Mountains

The Moat

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This is a climb of "The Moat", also known as Peak 11497 Sean had a peak in mind for Sunday. I'd planned to do nothing ...

Mount Idaho

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A little video of the eventful day: Sean joined me for a climb of Mount Idaho. This would be my 4th 12,000-er summit in the ...

Borah Peak and Mount Breitenbach

Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Friday, May 8: Borah Peak with Sean Here is a little video of the day: Sean drove up to the trailhead at 6, where I ...

Lost Weekend climbing

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Day One - The Fins Kevin and family met me around noon at Mortal Earth, the Fins crag for mere mortals! We climbed and set ...

Timpanogos, Everest Ridge

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Video of the trip: Peakbagger Link - I'm really enjoying PeakBagger. Greg's PEMRACs system of range classification is helpful for the intermontane mountain west. And ...

Grays Peak

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

With recent snow, a planned trip to Leatherman Peak had to be postponed. Kevin suggested Grays Peak, and that sounded like a good idea. With ...

Scott Peak and Huhs Horn

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The weather this weekend wasn't predicted to be great, but it seemed that Friday would be good until late in the day. I decided to ...

Saddle Mountain

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I live near the Lemhi and Lost River Ranges, and have been driving by Saddle Mountain a lot. Reading about it on the great Idaho ...

Arco Peak and King Mountain

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Arco Peak (2000 feet up/down) I didn't leave town until early afternoon, and decided on a whim to climb the peak above the town of ...

Idaho Hiking

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I parked in Eightmile Canyon, a little ways up from the Left Fork where there was room for a couple of cars by an unnamed ...

Baldy Mountain

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I wore my ice boots and carried snowshoes and spikes, along with an ice ax for this hike up Baldy Mountain in the Snake River ...

Kinport Peak

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I drove down to Pocatello and parked at the City Creek trailhead at about 4820 feet. I had tennis shoes and spikes in the backpack, ...

Hyalite Ice Cragging

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Robert suggested another day of ice cragging -- sure! We hiked up to the 2nd tier of climbs above the Amphitheater region, and pulled up ...

Green and Blue Gully

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Robert and I hiked up Pine Creek in the Absoroka Mountains to reach some waterfalls, Green Gully (WI4) and Blue Gully (WI3). We crossed Pine ...

December Hyalite Ice

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Robert and I made the very short hike to some ice climbs in the Amphitheater area of Hyalite. Robert led three pitches, and I top-roped ...

Goodbye, South Tyrol

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Day One: Climbing above Bozen Michael and I met at the Brenner Pass, drinking a coffee at a little shop before setting out in my ...

Zielspitze

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Not used to steep Alps, I took the lift up to hike the Zielspitze. A great hike, listening to music all the while, I reached ...

City of Rocks Again with Steve

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 17 Steve and I hiked with Dotti up to the east side of the Breadloves and climbed two delightful sport climbs: DaBoyz 5.7 Wind ...

Cirque of the Towers Climbing

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Approach Day After driving down from Boise and sleeping in Pinedale, we hiked up into the Cirque, meeting many parties. Great weather, and easier-than-expected hiking, ...

Leslie Gulch Hike

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steve introduced me to the interesting Leslie Gulch in remote eastern Oregon. Fascinating towers rising from a desert landscape. Very nice! We hiked up a ...

Long walk through Caldwell

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I walked from Steve's place south into Caldwell and thence down to the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge. It was a bit under 14 miles. ...

Iron Creek Exploration

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steve and I explored a rocky gully on the north side of Iron Creek on the approach to Sawtooth Lake. We hoped to establish a ...

Overhanging Tower and Shark's Nose

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Part the First - bad weather... Steve and I drove over to Pinedale and spent the night in the city camping area (which is fantastic!). ...

Government Peak

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

After running an errand with Tamara in the morning, I had some time for a hike. I'd seen a mountain called Government Peak on the ...

Thompson Peak with Friends

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

With one day to do something big for the three of us, Steve and Ever opted to climb Thompson Peak, partly because of my urgent ...

Mount Regan

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

MountainProject link to the route Since our first hike in the range 3 weeks before, Steve and I had been impressed by Mt. Regan. Between ...

The "Sawtooth Scribble"

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This approximately 75 mile-long trail is based on the Grand Loop, starting from Grandjean, however, I exit down and north at Sawtooth Lake, traverse the ...

Warbonnet Peak, SE Face (5.7)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

MountainProject link to the route We hiked in to Alpine Lake, and set up our camp. We were becoming old hands at this Sawtooth routine! ...

Elephant's Perch "Mountaineers Route" (5.9)

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Note : After publishing this, Steve checked his rope and noticed that it was considerably less than 60 meters! He'd forgotten that he'd chopped it ...

Snowyside Peak

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

More details to follow, for now here are some pictures. We hiked in to a camp at Twin Lakes, lounged away the afternoon, and climbed ...

Observation Peak

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

For our first hike in the Sawtooths, Steve and I chose Observation Peak, reachable by good trail from the Grandjean Campground. We loved the alpine ...

City of Rocks with Steve

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Time for a long climbing vacation... I flew to Boise on the first, Steve picked me up. The next day we drove down to Elba ...

Peakbagging in Switzerland

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday After sleeping in Mantra nearby, I decided to scramble up a peak I could see from the parking lot called Rautispitz via a route ...

Grosses Ochsenhorn

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I had a funny conversation at McDonalds at 5:58 in the morning. I ordered 2 egg and cheese McMuffins, and was told "Sorry, we only ...

Kassianspitz and Amthorspitze

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Day One People descending from Ritzlar to the Schutzhaus Latzfonser Kreuz Ritzlar summit panorama, Kassianspitz in the background A stormy look off to the northwest ...

March Wildbarren Hike

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A fun hike up the steep way from the road. New blowdowns on the leaf-strewn trail which feels quite abandoned. However there was a fench ...

Naunspitze hike

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Actually we only went as far as the now-closed for rennovation hut. Long interesting talk with a man working on the alpine garden behind the ...

March Gindelalm Hike

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up the Gindelalm, we had a snowstorm right at the alm itself that was interesting. We enjoyed apfelstruedl at the ...

February Kranzhorn Hike

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Quick solo hike up and down Kranzhorn the usual way. ...

Merano Weekend

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up from Algund along the Algunder Waalweg to reach a bouldering area above the town. A man with a baby strapped to his ...

January Hiking Weekend

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

First a hike up to Oberbozen and the nearby summit. Lots of strong hikers out this morning blowing past me. 1000 meters up and down. ...

January Scheinbergspitz Ski

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A very cold day (-16!). We were up and down in 4 hours. Josef had an idea to go around to the Hochplatte via two ...

Gardasee and Trento Ferratas

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Monte Casale I scrambled up the Che Guevara Klettersteig . The linked website says it is closed but I saw no closure signs. There were ...

Kassianspitz and Friends

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A couple of days of sun sounded like a good idea as I finished work for the year. As usual the South Tyrol provided a ...

December Chiemsee Hike

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We did a hike on the west side of the Chiemsee. It was cold, so we cut it a bit short. ...

Rettenstein (Attempt)

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

To be written... Michael resting on the way up Michi strides to the first summit Michi took this panorama on the first summit Michael moving ...

Zielspitze

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I parked at the usual parking lot in the valley above Partschins, but this time I would be exiting the valley on the west wall ...

November Bad Feilnbach Walk

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We walked north then west over to the beautiful Maria Grotte and back. Making for a 23 kilometer day -- I was more tired than ...

Hochkönig Franzlweg (V+)

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

52 images here, I must apologize but I had to include them all! Michael suggested the Watzmann Traverse for the weekend, which seemed like a ...

Östliche Karwendelspitze

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I'd been thinking about hiking up something in the Karwendel for a while, maybe Wörner or the Östliche Karwendelspitze. I'd never hiked up the latter ...

Rigelekante (V+)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I'd met Michael back in August on the Zsigmondyspitze climb . He zoomed up behind and passed me after a short conversation, then we met ...

October Wildbarren Hike

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A great hike up Wildbarren. Because of construction on the road at our preferred parking space, we decided to take the north route, which follows ...

October Heuberg Hike

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We hiked up Heuberg from the back (east) side today in rather glum weather. It was tough to keep our spirits up, and the trail ...

The Hohe Ferse and Pfandlspitz

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Hohe Ferse I had the weekend free to hike, so I drove down to Italy dodging rain and clouds. I decided to explore the ...

Kranzhorn hike

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Nice hike up and down. Enjoyed a beer and a book on the way down. ...

End of Summer in Meran

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Day One, Blasiuszeiger I drove down the night before, escaping rain in the north, and enjoyed a cigar and Schopenhauer's "Counsels and Maxims" sitting out ...

Rehleitenkopf hike

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We had a nice hike up Rehleitenkopf with Sammy. Sammy at the summit Me on top Panorama on top Barbara hiking down ...

Stripsenzahn (6-)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Helmut suggested to climb the Stripsenzahn , a relatively short and easy climb by the Stripsenjoch. We met at 7 am near Munich, a relatively ...

Zsigmondyspitze and Gaulspitz

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Zsigmondyspitze My friend Uli had climbed this mountain solo years before and it came into my sights recently, what with climbs of Tristner and the ...

Via Alpina Hiking 2024

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I'm still working on this trip report, but I've got the elevation data and the gps points up... 200 kilometers and 14288 meters elevation gain. ...

Zahnkofel Normalweg (III+)

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hiking up from the Sella Pass in the morning Looking for a nice scrambling route, I had my eye on the Zahnkofel in the Langkofel ...

Östlicher Mur De Pisciadu, "Dalla Chiesa" (IV-)

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Warm up day (July 22) I thought it would be fun to revisit the "Tridentina" via ferrata that I'd climbed years ago with Kris, once ...

Wilder Freiger

Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I'd met Louise a week before on Habicht, and she gave me a spare "Seven Summits of the Stubai" logbook for me to stamp on ...

April Pendling Hike

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We left home at 9, and I hoped this trail was tree-covered for much of the way. It was! We enjoyed the top and I ...

Habicht

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up Habicht, a day after doing a climb in the Dolomites. The climb had some stress and nervousness associated with it and I ...

Odla de Cisles, Südost Kante (IV-)

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, this peak has three names -- Odla de Cisles is the Ladins name. In german it is the Villnößer Geisel. In Italian it is ...

Tristner Harpfnergrat, II+/III-

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Tristner (or Dristner) mountain has always impressed me. I'd been up twice before from Ginzling, and knew it was time to tackle the north ...

The Ahornspitze from Zillergrund

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A few years ago I hiked up the Ahornspitze over two days . I had metal plates in my foot from the accident the summer ...

June Sulzberg Hike

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We hiked up, burdened somewhat by discussions we needed to have. But on the summit we talked, dreamed and filled the world again with love. ...

Bettelwurf and Stempeljochspitze

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Day One Weather was unsettled, but I thought that if I got an early start I could do a big hike. Sleeping in Mantra, I ...

June on the Vorderes Sonnwendjoch

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up the Vorderes Sonnwendjoch, starting from the Grünsbach parking lot, following a mix of road and trail. It had been raining on the ...

Breitenstein a New Way

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Our little trio parked at the Oberes Jenbachtal. Barbara was really fast today and by the time we reached the Aiblinger Hütte, I had to ...

Schneekopf to Fiechter Spitze Traverse

Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I'd tried to climb the Fiechter Spitze before, though I didn't know it was technically graded at UIAA III (low 5th class in the YDS ...

May Hochries Hike

Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I go up the Hochries. Good times! Pictures to come... ...

Four Days around Meran

Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Day 1 - Bozen I drove down in the morning and hiked up to Oberbozen. Later, I camped near Meran. Looking down on Bozen Rainbow ...

May Breitenstein Hike

Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and Sammy and I hiked up the Breitenstein. Barbara low on the hike up Breitenstein Michael at the "Breitensteinfensterl" Sammy walks to Barbara high ...

