 | From Karwendelbahn Southwards | Mittenwalder Höhenweg
3. 07. 2022 17:26:31
For many mountaineers, the Mittenwalder Höhenweg is a top-ten via ferrata and scenically that holds true. Repeatedly glorious deep views and grand panoramas into the Karwendel, across to Wetterstein and further into the Stubai and Zillertal Alps.... |
 | Christlumkopf
13. 01. 2022 16:45:15
Piste ski tour at Achensee First along the piste, then own ascent track. A rewarding easy ski tour at the gates of Munich, best to start early, then no counter-traffic on the lower piste section. If afterwards you ski from the summit to an alm just before the mid-station, have a coffee and go up th... |
 | From Kühtai, Ski Tour with Little Snow | Finstertaler Scharte
20. 01. 2022 09:47:10
From Kühtai to Finstertaler Reservoir and then into the back, Sulzkogel and Finstertaler Scharte are popular ski tours. Usually you find some powder slopes there too. Mid-January 2022 the reservoir has a lot of water and the slopes little snow that currently limits the fun of the otherwise nice tou... |
 | Brauneck via Florihütte
25. 01. 2022 16:30:53
Brauneck always a nice short tour again. Today via Flori-Hütte. Ascent track okay, sometimes a bit slippery. Around 11 the snow up top is already soft and if unlucky, the skins slip already. Piste for descent shortly after eleven still quite good. Conclusion: Always fun again, and who wonders: more... |
 | Relaxing Ski Tour at Achensee | To Juifen
28. 01. 2022 15:00:19
The ski tour to Juifen is really no secret tip, quite the opposite. Still, it's a rewarding, very comfortable tour that is at least fairly avalanche-safe to Lämpereralm with proper track laying. Currently the snow conditions are moderate and behind Lämpereralm it's quite wind-blown only worthwhile ... |
 | Entire West Ridge of Lagginhorn (new normal route)
14. 07. 2022 20:50:06
Since the small Laggingletscher is dying and completely overrun by scree, the entire west ridge is establishing itself as the new and easy normal ascent (sure-footed, free from vertigo and a bit experienced of course, and you feel the altitude too).... |
 | Lagginhorn Summit Panorama
16. 07. 2022 17:09:46
Recently the summit was in clouds, today we quickly went up again and here is the summit panorama for you.... |
 | Bodenschneid on Skis from the West
6. 02. 2022 16:14:58
Bodenschneid At the summit stands an impressive cross that almost justifies the ascent on its own. Okay, the view is also nice: From Wallberg to Großvenediger, at least. What else attracts? The clever west slope when the snow is right today it was: hard-packed base, a touch of powder on top excel... |
 | No Leipzig Book Fair 2022
10. 02. 2022 15:30:14
The Leipzig Book Fair 2022 was cancelled again. Shame - really a shame. Is a little reading here any consolation? Who knows - no substitute anyway.... |
 | Over Buuch on Skis to Spallagrat | Bernina
20. 02. 2022 15:38:12
Today a little appetizer for spring: If conditions are right, there's a dream ski tour on the only 4000er in the Eastern Alps - over Buuch and Spallagrat to Piz Bernina. Probably few glacier ski tours in the Eastern Alps have such an impressive ice and snow backdrop like Buuch. The pictures give onl... |
 | Tajatörl
27. 02. 2022 20:37:58
From Ehrwald to Tajatörl is a surprisingly beautiful tour, and ascending the first steep section more centrally through a depression is also avalanche-wise a fairly safe variant away from the steep summit cliffs of Vorderer Tajakopf. The upper cirque is rather relaxed before going to the upper Törl.... |
 | Who Wants to See Salbit in Under Ten Minutes | Salbit South Ridge Short
24. 07. 2022 16:52:04
Here is the short version of the Salbit South Ridge - for the hasty ones so to speak.But far under ten minutes is almost impossible ... I think anyway.... |
 | Fine Granite Climbing in 5th Grade | Tröimli at Susten Pass
26. 07. 2022 08:30:09
Anyone in the area wanting a shorter multi-pitch pleasure climb is just right at Pfriendle. Tröimli offers the best granite at manageable difficulty in 5th grade for the leisurely pleasure climber.... |
