridge path over Wasserspitz and Rinnerspitz, past the memorial for the poacher Jennerwein. The higher you go, the more beautiful the views. Gaiters are helpful, the track is not very trodden - unlike the normal route, where there's a nic... |
 | Three Hörnle in Kohlgrub
21. 03. 2021 17:05:33
Fresh March snow, above tree line avalanche warning level 3, no sun - nevertheless it should be a comfortable ski Sunday morning: Why not up to the three Kohlgrub Hörnle? The lift isn't running due to corona, so up the piste, then to the middle Hörnle, down over a much too short deep snow slope and ... |
 | Kramer complete traverse
5. 04. 2021 18:45:33
A highlight in the Werdenfelser Land is the complete traverse of the Kramer ridge from Königstand over Katzenkopf and Mittergern to Kramer and then to Steppbergalm. From Bayernhalle along Kellerleitenweg and then straight up to a hunter's path (moderately signposted, very solitary, narrow and steep)... |
 | Circular tour from Schliersee | Baumgartenschneid
11. 04. 2021 16:15:25
Ski tours are no longer really feasible and mountain tours have a bit too much snow right now, but the sun beckons and one wants to move. So a nice small Munich house mountain. - Why not Baumgartenschneid? Comfortable and up top with surprisingly beautiful views. From Schliersee over a hunter's path... |
 | Schöntalspitze (Sellraintal)
14. 03. 2022 06:01:36
Praxmar and Lüsens: Two sonorous names for valley villages leading to beautiful ski tours. One of the more comfortable ski tours is Schöntalspitze from Lüsens over the north side - now with a new forest ascent for black grouse protection, perfectly signposted. Then a long high valley in the morning ... |
 | nameless side summit) - Praxmarer Grieskogel (Here
15. 03. 2022 20:00:27
A comfortable 'Sunday stroll' in Praxmar, quieter alternative to Lampsenspitze, and a bit shorter - that's the way to Praxmarer Grieskogel. Since there was quite a bit going on at the summit, we went to a nameless side summit and had a beautiful slope to ourselves.... |
 | The dream ridge of Munich house mountains for mountain hikers in spring | Over Heimgarten to Herzogstand
26. 04. 2021 20:44:49
For every ambitious mountain hiker a dream goal of the Munich house mountains: the path from Heimgarten to Herzogstand. This time with a beautiful snow ridge in spring, a special experience. And, hard to believe: the ascent from Walchensee to Heimgarten quite solitary and even on the ridge a managea... |
 | Up East Ridge, down West Ridge (Normal Route) | Brecherspitz Traverse
28. 04. 2021 20:22:31
Another Munich local mountain The route via Firstalm and West Ridge is known, today our descent (and never really lonely). The East Ridge is less known and quite solitary, but the Jägersteig is always nice to follow and with some beautiful views you quickly go up the mountain; at some spots you bri... |
 | From Unterammergau, North-South Traverse | Teufelstättkopf
8. 05. 2021 17:53:25
Towards Pürschling you're never alone nevertheless the tour from Unterammergau via the north ascent to Teufelstättkopf and then south over Pürschlinghaus back down is a beautiful mountain hike that's already good to go early May 2021. For the good walkers among us a half-day tour, better start earl... |
 | Osterfelderkopf on foot
12. 05. 2021 16:39:44
Actually it should have been up the via ferrata, but there was no proper track and the snow very mushy so only Osterfelderkopf, but at least quiet and leisurely feeding ravens and admiring a toad.... |
 | From Saas Grund to Hohsaas
29. 03. 2022 18:01:50
End of March, hardly any snow in Saastal. From Saas Grund first on foot, then at the edge of the piste to Hohsaas some impressions are still nice.... |
 | April Powder in Saastal
2. 04. 2022 16:55:18
Overnight good 25 cm new snow then you simply have to seek some untouched spots and accept the trail breaking. Powdering where you walked yesterday.... |
 | Normal Route, without Gmelch and Teufel Towers, without 4er Crack | Kampenwand Traverse
1. 06. 2021 21:03:33