Nassereith Climbing Rope Solo

Sun, 05 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I was back, armed with a little knowledge which can be dangerous! I drove down the night before and slept in Mantra, my Berlingo van. ...

Snowy Stanser Joch Hike

Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up from Stans, following the bee-line straight from town up to the little broken-down house 1400 meters up the slope. I listened to ...

May Heuberg Hike

Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A wonderful day with Barbara and Sammy. On the way down I discovered how to get Sammy to walk behind me, somewhat unwillingly. I keep ...

Martinswand Climbing

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Timo and I had the day to climb. We first went up the Kaiser Max Spätlese (6+), which was good fun. I led the 6+ ...

South Tyrol Reunion

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Florian, Uli and I drove south to escape a weekend of snowstorms in the northern part of the Alps. We took my car because I ...

April Sulzberg Hike

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Nice hike up with Barbara and Sammy. We went down a pleasant trail to the north this time. ...

Rope-Solo Flintsbach Climbing

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Time to try out some rope soloing! I led "Frauenschuhe" (5+) with my solo setup, then top-roped it 2 more times. Then I led "Kinderleicht" ...

Nassereith Climbing

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Helmut and I had a day to climb, so he suggested we do some easy multipitch routes at Nassereith. Using an always helpful Bergsteiger.com topo ...

April Wendelstein Hike

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up the Wendelstein from Bayrischzell. A great hike, but marred slightly by Sammy jumping up to surprise a woman because ...

Großvenediger Attempt

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Well, I hoped the weather would be good enough to ski to the summit but it wasn't. I hiked in Thursday morning, switching to skis ...

March Spitzstein Hike

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We'd never been up this peak, but had a great time. This mountain is sure to go on the repeat list! Quite rocky and rather ...

Naunspitze hike

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up the Naunspitze from a very steep trail that passed a climbing area. On the way down I had a ...

Rehleitenkopf hike

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up past the beautiful waterfalls beside the great quarry. Her first visit to the Rehleitenkopf summit. It is "International Womans ...

Zischgeles ski

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Standing on Zischgeles, looking across to Schöntalspitze. A scene at the ski depot on Zischgeles. After staying the night in Axams, I got up early ...

Schöntalspitze ski

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

What a great ski tour. Well, the snow in the lower section was quite difficult refrozen crust. But the upper section was great. Tiring skinning ...

March Wildbarren Hike

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up the road, then the north ridge, and down the southwest side. Wonderful day. ...

February Sulzberg Hike

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A great hike with Barbara and Sammy. ...

February Kranzhorn Hike

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Me, Barbara and Sammy enjoyed ourselves here. ...

February Gindelalm Hike

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up the Gindelalm. ...

February Heuberg Hike

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Me and Sammy hiked up Heuberg. My first time taking him alone. ...

Hiking above Klausen

Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Interesting visit to the abbey above the town on the hillside. I prayed a bit in the church, then wandered back into the cold, cold ...

Königsanger snowshoe hike

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Nice hike up Königsanger from Verdings. I got a hitch down from the official parking lot back to Verdings from a nice cross-country skiing fella ...

Feldalphorn ski

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Skied up and down the Feldalphorn. Snow not super awesome. It was very cold. I used a little video camera to film, but threw the ...

Gerstinger Joch Ski

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Great day with Josef and Kirill on Gerstinger Joch. We didn't visit the true summit, but came close. Pretty nice snow! On the way down, ...

Kranzhorn hike

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Kranzhorn January 5, 2024 Nice hike up and down. ...

Hohe Asten with Sammy

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Hike with Barbara and Sammy up the Hohe Asten. Sammys first mountain day. The car suffered for it...! ...

Wildbarren and Rehleitenkopf Hike

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Hiked up Wildbarren by the road to the ridge, then down, over and up to the Rehleitenkopf. Then down via a new way I hadn't ...

December Wildbarren Hike

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I was sick and lazy for more than a week - must do a hike! I visited my old friend Wildbarren. No one on my ...

Großer Beil Ski

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This was kind of a lame ski tour, but I was happy for all the elevation. I parked at the Alpengasthof Schönanger Alm, and skied ...

Feldalphorn Ski

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Beautiful powder snow. Nice older folks, perhaps retired, out on this Thursday. This will always be a favorite ski tour! ...

Wallberg Ski Day

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Just a fantastic ski tour on this good clear day. I even bought a lift ticket and went down one more time. Shameful! Resting at ...

December Brauneck Ski

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Brauneck ski tour December 1, 2023 First ski tour of the year! Heck, first ski tour in two years?! Terrible. Anyway, it was raining at ...

November Großer Riesenkopf Hike

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A nice hike up and down in the cold. Someone removed the steel cable from the steep way on the side of a rocky peak. ...

November Kranzhorn Hike

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Quick hike up and down. ...

Col Rodella Hike (attempt)

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Paul and I stayed in Canazei, and did a little hiking. I also went alone and hiked up to near the summit of Col Rodela ...

Solo 40-ger (V+)

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Timo had a day to climb, and me too! The only climbing I did this year, before the CDT hike, was on the Kopfkraxen in ...

Große Ochsenwand

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A great climb of the klettersteig . I met an American woman there from Colorado, she was practically running up this thing! My goals lie ...

CDT - The last bits

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 150 and before, click here . 86.5 miles, 12,570 feet elevation gain for the New Mexico section. I didn't create ...

CDT - Rawlins to Steamboat Springs

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 144 and before, click here . 102.3 miles, 13,700 feet elevation gain for the section. The text below refers to ...

CDT - Atlantic City to Rawlins

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 139 and before, click here . 131 miles, 8,500 feet elevation gain in total. After our dinner at the Miner's ...

CDT - Dubois to Atlantic City

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 128 and before, click here . 154 miles, 25,100 feet elevation gain in total. 62 miles and 10,415 feet elevation ...

CDT - Bozeman to Dubois

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 116 and before, click here . 205 miles, 28,600 feet elevation gain in total. First 50 miles and almost 11,000 ...

CDT - Helena to Bozeman

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 104 and before, click here . First, 65 miles from the CDT detour (trail was closed for the summer) to ...

CDT - East Glacier to Helena

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 90 and before, click here . 228 miles, 38,600 feet elevation gain. The short discontinuity is because of a hitch ...

CDT - Canadian Border to East Glacier

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 82 and before (from 2022), click here . 108 miles, 25,000 feet elevation gain (Google is reporting less than my ...

Naunspitze Southwest Ridge (II+)

Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Naunspitze June 11, 2023 Hiked up with some water and a helmet to climb the grade II+ Southwest Ridge, a nice little alternative to the ...

Via Romantica (6+)

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Many of these pictures are from Timo. If the filename begins with timo then it is his! After the great climb of Opa Highway , ...

June Großer Riesenkopf Hike

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up with a 9 kg pack, stopping at the Hohe Asten Alm on the way down for a snack and a Weinschorle, and ...

June Bad Heilbrunn Climbing

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I went back and climbed: Ameisenkante (3) Salger-Ged.-Platte (4+) Schwarzer Riss (4+) Kondensstreifen (6+) On Kondensstreifen, I wanted to lead it successfully, but ...

Opa Highway (6+)

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Helmut suggested a climb of "Opa Highway" on the Kopfkraxen (link to the always good Bergsteiger.at topo ). We were driving south of Munich by ...

Seinskopf and Friends

Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Really nice hike up the Seinskopf. I tried this hike a few years ago but got a terrible headache on the way up and returned ...

May Bad Heilbrunn Climbing

Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Bad Heilbrunn May 27, 2023 Barbara and I climbed here, great fun! Ameisenkante (3) Kleine Plattenverschneidung (3+) Siebenschläfer (5+) Glühwürmchen (5-) Salger-Ged.-Platte (4+) Schwarzer Riss ...

Lodnerhütte

Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A nice hike from a parking lot a bit above Partschins. It was raining lightly at the start, but amazingly, the day turned out fine. ...

Martinswand climbing

Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Werner, Helmut and I climbed Emmentaler and then Bronchitis . A very nice use of Father's Day. As it turns out, we are all dads. ...

Hike above the Fleckner Hütte

Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked from the town of Walten to the summit of Point 2265 (my name for it, though there is a summit cross). I followed ...

Mutspitze Hike above Meran

Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A great walk from my hotel in Dorf Tirol to the summit of the Mutspitze. Two weeks before, I attempted it, but deep snow turned ...

Glaitner Joch Hike (attempt)

Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked from a little museum building a bit above the town of Sankt Leonhard towards the pass. A nice man let me park, essentially, ...

Spring on the Mutspitze (Attempt)

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I found myself in Meran, and attempted to hike from town to the Mutspitze. However, snow on the upper ridge got me to turn around. ...

Gantkofel Hike

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Before meeting Jong for a climbing trip, I had a partial day. So I hiked and scrambled up the Gantkofel through a narrow, icy gully ...

More Hiking above Bozen

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are reports of two more long weekend trips to Bolzano in February and March. I kind of went there a lot! The greatest thing ...

Hiking above Bozen

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Weather was terrible for the weekend in Germany. And I just couldn't get excited about the snow conditions in the mountains. I guess they were ...

January Heimgarten Hike

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A fun hike after staying overnight with Alexander in Weilheim for his birthday celebration. Lots of fresh snow, and snowing on and off. Up the ...

Stanser Joch Hike

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Stanser Joch January 7, 2023 I'd never done the hike straight up from the town of Stans. It was fantastic! I thought it would be ...

January Scheffauer Hike

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Scheffauer January 6, 2023 A great hike up Scheffauer from the south. I carried snowshoes up to the point it was clear I didn't need ...

January Plessenberg Hike

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A great hike up Plessenberg from the Ascherjöchl, then down the west side to the Jocheralm and to the ground. I listened to the great ...

Wildbarren Hike

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Wildbarren December 31, 2022 I hiked up Wildbarren on a fine day, certainly too warm for the season. I met an amazing couple on top, ...

December Wendelstein Hike

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up Wendenstein from Bayrischzell with snowshoes in my pack, unused. ...

December Wallberg Hike

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up Wallberg in boots. ...

December Kranzhorn Hike

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up Kranzhorn. Only snow in the upper reaches. ...

Juffinger Jöchl and Großer Pölven

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Juffinger Jöchl and Großer Pölven November 27, 2022 I hiked up and down. My boys birthday! They are 18. Ah-mazing. At the Pölvenkreuz. Near the ...

Climb on Leonhardstein

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

It was fun. Near Wallberg. I wish I could remember the climb name! ...

Pendling Hike

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up and down. Barbara on the way up Pendling. Us at the hut on Pendling. ...

Pyramidenspitze

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up by the klettersteig on the north, and down the same way. In the Winkelkar Barbara above the Winkelkar. Me looking ...

Texel Peaks Weekend

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Short visit to Südtirol. I love that place. First 1500 meters, then, according to Google, a massive 2200 meter day. There were a lot of ...

Großer Riesenkopf Hike

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A late-afternoon hike up this local peak. I took a wrong turn on the way down, then had to creep through barbed-wire fences at dusk. ...

Vorderes Sonnwendjoch Hike

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

More info to come. Rofan Mountains On the Vorderes Sonnwendjoch The summit of the Vorderes Sonnwendjoch. Heading back down to the Inn valley. ...

Hikes in August and September

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Ilmspitze Klettersteig (August 3) The glorious Ilmspitze, my route right on the ridgeline. On the Ilmspitze, looking back towards Habicht. Habicht from the summit of ...

CDT - Muddy Pass to Seedhouse Campground

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 79 and before, click here . 40.7 miles, 6292 feet elevation gain. July 9, Day 80 First a walk on ...

CDT - Grand Lake to Steamboat Springs

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 69 and before, click here . 69.2 miles, 13193 feet elevation gain. The text for this section is quite similar ...