 | Highest Peak of Mangfall Mountains | Hinteres Sonnwendjoch
6. 03. 2022 20:00:08
No secret tip and no solitary tour - but even on a sunny Sunday you don't meet too many hikers. If you - like us - bypass the toll road far before ascending to Wildenkaralm, you do many kilometers but it's super relaxed uphill (a Sunday stroll!). From Wildenkaralm cross slopes almost along summer pa... |
 | Bleispitze (from Bichlbächle)
10. 03. 2022 19:18:12
Which ski tourer hasn't been tempted by the white Bleispitze right of Grubigstein when entering Ehrwald Basin looking west? Exactly - that's why Bleispitze isn't lonely on weekends. Of the two ascent options, from Bichlbächle it's more shaded, and with a small parking lot, often quieter. With good a... |
 | Brisengipfel
26. 03. 2022 20:26:38
Brisengipfel in Uri, a somewhat hidden mountain south of Lake Lucerne.... |
 | From Susten Pass to Ski Depot | Stössen
27. 03. 2022 17:33:11
A ski tour with still fine corn snow. A hotspot for Italian ski mountaineers - no secret tip. Still, everything spreads out at the top, only those going to the summit expect some congestion - we switched from skins to skiing just below the ski depot for dreamy spring corn.... |
 | Relaxed Mountain Hike at Furka | Nepali Highway
31. 07. 2022 16:06:46
If you need to recover from Hannibal ... go from Tiefenbach to Albert-Heim Hut, then to Sidelen Hut and down to Furka Road. A relaxed round with some animals along the way ...... |
 | Climbing in Bedretto (Piansecco) | Tanti Auguri
1. 08. 2022 08:00:06
Ticino, we're coming to your sun!South-side climbing feels like a vacation, so it can be a bit challenging for us leisurely pleasure climbers. Leading requires mastering 5c on granite, seconding is easier of course.... |
 | Finest Powder | Vallée Blanche
10. 04. 2022 18:50:17
Anyone who wants to enjoy a long glacier descent can't miss Vallée Blanche. From Aiguilles du Midi to Montenvers, a dream under good conditions. We had about 50 cm of fresh powder and some untracked lines.... |
 | To Tour Noir | Argentière Basin
12. 04. 2022 03:03:35
The ski tour into the Argentière Basin and beyond to Tour Noir is simply an 'eye feast' - you can't rave differently about the views of the jagged satellites of Mont Blanc: it's a visual treat! Whoever takes the small cabin lift up to Bochard (the Grand Montet top station is unreachable), reaches af... |
 | GansWoandersLast Words | Literature&Music
3. 05. 2022 08:58:47
For the literature friends among us, another snippet from the program at GansWoAnders on Easter Monday - JJ's experimental warm-up of the last words of my reading. So the film gets exciting after about 2 minutes, because JJ simply has a phenomenal voice.... |
 | Rotofenturm Normal Route | Sleeping Witch
3. 05. 2022 12:33:17
May is here! Where to? A nice destination for a half-day tour is the 'Sleeping Witch' near Reichenhall. A bit of hiking, a bit of scrambling, not too high, so feasible in May already. The climbing sections mostly 2nd grade, some spots a bit harder - often done without rope, but: safety first! So if ... |
 | Climbing Tour 'Ellmauer Tor' | Steinerne Rinne
13. 08. 2022 10:04:50
Here a climbing tour for leisurely climbers, like I am, in the grandiose landscape of the Wilder Kaiser. The 'Ellmauer Tor' tour is not really difficult, finds its way up the limestone slabs and water grooves in the 'Steinerne Rinne' and has a little climbing treat with the direct variant in the 8th... |
 | 'Airy Ridge' | Kreuzwandspitze
15. 08. 2022 19:24:21
Surprisingly compact rock on Kreuzwandspitze - the 'Luftige Kante' is beautiful again and again and also the easiest climb in the wall. 8 rope lengths on the ridge and one towards the summit, also a pleasure tour in a 3-person rope team - but not always secured in a pleasure manner.... |
 | Heimgarten and Herzogstand (from Schlehdorf)
27. 05. 2022 12:05:03