It's probably really one of the absolute classics for Munich mountaineers who want to touch some rock but not climb harder than just over 3: the normal route over Kampenwand from west to east without the two pretty photogenic towers and via the easier north approach to the main summit. A nice abseil... |
 | Impressions from Gmelch and Teufel Towers | Kampenwand Towers
3. 06. 2021 19:59:41
On the Kampenwand traverse, the Gmelch Tower and Teufel Tower beckon. Here the start of the ridge to Gmelch Tower, a harder affair (6-), which one can bail out via the beautiful crack dihedral to the left (I did it in the middle). Then impressions from the entry to Teufel Tower, around 3 enjoyable c... |
 | Over the Selle Couloir the entire Nadelgrat via Hohberghorn and Stecknadelhorn | Nadelgrat
28. 06. 2021 20:07:35
For the Nadelgrat you sometimes wait years for perfect conditions they don't exist! Nowadays decisive is whether the Selle Couloir is safe or not. If it goes, expect more or less snow while climbing; rarely is the ridge itself snow-free then. We had fresh powder snow well. Makes it a bit more exci... |
 | Normal Route | Fletschhorn
7. 07. 2021 16:02:18
It was long considered a 4000er, then its head was cut twice. Now at 3984 m it's 'only' a very high 3000er. That has advantages: you're almost alone on the way and the tour is varied with magnificent views. We were four and could go everything from the moraine with crampons on the normal route; soo... |
 | Ski tour in the Aiguilles Rouges | Col du Belvedere
15. 04. 2022 01:22:54
Ski tours in Chamonix plenty on offer, especially eye candy: In the Aiguilles Rouges you repeatedly have views of the Mont Blanc massif and, with south-facing slopes, a good chance of spring corn snow if you descend in time. Here the relatively comfortable tour to Col du Belvedere above Lac Blanc.... |
 | Climbing in the sun of Vallorcine | 'Cacao Girls'
15. 04. 2022 05:42:46
When the snow melts and variety calls, at the French-Swiss border near Vallorcine there is a sunny climbing crag with numerous multi-pitch routes that is no longer a secret tip here.... |
 | Impressions from the Via Ferrata (Nordgrat) | Mittaghorn
18. 07. 2021 06:52:39
A relatively easy via ferrata in Saas-Fee leads over the North Ridge to Mittaghorn then you stand on a beautiful panoramic summit at 3,144 m.The film provides impressions of the entire via ferrata. The approach from the intermediate station of the 'Alpinexpress' cable car is well marked and quite s... |
 | Beautiful viewpoint summit with very short via ferrata section | Almagellerhorn
20. 07. 2021 20:21:34
Almagellerhorn is a beautiful viewpoint peak south of Weißmies. An easy mountain tour with a small via ferrata episode, partly somewhat laborious through blocky terrain. Not much traffic on the way, and after about three hours you're at the summit.... |
 | Via Brudertunnel | Lamsenspitze
15. 08. 2021 19:42:39
Certainly one of the most popular peaks in Karwendel - at least particularly rewarding. Not too difficult, all harder passages secured with steel cable and via Brudertunnel and its via ferrata (B/C; beginner-friendly) with a real treat as approach. On a hot summer day, Brudertunnel offers real cooln... |
 | Normal route from the west | Arnplattenspitze
16. 08. 2021 18:34:58
The Arnspitzen stand beautifully in the landscape between Scharnitz and Leutasch, opposite Wetterstein. The traverse is very nice (among my videos there's a film from last year), but the ascent of Arnplattenspitze is also rewarding. Up in the rock ascent, there are now steel cables at the two critic... |
 | Taubenstein south ridge
18. 05. 2022 19:19:15
Playful little climb on the south ridge of Taubenstein - Difficulty probably II-, good free climbing for the experienced (not unsecured with children!); whoever enters right at the bottom of the south ridge needs rope protection for the first 15 m, there it's already at least IV!... |
 | Northwest ridge/Northeast ridge | Traverse via Ankelalm | Brecherspitz