CDT - Twin Lakes to Interstate 70

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 57 and before, click here . June 17, Day 58, 21 miles 20 miles, 7175 feet elevation gain. Day 58, ...

CDT - Salida to Twin Lakes

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 53 and before, click here . 68.5 miles, 16363 feet elevation gain. This entry includes lots of text verbatim from ...

CDT - Silverton to Salida

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 45 and before, click here . 126 miles, 23271 feet elevation gain. June 5, Day 46, 8.5 miles Escape from ...

CDT - Pagosa Springs to Silverton

Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 39 and before, click here . 78.9 miles, 18968 feet elevation gain. May 30th, day 40, 9 miles With the ...

CDT - Chama to Pagosa Springs

Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The slope was covered with flowers which shook continually in a light breeze. It went down a long way and ended in a winding and ...

CDT - Grants to the Ghost Ranch

Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 21 and before, click here . This section had 1 food resupply in Cuba, all sleeping on the ground. 154 ...

CDT - Silver City to Grants

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 8 and before, click here . This section had 2 food resupplies, but I never slept in a bed. I ...

CDT - Lordsburg to Silver City

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

To go back to days 4 and before, click here . 52.5 miles, 7371 feet elevation gain. The text below covers the same events as ...

CDT - Mexican Border to Lordsburg

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

83 miles, 4595 feet elevation gain. The text below refers to the same events as the blog entries " end of day three " and ...

Long Ramble above Bad Feilnbach

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I wrote more about this trip on my CDT blog , but here are the pictures: ...

A couple ski mountains

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday After sleeping in the van, I drove another hour to Obergurgl for my goal for the day: Hochfirst. I skied up through the ski ...

More skiing with Barbara

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Friday We skied up the Kreuzjoch from the road just before the Kühtai skiing area. I mistakenly thought we were at the saddle near the ...

Birthday weekend

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Friday There was an unsually warm day, so of course we went climbing! Parking at the Martinswand, we headed up for "Rucola," a great 7 ...

Four Skiing Days

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I did four great days in the mountains, first two alone, then two with Barbara. The avalanche conditions in Tyrol were quite bad. All the ...

Pletzachkogel and Roßkogel

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Very interesting hike. Steeply up to a small (inhabited!) cabin in a meadow with a Charlie-Brown-esque Christmas bush, then on a steep road and trail ...

Long Bad Feilnbach Hike

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Bad Feilnbach long hike February 18, 2022 I made a tour on Komoot on a fantastic, windy day. I've been doing a lot of long, ...

New Years Eve Wendelstein Hike

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Wendelstein December 31, 2021 Last day of the year! Barbara and I enjoyed hiking up Wendelstein from Bayrischzell. Wet, rotten snow higher up. On the ...

Wallberg Snowshoe with Barbara

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I snowshoed up and down Wallberg. She had a laughing attack as usual in the first 30 minutes with the duck feet on ...

Kramerspitz Snowshoe

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Really enjoyable hike, up and down in the usual loop way that I do. I used snowshoes on the ridge and the traverse around the ...

Feldalphorn Ski

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A great time skiing up the Feldalphorn today. Beautiful powder on the way down. A gentle introduction to skis after a long layoff. Beautiful powder ...

November Heuberg Hike

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Fantastic hike, up the usual way. We only saw one person, a trail runner on the way down. It snowed on and off, and the ...

Hochnissl

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A great climb of Hochnissl in new hiking boots! With new poles, and a new pack too! Wow. Very fun. Looking to the north and ...

November Großer Riesenkopf Hike

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up, it was her first time to see the steep and interesting ascent route. ...

Maukspitze

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

As snow begins to blanket the mountains, I'm on the lookout for remaining snow-free south faces that conserve precious sunlight and allow me to pretend ...

Mitterhorn

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Fresh off the trip to the Garda Lake with Barbara, I headed back out to the Loferer Mountains for a day trip. Bad weather would ...

Gardasee climbing

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I drove down Thursday evening. We had two terrible traffic jams, uff! But we enjoyed talking so it was okay. Friday morning we ...

October Cold Wildbarren

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A lonely hike up via the road on the north to the upper ridge. I shared the summit with a trail runner who came up ...

South Tyrol hike and climb

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

After a great conversation with Danno, I quickly drove home and packed the van for a short adventure. I drove down to a rest stop ...

Sulzberg Run with Barbara

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Sulzberg October 15, 2021 Barbara and I hiked up after her work finished. We ran down. What a good time! ...

October Großer Riesenkopf Hike

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

After work I hiked up and down, carrying nothing. Legs felt good. ...

Lamprechtfels and Karkopf

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up Karkopf, because the Lamprechtfels rocks were just too cold to climb! We got above the clouds on the summit and ...

Hohes Brett

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I climbined "Sommer, Sonne, Sonnenschein," which we'd done before in 2017 . It would be my first multipitch climb since the accident in ...

The Naunspitze with Jakob

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Jakob and I hiked up the Naunspitze. He brought a vintage Nikon camera with filters and fixed focal length lenses. What a pleasure to look ...

Gamshütte Hike

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I intended to hike up the Vordere Grinbergspitze, a massive hike near Ginzling, but the thick clouds at the Gamshütte combined with their hot chocolate ...

Brünnstein Goodbye Mara

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up to the Brünnstein Hütte, 2 days after lovely Mara passed away. Barbara missed her so greatly. There was a couple ...

Johann Klettersteig

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The day after the Schladminger High Route , I had just enough energy to consider a climb of the Dachstein. As it turned out, it ...

Schladming High Route

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

3 weeks post-surgery, I was ready to try out a multi-day hike. I also felt the end of summer approaching. The Schladminger High Route was ...

August Kellerjoch Hike

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

To the Kellerjochütte August 27, 2021 Two weeks post surgery, why not try a bigger hike? I decided to more or less repeat my hike ...

Zillertal Biking Weekend

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I know this is coded as "hiking" but so far it's the only bike trip I ever took, therefore I'll wait before creating a new ...

Stubai Weekend

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I bought a used mountainbike for 170 euros. The man selling it had done a great job restoring it. I think the frame is from ...

Graukogel

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I spent a couple nights in Bad Gastein, managing one pretty big hike. I had fantastic weather, and it's a beautiful place. I stayed at ...

Rastkogel

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Timo and I had a fantastic day in the Zillertal, hiking up the Rastkogel and down a meandering ridge. We had about a dozen different ...

Vegetarian Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Hiked up in the afternoon to the Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte for a Weißbier and a nice look around. Decided to become a vegetarian based on Abbot George ...

Geigelstein Hike

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Great hike up the Geigelstein. On the way down at a hut I met the cook, a guy also named Michael! He said that in ...

Kellerjoch

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

With a day of good weather, and newly lasered eyes , it was time for a hike. I wanted to get up high in Austria, ...

Ahornspitze

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Day One I took Mantra out for a couple of days of vanlife and hiking, as the weather was just too good. I had an ...

Kranzhorn After Work

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Quick hike up the Kranzhorn after work. ...

Alpspitze Nordwand Klettersteig

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Hiked up the Alpspizte from the parking lot. It was neat to walk some of the ski trail. I joined it where it exits the ...

Großer Riesenkopf After Work

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Nice quick hike up and down in the evening. ...

Soiernspitze

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I borrowed Barbara's bike "Red" (her fathers bike) and pushed and pedeled up the steep gravel road leading to the Vereiner Alm and the Krinner-Kofler-Hütte ...

Rotwand hiking

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I made a long hike starting from Oberaudorf, travelling west over the Großer Traithen, thence down and back up to the Soinsee and the Rotwand ...

Großer Riesenkopf Rucking

Sun, 30 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Up with a 9 kilogram pack, down somewhat lighter. Training for a thru-hike. ...

Vogelsang and Seebergkopf

Sun, 23 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up the Vogelsang by the steepest way. Very fun! I descended, took a short rest, then hiked up the Seebergkopf on the other ...

Wildbarren night and morning

Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Testing out my new pack. The Kaisergebirge Goodbye, sun. Looking towards the north from Wildbarren Me, sanguine Wonderful morning Gorgeous forest ...

Evening Hike on Sulzberg

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Evening hike up Sulzberg, many paragliders there. Really fun run down. Barbara, small dog and sign Me, not unhappy Me, pleased ...

April Wildbarren Hike

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up the steep way. We played a game as we approached the summit: how many people would we find there? She ...

April Großer Riesenkopf Hike

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Großer Riesenkopf April 23, 2021 After work hike up this deceptively interesting peak. The summit, although it appears to be a small bump barely sticking ...

Wendelstein with Snowshoes

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Wendelstein April 21, 2021 A hike with snowshoes, starting from Bayrischzell, encountering snow about halfway up, and using snowshoes to the summit. An avalanche knocked ...

Petersberg Hike (short)

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A nice hike up after work. It snowed heavily for a while! ...

April Hochries Hike

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up Hochries for the first time. We discovered amazing crags in the forest , and even met the main pair of ...

April Kranzhorn Hike

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Kranzhorn April, 2021 Barbara and I hiked to the summit, what a great day. We talked about love and religion and everything in between. ...

Großer Rauher Kopf Snowshoe

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tired from the day before, I climbed an incredibly steep road near a place called the Kastensteinerwand Alm. Then it became a steep trail, made ...

Mittelstaufen Snowshoe

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A hike in the late afternoon, snowshoes on my back. The forest was covered in wet, melting snow, making deep pools of water held in ...

Snow Hiking Near Wendelstein

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Hiking near Wendelstein March 28, 2021 Barbara, Mara and I hiked up in snow from the parking lot to a summit. Really great. ...

Osterfelderkopf Skiing

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Skied up from the Hausberg parking lot. First time to ski this year. Happily, my foot is okay in the boot, if a little tight. ...

March Heuberg Hike

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Heuberg March 13, 2021 Barbara and Mara and I hiked up on a beautiful day. ...

Wildbarren Hike with Jong

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Wildbarren March 6, 2021 With Jong on a snowy day. ...

Sulzberg Hike with Barbara

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

With Barbara and a small dog -- much fun! ...

February Wildbarren Hike

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Up steeply, but this time traversing around to the west and the dramatic sub-summit. From there, the ridge is easily followed (game trail?) to join ...

February Kranzhorn Hike

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up on the german side of Kranzhorn. Very interesting trails! ...

February Heuberg with Barbara

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I enjoyed a great spring-like day. ...

February Heuberg Night Hike

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Heuberg Night hike to the summit and back, thence to sleep in mountains. ...

February Sulzberg Hike

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Sulzberg February 2, 2021 A great hike up and down. ...

Buchstein Hike (attempt)

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Buchstein (partial) December 30, 2020 Hiked up to the ridge crest at the Buchstein. About 700 meters up and down. ...

December Wildbarren Hike

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Wildbarren December 23, 2020 Hiking up the dirt road from the main road to the steep ridge hike. Down the (mostly) same way. First 1000 ...

Petersberg Hike

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Petersberg December 18, 2020 A nice hike up and visit with a cat. About 400 meters I think. ...

December Wildbarren (attempt)

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Wildbarren (partial) December 7, 2020 A hike from the southeast corner of the mountain up to the Obere Holzplatz. Light snow. ...

Wildbarren hike

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Post accident, I'm starting to feel like it's possible to hike for a bit. This time I made it rather too easy on us! By ...

Hohe Asten Hike

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up to the hill above the Hohe Asten. About 750 meters. Really fun -- the biggest hike I did since the ...

Predigtstuhl and Accident

Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Well. It's been tough to write about this. It's been almost half a year since it happened. I wondered why it's taken this long. I ...

Wallberg Evening Hike

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg July 22, 2020 I hiked up Wallberg in the evening, just going to the little chapel near the lift station. 900 meters up and ...

Strahlkogel Traverse

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Update: I noticed that on hikr.org there are several great reports on the Strahlkogel written in German. For example here and here . I added ...