The ridge hike from Heimgarten to Herzogstand is one of the most beautiful mountain hikes in the Bavarian Alps for me. The path is not difficult and secured with a steel cable railing in some places, so also doable with slightly older children - it's a mountain hike. Many use the Herzogstand cable c... |
 | In the Realm of Ibex | Traverse from West to East | Benediktenwand
5. 06. 2022 15:21:03
Truly no insider tip - and not a half-day tour either. From Benediktbeuern to Benediktenwand and traverse already makes 24 km and good 1,200 m elevation gain. Fortunately, there's the Tutzinger Hütte for coffee, currant spritzer, buttermilk and whatever else the heart desires; the hut is dreamily lo... |
 | 9 Rope Lengths on Riffeltorkopf | The Mouse and the Tiger and the Beetle
19. 06. 2022 14:00:34
Beautiful 9-rope-length tour on Riffeltorkopf. Mostly 3rd and 4th grade terrain, in one variant 5, the difficult exit 6 (otherwise 3). Unfortunately not always reliable rock - rockfall hazard (especially if more rope teams are on the way!).... |
 | City-Surfing at its best surfing eisbachwelle munich münchenkrimi | Eisbachwelle Munich
25. 06. 2022 10:23:24
The Eisbachwelle in Munich is a spectator magnet, it fascinates me again and again. - Here once more some impressions of the surf artists ... Please forgive me for incidentally promoting my novel heroine Olga and her 1st case, the 'Bottomless Fall'.... |
 | and a bit of barrel organ | Why read Olga?
22. 08. 2022 15:18:47
Sympathetic investigator - Exciting crime stories without bloodshed - Reading pleasureAll reasons to buy a book by Georg Brun again ...... |
 | Kösseine and Rock Labyrinth | Fichtelgebirge
29. 08. 2022 12:28:09
When alpinists are drawn to the low mountain range: Then a peaceful hike in the rain with wonderful granite rocks emerges. The circular tour in the Fichtelgebirge with Kösseine and Felslabyrinth at Wunsiedel's Luisenburg is really something for the eyes and heart. - And at least in the rain very sol... |
 | Cozy Mountain Hike | Illing
8. 07. 2022 08:11:44
The south-west ridge of the Groß Illing is a nice climb in grade 4 (one pitch 5), but it should be reasonably dry. Otherwise, the path to Illing is simply a nice mountain hike, not particularly long you can of course add the Heimgarten.... |
 | Melancholy at melting glaciers | Allalin Normalweg 2022
13. 07. 2022 16:37:56
For many hillwalkers or mountaineers who take easier routes, the Allalinhorn via normal route is the first or one of the first 4000ers and a wonderful experience. The glacier is melting, crevasses open more and faster, seracs become more impressive, but thus the route becomes objectively more demand... |
 | Jegihorn Panorama 5a
16. 07. 2022 22:15:55
Once again - caution: a bit of irony - a video of a climbing tour, south face of Jegihorn in Valais, 11 top pitches for us 'leisurely' pleasure climbers. Homogeneous at 5th grade with always great views in consistently compact gneiss.... |
 | Long version of a dream climbing tour Salbit Südgrat granite orgy | Salbit Südgrat
23. 07. 2022 17:22:54
For years people have raved to me about this granite ridge. The Salbit South Ridge is considered by many climbers as 'the' ridge, 'unbeatable' and 'unique'. In any case, it is probably really 'the' benchmark for ridge climbing in granite in the Alps.... |
 | 3 nice, easy via ferratas on a tour above Lake Garda | Susatti Foletti Caminamenti
1. 10. 2022 07:30:19
Susatti, Foletti and Caminamenti - these are three nice, easy via ferratas on a tour to Cima Capi and Cima Rocca high above Lake Garda. A pleasure tour par excellence in difficulty A/B - B, perfectly protected and with dream views. In nice weather you're of course not alone here and at the few steep... |
 | Hike high above Lake Garda | Cima al Bal
7. 10. 2022 12:07:34
Unspectacular, but with great views of Lake Garda, this is a pleasure hike and a tip if you're around Lake Garda and want to be alone anyway (which you certainly aren't on Susatti).... |
 | Fair Hands Line (6a) - Grimsel
28. 07. 2022 15:52:32