20. 05. 2022 20:04:50
Brecherspitz - Beautiful in winter, beautiful in summer. Of course, from Firstalm up is common. The east ridge (nice, a bit of scrambling in between) less often. The route from Josephstal via Ankelalm I don't even know, but: nice. Up the northwest ridge and down the northeast ridge gives a nice trav... |
 | A solitary approach | Wallberg
5. 09. 2021 17:59:31
Alone on Wallberg on a sunny autumn Sunday? Impossible? - Possible, if you take an old trail to Bärenwand and then on to the summit. Completely alone on this sometimes barely findable trail, which is occasionally still maintained. Not suitable for children, it's a way for the ambitious mountain hike... |
 | Rosskopf & Seekarlspitze via ferratas
20. 09. 2021 13:40:57
A trip to the Rofangebirge - from the 5-summit via ferrata, two are shown here: Roßkopf and Seekarlspitze. Even on their own, a rewarding undertaking for a leisurely half day in the mountains.... |
 | Schinderkar, Bavarian Schinder, Tyrolean Schinder, descent east side to Valepp | Schinder
24. 10. 2021 19:17:57
Schinder circular tour - Schinder is a classic of the Munich home mountains and a very rewarding destination in autumn. Schinderkar on the ascent warms up, the hole before the notch excites and the wonderful distant view delights.... |
 | Ammergauer Kreuzspitze and Kreuzspitzerl (traverse)
1. 11. 2021 10:39:33
Make use of one of the last sunny autumn days? Why not on the highest peak of the Bavarian Ammergau? Kreuzspitze. From the north on the normal route to the summit structure, a varied, sweaty but easy mountain hike. At the summit ascent, the first scrambling spot is tricky for the less experienced, t... |
 | Relaxed hike to a nice alpine pasture with a view | Stoisser-Alm
11. 06. 2022 15:11:40
No more needs to be said than what's in the title. Two hours up, one down, and at the top ... whatever body and soul desire, you can stay on the alm as long as you like.... |
 | Riffelscharte
13. 06. 2022 14:17:47
From Eibsee to Riffelscharte, a mountain tour with great views. - We first went to the starts of the NW wall of Riffeltorkopf, but were a bit late and a rope team had just started in our line; so we skipped it and went up Riffelscharte on the normal route (without ropes). That's worthwhile too - but... |
 | From the South | Demeljoch & Zottenjoch
24. 11. 2021 17:49:24
Demeljoch and Zottenjoch in the Vorkarwendel from the south - First you have to cycle 6 km into the Bärental, then it's quite solitary over Niederleger and Hochleger to Demeljoch. There you meet a few people, especially those coming directly from Fall via the west side. A bit wild through narrow dwa... |
 | Ski Opening at Spitzingsee | Sutten
12. 12. 2021 18:53:43
Dream weather, good snow, short approach: So off we go for the first ski tour of this winter, up Sutten, down from Stümpfling towards Spitzingsee, up to Firstalmkessel and back to Sutten good snow, even powder to find, and if early enough, most of it with few people. Otherwise: Spitzingsee and well... |
 | Winter Hike from South | Scheinbergspitze
19. 12. 2021 18:39:22
Normally we do Scheinbergspitze in winter from north-east with touring skis reasonably tracked quite avalanche-safe (if you don't ski into the slope below the summit, which is wild slab territory anyway, the descent is safe too; there have been several avalanche accidents in the slope below the sum... |
 | Complete Traverse Lacherspitz-Wildalpjoch-Käserwand
1. 01. 2022 18:58:49
Often the complete traverse of Lacherspitz, Wildalpjoch and Käserwand is mentioned as the most beautiful mountain hike at Sudelfeld. But that's a matter of taste ... True however: this circular tour is a glorious half-day tour in sunshine, and if you start in good time, the path over east and south ... |
 | Via Ferrata | West Karwendelspitze
2. 07. 2022 20:43:05
West Karwendelspitze via ferrata prelude to Mittenwalder Höhenweg As an appetizer, you can do the via ferrata to West Karwendelspitze before crossing to the Mittenwalder Höhenweg.... |