Flintsbach with Uli

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach climbing July 9, 2020 Uli and I climbed in the morning. Led the 6- unnamed route just to the left of "Nur Fliegen ist ...

Yet Another Wallberg

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg July 7, 2020 I hiked up Wallberg in the evening, just going to the little chapel near the lift station. 900 meters up and ...

July Flintsbach Climbing with Jong

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach climbing July 5, 2020 In the evening, we went and did several climbs. "Nur Fliegen ist schöner" (7-) Top-rope on the 6- unnamed route ...

Mauritzalm Climbing

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Rowan, Barbara and I hiked up from the parking lot at the Rofan Seilbahn. Soon we were at the Mauritzalm. Rowan went to get a ...

Fleischbank "Via Classica" (V)

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Jong and I were both beat from the previous days activities, but with a decent chance at a good full day before the rain started, ...

Großer Beil

Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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Morsbach Climbing

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Morsbach climbing June 24, 2020 Jong and I spent the morning climbing at Morsbach. Did a number of routes from 5+ to 7-, not always ...

Gardasee climbing and hiking

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I drove to Italy, hoping to climb in Arco. Day one was rainy, so we gingerly stepped out of the car on the ...

KG Weg (IV+)

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I changed our goal at the last minute from something in the Dammkar to the Alpspitze when we saw the lift was open. ...

Südwandschmankerl

Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Jong and I went to the Buchstein and climbed this old favorite route. I guess it's the third time for me! Jong climbing the second ...

Lausberg (attempt)

Fri, 22 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I should have stayed home! But I started walking from the Isarhorn campground at 11:30 am, intending boldly to traverse to the Soiernspitze (ha!). Didn't ...

MaMa-Kante

Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Jong and I climbed the MaMa-Kante (V+) on the Kreuzwandspitze above the Dammkarhütte today. Our peak, the Kreuzwandspitze is on the right. Our climb. Note ...

May Flintsbach Climbing with Barbara

Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach May 18, 2020 Barbara and I climbed a few pitches here. It was her first time on rock in a long time. I was ...

Logic Line

Sun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Jong and I climbed " Logic Line " on the Schärtenspitze (2153 m).. The conditions were cold and cloudy, but happily it didn't rain! The ...

Wendelstein with Friends

Sat, 16 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Doris, Wolfi and I hiked up the Wendelstein, having a great time. Good fun! Pictures to come... ...

Grubereck

Thu, 14 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

After work I hiked up Grubereck from Kreuth. Interesting steep forested valley climb to a saddle north of the summit. Lots of logging here. I ...

Flintsbach with Jong

Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Morning trip to Flintsbach with Jong. We climbed a few routes on the main wall, then went over the top and down to Steinmaus territory. ...

Wildbarren with Barbara and Mara

Sun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and the small dog headed up again on the north side, then taking the steep logging turn-off to get on the North Ridge. Gorgeous. ...

April Wendelstein Hike

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Hiked up from the east by a small lake, gathering a sub-summit. Then down via a northern valley route. 1650 meters up and down. ...

April Wank Hike

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Fun hike up the Wank, using a new south eastern approach (for me). 1100 meters up/down. ...

April Wildbarren Hike

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This time up the steep hunter's trail, then down a kind of "normal way" to the west. 1100 meters up/down. ...

Sulzberg with Barbara

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

B. and Mara and I hiked up early in the morning. Was great! Trail running lesson for B. on the way donw. ...

Hoher Fricken and Bischof

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up Hoher Fricken and Bischof. Was great! ...

Brünnstein Hike

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Brünnstein April, 2020 Hike up after work one day. 1150 meters up and down. ...

Stepbergalm

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Stepbergalm April 5, 2020 Barbara and I hiked up to the Stepbergalm near the Kramerspitze, an old favorite. About 1000 meters up/down. ...

Tirol Snow and Rock

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Day One Saturday, Jong and I snowshoed most of the way up the Vorderes Sonnwendjoch (2224 m), making our high point 100 meters below the ...

Philosophy in the Ski Area

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Osterfelderkopf, ~1400 meters up and down on skis Georg and I set off in light rain/snow mix from the Garmisch ski area. Almost immediately, snow ...

Wildbarren Birthday Hike

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Wildbarren February 21, 2020 Barbara and I on the Wildbarren for the first time. A wonderful day! Two steep and interesting Jägersteige . 1100 meters ...

Kopfkraxen Snowshoeing

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I set out on snowshoes just above the parking lot. It was a first for her, and that was fun. She started laughing ...

Snowshoeing up Ebnerjoch

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Snowshoe hike up the Ebnerjoch by myself. A good time! About 1000 meters up. ...

Kranzhorn and Sulzberg

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Kranzhorn and Sulzberg February 1, 2020 Great hike, no need for snowshoes. I took my "direct route" up at the level-off point, this time climbing ...

January Wallberg Hike Two

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg January 19, 2020 A nice hike up. ...

Another January Wallberg Hike

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

January 12, 2020 A nice hike up. I felt very, very happy. I shaved my head, too. Heh! ...

Ahrntal fun

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday We drove away from Munich, hoping to find a ski tour on the way down to Sand in Taufers. We were: Georg, long known ...

Lampsenspitze Ski (attempt)

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Lampsenspitze February, 2020 Barbara's first ski tour! We had a great time, though we stopped short of the summit. She is skiing great in powder. ...

Lämpersberg Ski Tour

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Lämpersberg December 29, 2019 Extremely beautiful out here. Gorgeous powder snow. One annoying fall where my ski came off and slid about 50 meters down ...

Feldalphorn Ski Tour

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Great morning. Some clouds. Fresh snow. ...

Pendling Hike (partial)

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Pendling Hike (almost) Decemeber, 2019 Hiked up, turned around 200 meters below the summit due to steep snow and a dinner party. Picture looking to ...

Große Kesselspitze Ski Tour

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Grosse Kesselspitze December, 2019 Skied with Hannes up the Grosse Kesselspitze above Obertauern. About 1000 meters elevation gain. Unpleasant, icy, crusty conditions -- a difficult ...

Skiing up a Random Peak in Obertauern

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Resort Skiing Obertauren December, 2019 Skinned up to the lift station below Hundskogel in the Obertauern resort. Then dropped down for lunch ...

Wallberg Hike With Snow

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg November 30, 2019 Hiked up again, this time on the ski route. By the end, I was in hip-deep snow. Quite interesting. Only a ...

Wallberg Hike No Snow Yet

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg November 23, 2019 Hiked up Wallberg early Saturday morning. Ran down. Nice! ...

The Königsjodler

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Somehow I forgot to write this up, and remembered it in 2021. Anyway, on this tour I met my buddy Jong for the first time. ...

Buchstein

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We hike up to the Buchstein on a nice Sunday, setting a fantastic pace. We passed lots of folks, only Rowan seemed a bit tired ...

Watzmann Mittelspitze

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I also posted this at Summitpost An early start Funny thing was, my backpack custom loaded with just the right gear was already in the ...

Cortina climbing

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday Barbara and I drive down in the afternoon, taking the way through Kitzbühel and the tunnel to Lienz in order to see more scenery ...

Fleischbank "Via Classica" in Wrong Shoes

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate, I just know it was in August Vaclav and I slept near the trailhead and hiked up to climb Via Classica, a ...

Birnhorn

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up the Birnhorn, having never visited the Leogang Mountains. 1800 meters up and down. I quite liked the steep trail up the south ...

Graubündin Traverse

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We drove down to Susch and stayed in a little hotel where we each had a bed. We ate dinner in the hotel to keep ...

Monster Karwendel Hike

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In 24 hours of hiking, we cover 70 kilometers and 2000 meters up and down. "That's a really moderate pace -- 3 kilometers an hour?" ...

July Sonntagsspitze Hike

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Sonntagsspitze July 4, 2019 I had a morning free before a work event at the Achensee, so I hiked up from the Achenkirche Christlumlift ...

The Ruderhofspitze

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I slept at the car and started walking at about 4:30 am from the Oberissalm (~1740 m). Wonderful and lonely climb up a beautiful valley ...

Tirol Hiking Days

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Großer Bettelwurf I hiked up from Hall, following the klettersteig on the west ridge to the summit, then coming down the (normal) south ridge. What ...

Short Wendelstein Hike with Friends

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Wendelstein wanderings June 19, 2019 Georg, Jaro and Tamer and I hiked up the Wendelstein. Well, Tamer and I called it good at the meadow ...

Seebergspitze with Barbara

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I climbed the Seebergspitze from Pertisau by the South(east) Ridge. We intended to traverse to the Seekarspitze but thunder and an approaching storm ...

Vorderes Sonnwendjoch Hike

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I did a "jog" up the Vordere Sonnwendjoch. This was good fun! He was faster so we travelled seperately on the way up. ...

Spieljoch Hike with Barbara

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up the Spieljoch, also with little Mara. Fun snow travel. Elevation gain about 1200 meters. ...

Rofan hiking

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Sunday Barbara, Mara and I hiked up the Spieljoch from Maurach. It was good fun, though we were both tired. She had a headache all ...

Cragging along the Inn

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Gab arrived from Montreal to do some work in V8. We spent the night at my place and started early for the Martinswand Saturday morning. ...

May Wallberg Hike

Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg May 26, 2019 I made a quick hike up Wallberg in the evening. I never saw the area looking so beautiful. The late-lying snow ...

Climbing at Flintsbach

Sat, 25 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Rowan, Elijah and I went climbing. After some initial top-roping, Barbara and I went over the top from the 2-pitch route on the right ...

Another May Flintsbach Trip

Sat, 18 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach climbing May 18, 2019 First day it wasn't raining or snowing in like, 2 weeks. Okay that's an exaggeration but it felt that way! ...

Voldöpper Spitze and Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte Hike

Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I decided to do a double hike day. First the Voeldopperspitz near Kramsach. Lots of trail-runners, it seems to be getting very popular. After this ...

April Naunspitze Hike

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Naunspitze April 28, 2019 I hiked up via the Oberndorfer Weg that Barbara and I used a month ago. There was less snow overall, but ...

Langfenn Hike

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Langfenn April 22, 2019 From the Burgerhof again, I jogged and walked up to Flaas by the steepest way, then to the Schermoossattel (1450 m). ...

Stoanarne Mandl Hike

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Stoanarne Mandl April 20, 2019 From the Burgerhof, I jogged up the road on the east side of the Afinger-bach. Eventually it reached a steep ...

April Kranzhorn Hike

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Kranzhorn April 14, 2019 Quick hike up Kranzhorn. I found a neat variation near the end, following a steep ridge to cliffs below the summit. ...

Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte with Barbara

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Mara and I hiked up the steep Oberndorfer Weg to the hut for a drink. It was about 1100 meters from the Inn valley ...

March Kranzhorn Hike

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I (along with little Mara) hiked up from the Inn. A bit of snow near the top was fun. Here is a fun ...

Into the Ebersberger Forst

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Since moving out of the city I'd wanted to walk through the local forest, which impressed me very much. I've since learned it's the largest ...

January Wallberg Fun

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A snowshow hike up the old ski way on Wallberg. With somewhat elevated avalanche danger I decided to go whole hog and take my transceiver, ...

Lampsenspitze Ski Tour

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I made a quick ski tour up the Lampsenspitze (2876 m). It's probably my fifth time up there! It's just a great peak, hard to ...

Hochiss and Hochnissl

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Hochiss Saturday I drove to the mountains, intending to hike up the Sonnjoch, but the road from Pertisau was closed. So I made do with ...

October Wallberg Hike

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up to the Wallberg restaurant in snow and rain, but it was clear up there and that was nice. ...

Heimgarten After-work Hike

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

After work I hiked up as the sun set. I stopped at a sub-summit and took a different and interesting way down marked by a ...

The Rettenstein

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I finally fulfilled a long-time dream to hike up the Rettenstein together. Her grandfather had been up here many many years before, and ...