Ten pitches of bombproof granite at Handegg on Grimsel Pass. No more words needed. It's considered a (big) classic in the area ... rightly so.Well, thanks to my leader, especially for climbing leisurely with me - right, Dani!? For me it was still damn tough.... |
 | A special climbing tower | Hannibal
30. 07. 2022 06:30:05
Hannibal - under Galenstock: An imposing tower in the Furka area, mercilessly solid granite, but also quite steep and partly athletic. At the summit a funny surprise ... There are several lines, 'conquest of paradise' is the easiest, but the obligatory 5c are strict enough, you should have rather a ... |
 | Traverse from Unterwasser: Rotsteinpass, Lysengrat, Tierwies | Säntis
3. 08. 2022 09:23:24
When looking south from Lake Constance, the Säntis always catches the eye with its tall transmission tower. The Alpstein massif is dominant and interesting. From Unterwasser (Laui parking) there is a nice traverse: Up to Rotsteinpass, over Lysengrat to the (ugly) summit and north over Tierwies back.... |
 | The second highest in Alpstein | Altmann
4. 08. 2022 20:45:13
A beautiful circular tour in the Alpstein - From Gamplüt over Schafberg to Altmann is a quite solitary tour with interesting sections.The summit approach is not so easy ... a bit greasy when scrambling (max. 2-).... |
 | Nice Line at Baone (4c/5a) | Via Edera
3. 11. 2022 08:34:51
At Baone there are two new routes in still nicely rough rock, one of them Via Edera. New, but already well frequented, rightly so. The rock is grippy, the difficulty pleasant and the penultimate pitch is a real treat - this little contribution wants to convey an impression of this treat.... |
 | Pleasure Climbing at Picol Dain | Orizzonti Dolomitici
5. 11. 2022 13:03:41
I've shown the route before - perspective from below up to the leader. Today from above down to the follower... Together the two clips give a good impression, I think.But now to the line again: With 4c/5a and good protection it's really a pleasure bite that you can do at noon after arriving in Sarch... |
 | Paths Without Conscience
18. 08. 2022 10:01:22
Dear mountain friends, watch this only if you are also literature friends - here there's just a snippet of a cool beer garden reading from my new novel 'Gewissenlose Wege'. Of course I'm happy if you're interested and maybe even buy the book.... |
 | Heimgarten round from Ohlstadt
22. 08. 2022 07:10:09
Again a simple Munich home mountain, cozy hiking to Heimgarten, today up via Rauchkopf and down Rauheck. The views of the lakes are always beautiful and on this route surprisingly quiet - the summit is of course full on a sunny Sunday (but most come up from Walchensee).... |
 | Lake Garda mountains | Gerardo Sega | Via Ferrata
26. 09. 2022 09:45:03
Small, medium-difficult via ferrata with some grandiose views, hidden behind Monte Baldo. Embedded in a round tour it becomes a beautiful day tour in quiet surroundings.... |
 | Via Ferrata 'Che Guevarra' to Monte Casale
27. 09. 2022 09:42:18
Longest via ferrata at Lake Garda - High Wall - An impressive tour that shouldn't be underestimated due to elevation (ca. 1,400m) and length, although difficulties are mostly A/B (some C spots). From start to summit at normal pace 5 hours, then about 2.5 hours descent to Pietramurata. If possible, p... |
 | Winter hike from Kreuth | Risserkogel
29. 12. 2022 09:06:16
No ski tour in this warmth - a winter hike to the beautiful viewpoint Risserkogel from Kreuth is a nice alternative. Trudging through snow on the ridge still brings winter mood.... |
 | Winter hike as New Year's jumpstart | Wallberg from Monialm
1. 01. 2023 19:14:58
All the snow is gone - New Year's Eve fireworks burned up, then simply air out from Monialm up to Wallberg on the alm road. Cozy, completely unspectacular, but for a short half-day tour not the worst idea.... |
 | Wendelstein from Osterhofen via the piste
27. 10. 2022 07:52:57
Now there are still a few nice October days, perhaps Wendelstein tempts - simply up the piste and back down the path from Osterhofen. Nothing exciting, but somehow simply beautiful and nicely cozy.... |