Sarche Climbing

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Orizzonti Dolomitici , 5+, 10 pitches Silas and I got up rather late, being tired from the drive the night before, though we had a ...

Falzarego Pass Climbing

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Dibona Route, Grosser Falzaregoturm, 10 pitches, V+ We decided to climb the "Dibona Route" on the Grosser Falzaregoturm. At 10 pitches it was of ...

Nordwandliebe (V-)

Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Update : Uli added his own thoughts on the climb below, too. Only a day after Vaclav and I climbed the Riegelekante I was back ...

Rigelekante V+

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Update: Vaclav offers a report in Czech at the end of my description below, and just for fun, a hilarious translation of the Czech back ...

Kranzhorn with Jaro

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Date not exact Jaro and I hiked up Kranzhorn afterwork from the Inn, then sped quickly down. ...

Twelve Days on the Via Alpina

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction I had about two weeks, and having already done the whole Green Via Alpina trail in 2017, I decided to get some portion of ...

Cortina climbing

Wed, 08 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

We drove down Friday morning and decided to do some sport climbing on the slabs under the Hexenstein. Really fun! But it seemed we had ...

Hoher Riffler

Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This was a really enjoyable weekend. I hiked up from Flirsch, gambling that I wouldn't really have to deal with snow on the North Ridge ...

Morsbach with Barbara

Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I climbed at Morsbach. It's hard to be absolutely certain, but we think we climbed: Nobody (4+) - I believe this was our ...

The Geigelstein

Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up the Geigelstein, and then went back down to the saddle between the Geigelstein and the Breitenstein. Then I went up the Breitenstein, ...

Frauenwasserlwand Klettergarten with Timo

Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Frauenwasserlwand Klettern May 19, 2018 Timo and I had the morning to climb, and it was nice to revisit this crag which I used to ...

Berchtesgadener Hochthron weekend

Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

NOW are we there? Barbara, Chris and I climbed the Anfaenger Freude route (5+) that we'd done 2 years before, this time with Chris. Barbara ...

Bad Heilbrunn Climbing and Hike

Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Silas Wild was in town! We caught up with him for some climbing at Bad Heilbrunn, a really neat crag. We were a large group: ...

April Wendelstein with Barbara

Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara, Mara and I hiked up and down on a leisurely Sunday. It was great! But wow, pretty crowded. We had a nice talk in ...

Martinswand

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Timo and I suddenly had the day to climb! So we did. First up was " Maxl's Gamsrevier (7-) ." I'd never managed to get ...

April Kranzhorn Hike

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up Kranzhorn really quickly. But I got a headache, probably dehydrated from the day on the Martinswand Saturday with Vaclav. And ...

Martinswand Base Climbs

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Vaclav is a funny guy, though alarmingly conscientious. "Let's climb outside Saturday, on the Martinswand!" I said. The weather forecast was finally good, after a ...

Isar Jogging with Barbara

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I wanted to show Barbara the long Isar run I did a week before. She was initially sad, because she wanted to go to high ...

Ruine Stein with Boys

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I brought the boys down on the Steg trail, but we stopped and explored the ruined castle at Stein. Very interesting place, long an administrative ...

Steg from Klobenstein Again

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Steg April 5, 2018 Wieder von unserer Ferienwohnung in Klobenstein hinunter zu Steg. Diesmal, mit einem Umweg an der Rückkehr zum Lengmoos, um ein Radler ...

Steg from Klobenstein

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Steg April 3, 2018 Ich war interessant, von Klobenstein zum Eisacktal abzusteigen. Dann wieder aufzusteigen, natürlich. Ich dachte, die Jungs waren OK allein für ein ...

Hoher Fricken Alone

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I was back about a month after hiking up with Peter, enjoying the steep trail up beside the great waterfalls. Amazingly, the snow depth was ...

Buchenhain Bouldering with Elijah

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Elijah and I went for a bike ride to Buchenhain and did some bouldering. What an amazing place. Elijah also took some pictures of Legos, ...

Hoher Fricken with Peter

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Peter and I snowshoed up the Hoher Fricken. Man, it was not easy! The snow was very warm, so we sank extremely deep. The final ...

Kreuzeck Haus Ski

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Kruezeck March 4, 2018 Evening trip up on skis. Very dark mountain. Beautiful ski down a black run. Yes! ...

Kreuzeck Haus Ski with Friends

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

March 1, 2018 Jaro, Camillo, Andreas and I skied up after work. A cold but beautiful evening with a full moon. It was our first ...

Brauneck Ski Tour

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Quick ski up in the afternoon. 1.5 hours, I was faster because I didn't take the slow way around to the Florianshütte. ...

The Lampsenspitz

Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Lampsenspitz It turns out I really enjoy winter these days! Lots of snowshoeing and skiing, and today just continues the trend. I skinned up from ...

Brauneck Ski with Jaro

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Jaro and I skied up Brauneck this morning in light snow. I was pretty sweaty because I wanted to keep my jacket on in the ...

The Schöntalspitze

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

It had been a long time since I'd done a good old fashioned ski-tour in my old stomping grounds, the Sellrain. But now was the ...

Jenbach peaks

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Stanser Joch I took the train to Jenbach Friday night, where I stayed at the Gasthof Rieder . It's on a hill about 25 minutes ...

Hohe Kiste attempt

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

A lonely hike in a quiet forest...so quiet my ears hurt. I had snowshoes, and from the town of Eschenlohe I thought about taking a ...

Hoher Fricken Snowshoe

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I had the day free to hike, so I took the train to Eschenlohe with my snowshoes strapped to my back. It was a nice ...

Hike on Monteneu

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The boys and I were staying in Schruns for the second half of the Herbsferien week. I took some gloves and my walkman, and hiked ...

Woelkenstein climbing

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Playing around In the car, Barbara laughed, which surprised her. She'd felt really down the whole week without knowing why. I don't remember what I ...

Berchtesgaden climbing

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

We are pretty eager Kannst Du Barbara finden? Rare and wonderful event: Barbara and I both had a full weekend, and good, dry weather was ...

Flintsbach at Night

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach Night Climbing September 30, 2017 Barbara wanted to climb at night sometime. So we did! It was great fun. ...

Wendelstein Night Hike

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Wendelstein Night Hike September 4, 2017 Barbara, her dog Mara and I started up the Wendelstein in the evening. We walked from Bayrischzell to the ...

Cinque Torri Climbing

Sun, 27 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

A long weekend in the Cinque Torri Barbara, Chris and I went to Cortina to climb. The weather forecast was rather depressing. We arrived Friday ...

The Swiss Via Alpina

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Just walk. Then keep walking. Accept the stupidity of this. Sleep and do it again. You may find a kind of heaven on earth. Three ...

Narrenkopf

Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The Narrenkopf I had a day free to hike, and wanted to do something pretty long. I decided to start from the town of Rietz ...

Schöntalspitze

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The boys and I stayed in the Westfalenhaus Saturday night and climbed the Schöntalspitze Sunday. On the way down, we followed a trail to Praxmar ...

Dristner

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Dristner from a distance Me and the boys stayed in Dornauberg for 5 days in a Ferienwohnung . Mostly I let them take it easy, ...

Untersberg Ostwandverschneidung (IV)

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I took the lift up (free for me on Father's Day!), then abseiled down to the start of the route. Seven fun pitches ...

A few hikes

Thu, 18 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

A view to the still-snowy Wilder Kaiser. We had some really cold and snowy weather here at the end of April, and it's stayed unseasonably ...

Rucola on the Martinswand (V+/VI-)

Sat, 15 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

On the first pitch It was time to hit the rock again! Barbara and I had one day before the rain started everywhere, and the ...

Kramerspitz on Snowshoes

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I didn't want to fight traffic, so I took the train to Garmisch. I went up the usual way, and again had to break the ...

Company Ski Tour Day

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Company ski-day February 24, 2017 A fun time! I skinned up on my touring skis to the Hoehe Salve summit, about 1100 meters up from ...

Wallberg Ski with Friends

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg February 14, 2017 Hannes, Camillo and I skied up Wallberg tonight. Well, they managed to keep skis on. Hannes used ski-crampons to deal with ...

Kramerspitz Snowshoe

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I snowshoed up Kramerspitz on a nice day. Slowly clouds scudded in and by the end there was a light snow. The deep snow on ...

Wendelstein winter hike

Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up Wendelstein. The last part to the summit was tedious, but all good. Then I drove over to Fischbachau and hiked up to ...

Wallberg On Skis

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Jaro, Marcel, Camillo and I skied up Wallberg after work. It was very cold, and we had lots of snow. Fun! Jaro ...

Brauneck Alone on Skis

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Brauneck January 7, 2017 I was back two days later; high avalanche danger kept me out of the higher mountains. It's simply because the uptrack ...

Brauneck with Jaro

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Brauneck January 5, 2017 Jaro and I skied up Brauneck today from the Wegscheid Draxlhang lift. Kris and I taught the boys to ski here, ...

Walk from Munich to Markt Schwaben

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate... I decided to make the 27 kilometer (~17 miles) walk out to Markt Schwaben. What an adventure...I'm back home now, my feet ...

Seiser Alm trip

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Elijah and I spent 5 days in the Seiser Alm. It was a fantastic trip! Langkofel from our place Spaghetti for dinner Near the Hexenbänke ...

Maukspitze

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Cloud Sea at the Ackerlhütte Here she comes Between light and shade Girl working Above the lower cliffs Another great day with Barbara. We left ...

Grosses Ochsenhorn

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I did a really, really big hike, up the Grosses Ochsenhorn. One of the highest peaks of the Leoganger Steingebirge, it required a ...

KG Weg

Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The great slabs of the Alpspitze Barbara and I had the day off and the weather was great. I recommended we climb the "KG Weg" ...

Kasnapoff Route (V, 10 pitches)

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Steve, Ever and I climbed the Kasnapoff Route on the Second Sella Tower. I drove down to their campground on the south side of the ...

Dolomites

Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Our first climb What the hell was it like here in WWI? Speaking with the Gods We are having fun Thursday Barbara and I went ...

Ankogel Mountains Traverse

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The boys and I completed an amazing 6 day traverse of the Ankogel Mountains at the start of their school vacation. We had a lot ...

Roßkogel and Weißstein Hike

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up from road far below, avoiding the toll road. I think it was the Tieftalbach. The steep descent down the west side of ...

Hintere Goinger Halt

Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

It was time for Barbara and I to do a big, big alpine climbing day together. W00t! I wrote about the trip on Medium here ...

Schafreuter with Barbara

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up Schafreuter in light rain and mist. We had a fantastic time, especially at the summit. We got some coffee, too. ...

Absamer Klettersteig and Bettelwurf

Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I decided to hike up the Bettelwurf on this fine day. On the way, I wasn't sure how to reach the Bettelwurfhütte, but I knew ...

Heimgarten with Friends

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Toon, Camillo and I hiked up the peak before work, what a fun time! On the summit. Time to head down. ...

Buchstein Hike with Rowan

Sat, 18 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Buchstein Hiking June 18, 2016 Me and Rowan tried to hike up Buchstein, but it was raining hard after a while. We were content to ...

Anfaenger Freuden (V)

Sat, 28 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I was looking for a good first alpine climb to take Barbara on. She's super eager to climb, but she doesn't have technical skills yet. ...

Soiernhaus Overnight

Sun, 22 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Into the Soierngruppe Me and the boys spent the weekend at the Soiernhaus. I'd never been into this group, and was a bit daunted by ...

Hiking near Trauenstein

Sun, 15 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate A whole bunch of us went to a hike above Trauenstein. It might have been Strohn-Schneid? Oh well, it was in that ...

Brandenburg Alps Hiking

Sun, 15 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Bayreuther-Hütte I wanted to introduce Barbara to a longer hike, so we headed to the Brandenburger Alps to climb some south slopes above the Inn. ...

Zams climbing

Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I looked at the weather and Zams was our best bet. We drove down Wednesday night, and hiked over for a look at ...

Heuberg with Barbara

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara and I hiked up Heuberg today, passing by a couple of empty huts. We enjoyed the day tremendously. A panorama on Heuberg Me and ...

Christmas On Krenspitze

Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I started hiking into the Kloo-Ascher Valley with bivouac gear, hoping there wasn't too much snow on the north side of the Hinteres Sonnwendjoch and ...

Two Hikes Near Nice

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Rowan and I went to Nice for the school break. We had a nice little apartment. I remember it was quite cold, ...

Zugspitze

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I did a solo hike up the Zugspitze via the Höllental Klettersteig path. I had full mountaineering gear, because it had recently snowed a tremendous ...

Ackerlspitze hike

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Riki, Claus and I hiked up the Ackerlspitze one fine October morning. It was beautiful and much fun. ...

Olomana

Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Rowan and I hiked up Olomana on a very hot day. My gosh, it was fun. What a wonderful son. We had ice and water. ...

Hochkalter

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Ben and I hiked up the Hochkalter on the first day of August. I remember we talked about esoteric philosophy and mysticism, topics that within ...

Stubai hiking

Sun, 05 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I decided to try and repeat my long multi-day in one day hike in the Stubaier Höhenweg from that cold summer day in 2006. However, ...

Brauneck Two Times Hike

Sun, 24 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up and down Brauneck twice from the parking lot to whip myself into shape. ...

Brandenberg Training Day

Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Voldöpper Spitze panorama Jakob and I are planning a long hike for later in the summer, and figured we'd better do some hiking now to ...

Lisenser Fernerspitz Ski

Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I never wrote this trip down but I found the gps track while cleaning up some files. Interesting! Looks like I had fun skiing up ...

Hirschberg Night Ski

Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Amazing Friday night moonlight ski up and down Hirschberg. My headlamp died on the way up, but no matter! The snow was ...

Wallberg 2x on Snowshoes

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate I snowshoed up the ski trail of Wallberg in fresh snow. That was fun, but I wish I had skis for the ...

Pallspitz Skiing with Josef

Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Josef and I had a great time skiing up two peaks in the Kitzbühler Alps. 1500 meters up and down. Here is ...

Rubihorn Nordwand

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Timo and I drove to the Allgäu Mountains, and the town of Oberstdorf. We would climb the North Face of the Rubihorn by the "classic" ...

Samerschlag

Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Josef, Benoit and I headed to the mountains for a ski tour. It would be my first since getting new skis and skins. I'd tried ...

Ettaler Mühle Icefall (WI5)

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I got out reeeally early before work to climb this nice icefall before it falls down in warm weather. We were in the ...

From Munich to Dietramszell

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

25 miles on snowy roads... I was keen to walk to Bad Tölz, but I wasn't sure if I could handle the enormous distance. It ...

Hoher Fricken Snowshoe Hike

Sun, 28 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Hoher Fricken December 28, 2014 Nice snowshoe hike up the Kühflucht. Near the top, I met another party and I helped them out by making ...

Wendelstein and Breitenstein Hike

Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Enjoyable hike up Wendelstein from Bayrischzell, first tagging Breitenstein. It was a total of 1700 meters up and down. Lots of snow to deal with ...

Wendelstein from Bayrischzell Hike

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate I was curious to see what it was like to hike up Wendelstein from Bayrischzell, and I found a really enjoyable trail. ...

Wendelstein with Fellas

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

DAte is approximate The boys and I hiked up the Wendelstein from Sudelfeld, tagging the Lacherspitze along the way. We had to climb through snow ...

Habicht with Danno

Sun, 19 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Danno on approach The Innsbrucker Huette Looking down on the hut On Habicht's flanks On the summit scramble Danno and I had a day to ...

Innsbrucker Klettersteig with Rowan

Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Long ridgetop traverse I wanted to go out for a father son day just with Rowan, and chose the Innsbrucker Klettersteig as something to do. ...

Oktowasunn (VII-)

Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Pitch one Thomas and Julia, old friends of Georg, came visiting from the north country. We decided to climb Octowasunn (7-) on the Vorderer Karlsspize. ...

Tridentina

Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Looking up at the route Elijah hikes to the wall Rowan is whistling! Elijah with Smarties Here is my troop The view to the east ...

The Lechtal Directors Cut

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I made a small movie about the hike too: Day begins in rain The Kogelsee Flo near the Kogelsee Studying the Kogelseescharte One of the ...

Buchstein After Work

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Buchstein September 4, 2014 After work, I hiked up the Buchstein, intending to eat dinner there. But something went wrong somehow. I asked the hut ...

Treffauer Jubiläumsweg 2000

Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The line of Jubilaeumsweg 2000 Georg and I had a rather disappointing time in the Western Alps, making due with an attempt on La Meije, ...

La Meije Attempt

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Le Meije looking wintry Georg ready to climb! Enjoyable but exacting scrambling Wet rock didn't help Michael and glacier Careful routefinding required! Georg on the ...

Hiking in the Vanoise

Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Aussois Girls hiking Lac de Plan d'Amont I was tired of waiting around for good weather to climb, and was ready to surrender to the ...

Ailefroide rock and Dent d'Herens

Sun, 10 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It was great to see Pete again! I drove to Geneva, a little worn out by heavy traffic around Zurich, but my spirits were restored ...

Hiking in the Pfunderer Berge

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Elijah walking Below the Lappacher Joechl Unsettled weather Kris hiking to the pass Steep hike to the pass Looking to the Weissenbachtal At the Lappacher ...

Scheffauer

Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Below the Kaindlhuette Georg and I planned to go climbing for the weekend but the weather forecast didn't support it. Drat! It hasn't been a ...

Zwölferkopf and a night out

Sat, 19 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Change of plan The weather was amazing, and somehow I couldn't find a partner for the mountains. Also, Kris needed the car to take the ...

The Lamsenjoch weekend

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Sonnjoch Kris, the boys and I planned a weekend stay in a hut. The weather was not great Saturday, so we took umbrellas and ...

July Habicht Hike

Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

A day trip from the car by the normal route. A week of bad weather left the mountain very snowy. It took me a bit ...

Kleine Trichter (attempt)

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Lane, a friend of Wayne's on sabbatical in Europe, and very keen to go climbing, came by for a couple days. It was great to ...

Predigtstuhl Nordkante (IV+)

Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Update : Riki wrote a very nice report of her own with all kinds of climbery feelings and stuff, see inline! Update: I discovered that ...

Abrams Route (VII-) and Sella Towers

Sun, 08 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Robert and Goran came to the Dolomites with that sage of the mountains, Fred Beckey. We did a family trip in the Selva Gardena valley ...

June Flintsbach Climbing

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach June 3, 2014 Nur Fliegen ist schoener (7-), extended the climb into an anchor above, right at 30 minutes of climbing. It might have ...

Hochfernerspitze, Griessferner Glacier

Fri, 30 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Here is a little video : It was strange to be back in the Pfitscher Valley for the second time in less than three months. ...

Tannheimer rock climbs

Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Here is a little video : Benoit and I had been planning to go on a climb for quite a while, finally the opportunity arose ...

May Flintsbach Climbing with Hannes

Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach May 20, 2014 Great evening climbing session with Hannes. We quickly dispatched Fliegenschiss (6-) and Steinlaus (6-), then an easier route to the right, ...

Wallberg Pack Training

Sun, 18 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I hiked up for exercise with a 30 pound pack, content with making the lift station instead of the true summit, so the gain was ...

Kopfkraxen Hike

Sun, 04 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Kopfkraxen May 4, 2014 I went for hike in my new climbing boots, to continue breaking them in and maybe, if I was lucky, get ...

Plessenberg and Buchacker Alm Hike

Sat, 26 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Whew, more exploration of the Brandenberger Alpen! I was back on the trail to the Ascherjöchl, and this time I continued up to the Plessenberg ...

April Voldöpper Spitze and Ascherjöchl

Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I wanted some snow-free hiking, but I didn't know how high I'd be able to get before the snow got deep. Also it was going ...

April Roßstein and Buchstein Hike

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Hiked up Rossstein and Buchstein in heavy rain. I loved my trusty umbrella. The rain let up when I had to use my hands for ...

Wallberg Hike with Riki

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg March 23, 2014 Riki and I hiked up Wallberg in a hilarious driving snow-storm. We were thinking those days are over in this short ...

Hochfeiler North Face

Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Georg was looking at the weather for the weekend, and saw that our long run of sun would end everywhere by Saturday afternoon. Thinking quickly, ...

Winter Weekend with Timo

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate, I only remember it was March 2 days with Timo Timo and I skied up the Zwieselbacher Rosskogel in the Sellrein. Fun ...

February Heimgarten Hike

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Fun, short hike. 1200 meters up and down. Movie here . And Gpsies track . ...

Bischof and Hoher Fricken Snowshoe

Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Bischof and Hoher Fricken February 8, 2014 Super snowshoe hike, with an especially spicy hike down the Kuhflucht trail. Really nice day out. Gpsies track ...

February Hochblasse Snowshoe

Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

A great snowshoe hike today up Hochblasse, and then to the Ochsenälpeleskopf on the other side of the valley. I ate lunch by the Jaeger ...

January Friederspitz Snowshoe

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Snowshoe hike up Friderspitz. 1250 meters up/down. ...

Mystery Peak Ski with Josef

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Forgot the name January, 2014 Ski up a peak in the Sellrain with Josef, unfortunately ran out of time (and shape!), so ...

Kramerspitze Snowshoe

Sun, 08 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz December 8, 2013 A snowshow trip up Kramerspitz, going the easy way past the meadow up and down. I had to break trail from ...

Wank Hike

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Wank October ?, 2013 A Sunday night hike to the summit and back. ...

Buchstein Morning Jog

Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Buchstein October ?, 2013 A Saturday morning run up Roßstein and Buchstein and back. ...

The Zugspitze via the Stopselsteig

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Danno and I had the day free, which was cool, despite a somewhat miserable forecast. "Be prepared to hike in drizzle!" we told ourselves. Among ...

Hike to the Karwendelbahn

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Karwendelbahn hike September ?, 2013 A morning hike under the Karwendelbahn, gaining 1400 meters elevation. I ignored the summit because of a lot of fresh ...

Alpspitze with Family

Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Alpspitze with Family September ?, 2013 Kris, the boys and I do the Alpspitze Nordwand ferrata, and down another way. Fantastic time! ...

Olomana Traverse with Variant

Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Olomana complete traverse September ?, 2013 I did a complete traverse of the three Olomana peaks and accidentally spiced it up even more by climbing ...

Olomana with Family

Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Kris, the boys and I hiked up Olomana main peak on Oahu. Really fun day, but hot! ...

Bauernpredigtstuhl Climbing

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Hannes and I had planned to get in some rock climbing on the last day of good weather before a storm system arrived. We changed ...

Watzmann, East Face

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost.org here The day before Something neat about the Watzmann Ostwand ("east wall") is that it starts at the same elevation as ...

Jungfrau, Rottal Ridge

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost.org here . Recovery from defeat A day after an attempt on the Peterey Ridge, we tried to figure out what to ...

August Flintsbach Cragging

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

date is approximate Hannes, Ben, Michael and I (yes there are two of us) from work did some early morning cragging at Flintsbach. Really fun ...

Lagginhorn

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

After the climb of Mount Maudit with Peter, Georg and I drove back east to climb the Lagginhorn by the North Ridge (AD, III) , ...

Mount Maudit, Frontier Ridge

Sun, 11 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost.org here . West to Chamonix Georg and I crammed my car full of gear and set off for the western alps. ...

The Dolomites with Steph Abegg

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on CascadeClimbers here The Dolomites - Three fun climbs with Steph TLDR; Me and Steph Abegg climb the Comici on the Salamiturm (5.9, ...

Flintsbach in July

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Flintsbach cragging July 23, 2013 Today Hannes and I did a few climbs at Flintsbach in the morning. Due to a sleepy brain I forgot ...

Sternschnuppe, VI+/A0, 11 pitches

Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

We'd been hiking for more than an hour when it became obvious we were on the wrong trail. Our objective, a shining white cliff high ...

Flintsbach Cragging

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Ben and I climbed at Flintsbach early one morning, had a great time and I didn't forget the quickdraws! ...

Fleischbank Ostwand (VI/A0, 15 pitches)

Sun, 07 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Ever since reading some billowing prose about the beauty of this climb, Hans Duelfers Meisterstuck, I wanted to climb it. In 2006 Josef and I ...

Wendelstein Night Hike

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Night hike up Wendelstein July 4, 2013 Riki and I hiked up the Wendelstein after work. It was a rainy day, but happily the mountain ...

Cragging and Pidinger Klettersteig

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Hannes and I got an early start only to meet a soaking wet Williwand. So we went to the Weissbach Klettergarten near ...

Jägerkamp After-dinner Hike

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Jägerkamp June 4, 2013 Hiked up Jaegerkamp with Josef after dinner, via his cross-country route. Beautiful sunset above a cloud sea. My decaying sneakers were ...

Alspitze with Snow (Attempt)

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Alpspitz (attempt) May, 2013 Hiked up from the car, but above the lift station hip deep snow and lack of gaitors were ...

May Kramerspitz Hike

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz May 1st, 2013 Did an old favorite hike on this holiday morning. Great weather. I made a small video of the day. The usual ...

5 days in the snow

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I had to use up some vacation days from 2012, and a bigger plan fell through, so I ended up with 5 "loose" days. The ...

Hochjoch Skiing

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Hochjoch and clowning March, 2013 Georg and I had big ambitions for an ice climb: the Renkfall! But we were idiots! We ...

Skiing, Darin and Hochgern

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday the boys and Sergiu and I went to the Wilder Kaiser "Skiwelt" for a day of downhill skiing. This was great fun, especially because ...

Dolomites Ice Climbing

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I got to spend the weekend climbing ice in Val Gardena. I'd always wondered about ice climbing in the Dolomites, and apparently they've ...

No More Ice

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

No ice left February, 2013 Georg and I went to climb one of the falls around Ettal (I forgot the name). We soloed a couple ...

Geierfall (WI4-5)

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a rough winter. I had a cold at least 4 times since October, but finally seem to have worked through it. My new ...

Gilfert Ski with Josef

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Gilfert ski December 31, 2012 Josef and I drove to Weer and then Innerst in the Tuxer Alps for a bit of exercise. We skinned ...

Buchstein "Man oder Memmel" (8-/A0)

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Buchstein, "Man oder Memmel" (8-/A0) November 25, 2012 Georg and I had a few hours on Sunday. We hiked up to the Buchstein and climbed ...

Hafelekar Hike

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Hafelekar November, 2012 I hiked from downtown Innsbruck (the parking lot for the futuristic train that can take you up to Hungerburg. ...

November Wank Hike

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Wank November, 2012 A quick hike up der Wank on a Sunday morning. Very nice weather! ...

Santa Rosa Biking with Denver

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate. Coded as hiking because I do so little biking! Bike riding around Santa Rosa October, 2012 My brother runs a neat bike ...

Mission Peak Hike

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Mission Peak, Fremont, CA October 2012 Hiked up Horse Heaven Trail to Mission Peak (trail link here ). 670 meters up/down. 1 ...

Trail Run on Black Mountain

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Black Mountain, Mountain View, CA October, 2012 A great after work trail run up this peak, starting from the Rhus Ridge trail ...

Ellmauer Halt hike

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

My former neighbor Riki had been trying to climb up the Elmauer Halt for more than a year, enduring bad weather, trips with folks who ...

Mitterhorn hike

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I had a bit of time to go for a hike before picking up Kris and the boys at the airport. I had to get ...

Western Alps, part 2

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

PART II. Part I is here Also posted to Summitpost.org here What next? Georg approaches the Valsorey Hut I took a different approach with this ...

Aiplspitz Training Hike

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Aiplspitz Before a big trip I wanted to get in a little bit of hiking conditioning. I found the Aiplspitz across the ...

Western Alps, part 1

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost.org here Magnesium "Do you know how much money you will save?" she said again, waving the jar of Magnesium crystals at ...

The Christakante (VI+)

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I planned an ambitious day, hoping to use every ounce of daylight for a big climb! Alas, just like the previous weekend, a ...

Morning hike on Kopftörlgrat

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I were planning a weekend o' fun mountain climbing, but the weather turned out to be rainy everywhere in the alps. We decided ...

Wörner Hike

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Wörner July 15, 2012 I got out for a hike, despite a terrible weather forecast. I was actually surprisingly lucky! I decided to hike up ...

Cinque Torri

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

My old friend Aidan was in town for an interesting filming project. We went to the Dolomites and had time in between work on the ...

Val Gardena Fun

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Kris, the boys, Cesar and I drove down to Val Gardena for a short June vacation. Cesar would stay for a few days to finally ...

Herzschlag der Leidenschaft (VI+/A0)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Topo here Also posted on cascadeclimbers.com here . Hi all, some of youse may remember me from the old days! I try to come around ...

Steinplatte climbing with Georg

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The day after climbing Hochferner, there was a change of weather that meant it wouldn't be good to climb ice faces. So we diverted to ...

Hochferner Nordwand

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Basti, Georg and I drove down to the Pfitschtal in Südtirol Friday evening. We got some pizza for dinner in Sterzing, then drove up to ...

Untersberg adventure hike

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Danno and I had a full day to go hiking, which is unusual for both of us. It's been an unusual spring, with lots of ...

May Wallberg Hike

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg and Setzberg May 5, 2012 Morning hike on a day when the rain held off. Really nice time. I took new routes on the ...

Buschlwand with Georg

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I went to the Burschlwand. I felt weak as it was the first outside climb of the year for me (how sad!!). But ...

April Hochstaufen Hike

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Hiked up Hochstaufen, mainly because I'd hardly done any hikes over the Salzburg area and was looking for something new. Foolishly, I wore tennis shoes ...

Skiing in Les Deux Alpes

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Downhill skiing, Les Deux Alpes March 31, 2012 Great trip with folks from work as a "Team Event." It was great to be back in ...

Leutascher Dreitorspitze

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate I skied up the Leutascher Dreitorspitze on this great-weather day. First I struggled a bit in the forest on rough ski paths ...

More Skiing with Boys

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Downhill Skiing, Wilder Kaiser March 17, 2012 Again with the boys. Kind of a short day but fun. Again, skied to the valley. ...

Taschachwand and Petersenspitze

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Timo and I on the wall Introduction Timo, Georg and I had been itching to get out for a weekend trip and climb some Nordwände ...

Skiing with Boys and Danno

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Downhill Skiing, Wilder Kaiser March 10, 2012 With the boys and Danno and his family. Wow, breakthrough day for the kids. Lots of help from ...

Pitztal ice with Georg

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry this is a bit late. A few weeks ago in the incredible European cold-snap Georg and I got into the Pitztal for some ice ...

Great skiing day

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Last weekend Kris and I took the boys skiing, they hadn't been in a year and it would be their first time at a "real ...

Skiing with Kris and the Boys

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Downhill Skiing, Wilder Kaiser March 3, 2012 Kris, the boys and I. Bad weather, but we had a good time, especially in the afternoon when ...

Zwieselbacher Rosskogel

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Georg and I were hoping for some ice climbing, but the conditions just continue to crumple our hopes! Oh well, skiing it is then. We ...

Schoentalspitze ski

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Josef and I had the day to ski. But I never saw Josef! A series of mishaps prevented us from making our rondesvous at 5:30 ...

Hirschberg Ski

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Hirschberg December 30, 2011 I skied up Hirschberg, an old favorite. It was snowing hard, and I was there in the middle of the day ...

Heuberg in the Zahmer Kaiser Ski

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Heuberg ski December 26, 2011 I went for a morning ski to a peak I'd never visited. Heuberg is in the "tame Kaiser," near the ...

Winter-like Ackerlspitze and Maukspitze

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Ackerlspitze and Maukspitze December 3, 2011 Uli and I went on a scramble up the Ackerlspitze. I'd never been to this far eastern corner of ...

November Wendelstein Hike

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Wendelstein November 26, 2011 A quick hike up the Wendelstein in the morning from the toll road high point. In blowing snow, I reached the ...

November Roßstein and Buchstein Hike

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Roßstein and Buchstein November 20, 2011 Needed some exercise. Really enjoyed the scramble up the Roßstein, making sure not to touch the metal cable. And ...

South Faces with Wayne

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

I knew Wayne Wallace by reputation before moving away from Seattle, and met him when he came to see the Picket Range slideshow Theron, Aidan ...

Kramerspitz in October

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz Traverse October 15, 2011 After a late afternoon nap I drove out to Garmisch and hiked up Kramerspitz. I had a small water bottle, ...

Wilde Leck (IV-)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

I left Munich at 5:30 am, with my bike, boots, crampons and ice axe. I planned to climb the Wilde Leck by the Ostgrat (East ...

Climbing in Beez

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Beez climbing September 28, 2011 Yves and I got off work early to climb at the Liedekerke crag in the Beez climbing area. Belgium has ...

Rosengartenspitze, Ostwand "Steger" and Punta Emma "Fedele"

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Alas, no pictures! I forgot the camera at home! But I do have some iPod Nano footage (shaky) Adrian and I made a weekend trip ...

Alpstein Marathon (6b+, 21 pitches)

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Adrian and I took a day off work to go do a climb that he'd had his eye on for months. A 21 pitch monster ...

Predigtstuhl Nordkante (IV)

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

David and Mike were going to fly into Munich to visit the Eastern Alps and Eastern Europe more generally. As it turned out, I could ...

August Westliche Karwendelspitze Hike

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Westliche Karwendelspitze August 4, 2011 Cesar and I hiked up to the summit, in blowing clouds and rain. We took the klettersteig variation to the ...

July Westliche Karwendelspitze Hike

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Westliche Karwendelspitze July 31, 2011 Training hike up this peak, the last 100 meters of the trip overrun by hikers from the lift station! But ...

Alta Via With Family

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Day One From Munich to Bozen by train. Visiting Daniel and his family in Bolzano Boys have their Legos for the trip! Day Two From ...

Alpspitze Nordwand Klettersteig

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

date is approximate Alpspitze July, 2011 Training hike up the Alpspitze, started from the lift parking lot. Reached the summit in 3 hours, 1900 meters ...

Ober Gabelhorn, Zinalrothorn

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here Obergabelhorn Arbengrat (AD) and Zinalrothorn SE Ridge (AD-) Pete and I got our gear together in the Randa parking lot. ...

Aiguille Dibona "Visite Obligatoire", VI+

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Pete and I met up to climb the Aiguille Dibona by the famous "Visite Obligatoire" route. We were hiking up from the parking lot in ...

The Vajolet Towers and Punta Emma

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here A fellow American, Pete, and I visited the Rosengarten area of the Dolomites for a quick introduction to that beautiful ...

Schafreuter Hike

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Schafreuter hike June, 2011 I hiked up Schafreuter, taking 1:40 from the car to reach the summit. Really beautiful view from this ...

Night hike in the Rofangebirge

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sometime around 5:30 in the evening I left Munich for the mountains. I wasn't completely sure where to go for a hike, but when I ...

June Wallberg Hike

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Wallberg (not to summit) June, 2011 I called Josef at about 8:30 pm and asked if he fancied a night hike up ...

Alpspitze with Brecht

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A morning hike in foggy weather with Brecht, who I just met. He studies Ornithology (birds, to the layman) and had some neat stories. He ...

Kampenwand with Uli

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Uli and I took the lift up to the Kampenwand on Sunday. We knew it would start raining eventually, hence the laziness! Right away, we ...

May Martinswand Cragging

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate "Maxl's Gamsrevoir" and "Maxl's Krone" link up May, 2011 Adrian and I did a morning trip to the Martinswand. First we climbed ...

May Setzberg Hike

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Setzberg hike May 8, 2011 Mother's Day! But I needed exercise too, so I got up early and hiked up Setzberg. Just shy of 3000 ...

Pyramidenspitze Klettersteig

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Pyramidenspitze April 30, 2011 I took a Camelback and a candy bar up a trail that leads to the Pyramidenspitze from the north side. Amazingly ...

Slovenia climbing

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here A happy meeting and good rock On a family trip to Lake Bled in Slovenia, I had the opportunity to ...

Gimpelvorbau climbing

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here A few partial climbs Sebastian and I hadn't gotten together to climb in almost 4 years . Where did the ...

Haiminger Klettergarten Alhambra (6/6+)

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Haiminger Klettergarten March, 2011 Adrian and I climbed the route "Alhambra" (7-) at the big south-facing wall above Haiming. I didn't know this place existed ...

Skiing in the Jamtal

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday morning I was skiing up from Galtür at 7:30. I made it to just below the Jamtalhütte at 9:45, had some tea and cookies ...

Wank March Hike

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Wank March 6, 2011 Hiked up Wank this morning, kind of my good ol' training hike. I wore mountain boots but left snowshoes at the ...

Luisbodenfall (WI 4/4+)

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Christian, Adrian and I had a day for some ice climbing. I chose the destination, the Luisbodenfall in the Pitztal valley. Pretty far for a ...

Easy Ice Climbing in Tyrol

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here In the Stubai and Pitztal... Dan and I went looking for ice, and set out for the Grawa Eiswand in ...

Jochberg Right Gully (WI3)

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Christian and I climbed the Jochberg Right Gully (WI3), an entertaining set of N pitches (N=6? something like that), on a mountain I'd wanted to ...

Martinswand Winter Cragging

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Martinswand easy cragging January 16, 2011 Christian and I took advantage of the sun today by exercising rusty rock climbing skills. Well at least in ...

Linker Schwergenwieser Icefall (WI3-)

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

date is approximate Linker Schwergenwieser Icefall January, 2011 Adrian and I have fun on this 6 pitch WI3- climb. Easy and enjoyable. ...

More Stubai skiing and ice

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here Introduction I was looking forward to a solo trip to the mountains to get some exercise and make friendships with ...

New Year's Stubai Skiing

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Zwieselbacher Rosskogel Eight o'clock on New Year's morning, I was alone in the parking lot, getting ready. A man shoveled snow at a nearby inn ...

Pu'u Konahuanui

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I met up with local hiker Alex ( Alika on Summitpost) for a quick hike up Pu'u Konahuanui. We had a great time hiking up ...

December Wank Hike

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Der Wank hike December 6, 2010 Hiked up Der Wank in the morning before work. The mountains have snow! This morning on the summit of ...

The Ammergau "Director's Cut" route

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I enjoyed a great hike yesterday, getting the idea from Summitpost here . I headed out in tennis shoes, confident that the recent foehn wind ...

Kranzhorn hike

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Danno, Kris, the boys and I hiked up the Kranzhorn, maybe the last chance to do so before snow embraces it's summit and the little ...

The Montscheinspitze

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

October 31, 2010. I went for a hike near Pertisau. I wanted to hike above the Achensee, but when I saw the sun hitting the ...

Secret Karwendel hiking

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Josef had an idea for a hike that pieced together bits of trail and ridge crest in the northern "pre-Karwendel" part of the range. We ...

Östlicher Schoßkopf, "4er Weg" (V+, 15 p)

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Uli asked if I wanted to go climbing on the weekend, and we thought we'd climb the Watzmann. But the route had become snowy in ...

Family trip to the Frischmannhütte

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Kris, Rowan, Elijah and I headed to the mountains at 8 am Saturday morning. We had no traffic and got to the little town of ...

Langkofel "Ramp Route" (Attempt/Accident)

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here The "Rampenführer", IV+, 17 pitches (attempt) It was the most relaxed of trips. I guess that makes sense. When you ...

Family trip to the Westfalenhaus

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I'd threatened to take the family for an overnight trip to a hut for at least a year, and finally the stars lined up. Kris ...

Tofana, First Pillar (V+)

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The morning after our big adventure in the Wilder Kaiser we were tired and dehydrated. It looked like the day would be another scorcher in ...

Torre Comici, Casara Route

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

"Casara" Route (IV+, 7 pitches) In the morning it was raining. So much for one of the hard routes. It was also very cold. Finally, ...

Kleine Zinne, Yellow Edge (VI+)

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Kleine Zinne, "Yellow Edge" (VI+, 14 pitches) We slept in the Trevisio Hut and hiked down in the morning. Suddenly it was Thursday. We were ...

Pala del Rifugio, "Castiglioni/Destassis"

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We decided to head down to the Pala Dolomites. We had time because Tuesday was predicted to be bad weather everywhere. Actually it wasn't bad ...

Paternkofel, Northwest Ridge (Bolte/Wolf), IV (7 pitches)

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We slept in Saturday, somehow unable to get up and do some harder climbing. We had either the "Kleine Cassin" on the Pruessturm on the ...

Totenkirchl West Wall

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Totenkirchl Westwand (VI+, 24 pitches) I'd been looking forward to climbing with Jesse for months, and I knew we'd immediately hit it off. His previous ...

Zugspitze and others

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here Introduction I like big days. When you start walking at dawn, the first on the trail breaking all the spiderwebs. ...

Tirol 2, Bavaria 1

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here Introduction My wife was getting right tired of me moping around the house complaining about the weather. Family camping trips ...

Scharnitz Climbing

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Scharnitz Climbing June 6, 2010 Coming home from camping and hiking with Kris and the boys we stopped at the Scharnitz town climbing wall. The ...

May Wallberg Hike

Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg May 29, 2010 An afternoon/evening hike up Wallberg. I took the steep grass under the lift, then veered off left near the summit into ...

Schüsselkarspitze attempt

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Schüsselkarspitze attempt May 24, 2010 Finally, good weather in the Alps! Alexander had an ambitious plan to storm the high "kamm" of the Wetterstein. We ...

Belgium Rock Climbing

Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Belgian rock (Feyer, near Dinant, Belgium) May 18, 2010 Rafal, Marek and I got in two pitches at the cliffs of Freyer. Beautiful limestone, though ...

Kramerspitz Hike with Alexander

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz May 9, 2010 Sigh, the rain just won't stop here. Instead of a day of rock climbing, we made due with a hike up ...

Burschlwand climbing with Stephan

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

On the spur of the moment, Stephan and I were able to get out for a day. Friday was expected to be nice until the ...

Lüsenser Spitze and hiking

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I had a day free but no partners. After much hemming and hawing to myself, I decided on the Lüsenser Fernerkogel, which dominates the view ...

Buchstein Climbing

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

March 20, 2010. Alexander and I spent the day snowshoeing up to the Buchstein and doing some nice rock climbs. We did "Südwandschmannkerl" (VI-) first. ...

April Kramerspitz Hike

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz April 18, 2010 Hiked up the Kramerspitz from town. I took snowshoes, then felt kind of silly because I hiked up 1000 meters without ...

Burschlwand Climbing

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Burschlwand April, 2010 Adrian, a new partner, and I got in a half day here. Despite a few difficulties climbing with each ...

Cima SAT (Attempt)

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Cima SAT (Attempt) April 2, 2010 Around 9:15 PM I hiked up the usual way to Cima SAT, planning to take the via ferrata to ...

Hirschberg Ski with Josef

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Hirschberg March 10, 2010 Josef and I made a nighttime ski trip up and down Hirschberg. This was a lot of fun! We started at ...

Kuhscheibe

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost.org here Just a nice ski tour On the approach . It had been almost 2 years since I got to do ...

February Hirschberg Ski

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Hirschberg February 24, 2010 A crack of dawn ski up Hirschberg. Very nice trip up, the Karwendel Mountains looked great off to the south. The ...

Klimmspitze Snowshoe (Attempt)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

After the Namloser Wetterspitze I slept in the town of Elmen. I'd chosen to climb the Klimmspitze on snowshoes, liking the long (1500 meters) elevation ...

Namloser Wetterspitze Ski

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Namloser Wetterspitze January 23, 2010 With good avalanche conditions, it seemed like a fine time to ski the Wetterspitze. My shins were very sore, especially ...

Längentaler Weißer Kogel (attempt)

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Längentaler Weißer Kogel (attempt) January, 2010 I skied up the valley to right below the Westfallenhaus, but deteriorating weather caused me to ...

Pu'u Manamana Hike

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Pu'u Manamana January, 2010 I repeated this great hike which I did in 2007. The knife-edge ridge walk is truly amazing! Excellent ...

Pu'u Ohulehule Hike

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date is approximate Pu'u Ohulehule January, 2010 Since reading about the Danish girls lost for 8 days on this mountain I wanted to climb it. ...

Via Romantica (VI+)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here "Via Romantica" (VI+, 12 pitches) As luck would have it, a week of unusually warm and sunny weather held winter ...

Wank November Hike

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Der Wank November 15, 2009 A quick morning hike up the Wank from the parking area at Mat's old house. I like this way much ...

Sas Ciampac and Sella Towers

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here Winter is coming... Dan Protz and I had the first weekend of November free to climb. We went to the ...

Texel Range Deathmarch Weekend

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here The Joy of Hiking... Clouds burning off of the beautiful Pfelderer Valley. I always return to hiking. There is nothing ...

Halserspitz Morning Hike

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Halserspitz September 22, 2009 An early morning hike before work. I made a big loop going south and east to scramble up the North Ridge ...

Geierköpfe Hike

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Geierköpfe September 5, 2009 Sigh. Some days you just have to pay the piper. The climb itself was fun. I turned up a dirt road ...

Wallberg Hike

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Wallberg August 19, 2009 I took a long lunch and went to the south side of the Tegernsee. Walking fast, I made it to the ...

Mont Blanc, Innominata Ridge

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Innominata Ridge, D+ Rahel was in the back of my mind through this whole experience. All the foibles and hi-jinks Dan and I got ourselves ...

Pordoispitze "Via Fedele"

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here NW Face "Fedele" Route with Dibona Finish (800 m, IV+, 26 pitches) The route follows the striking black (intermittent) water ...

Krottenkopf July Hike

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Krottenkopf July, 2009 Got up at the crack of o dark thirty and hiked up the Krottenkopf from Oberau. 4500 feet elevation gain in 4.5 ...

Tofana, Costantini/Ghedina Route (VI-)

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A jealous lover Dan is so lucky. Having an extremely flexible schedule at this point, he could stay in the Dolomiti all week while I ...

Third Sella Tower "Vinatzer," etc.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here Third Sella Tower, "Vinatzer" (V+ or VI-), 10 pitches The best photos in the TR are from Daniel Clifford (Danno)...especially ...

Bernadeinwand (Attempt)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Bernadeinwand attempt June, 2009 Garon Coriz and I tried to climb the Direct North Face of the Bernadeinwand on Saturday morning. At the car it ...

Schüsselkarspitze "Peters/Haringer"

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I didn't write a TR for this one, but I made a Summitpost "Route Page" here . ...

Ortler, North Face

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

North Wall (D+, 1200 meters, ice to 70 degrees) Dan and I were hoping to go rock climbing for a couple of days in the ...

Doss dela Torta Hike

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Doss dela Torta May, 2009 ehile vacationing at the Garda Lake with the family, I took our last full afternoon for a solo hike. I ...

Kramerspitz plus Hirschbuehel

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz and Hirschbühel May 10, 2009 An afternoon hike up the Kramerspitz from Garmisch. I wore Kris's sci-fi GPS watch for fun. It was cool ...

Chamonix, climb and ski

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here Day 1: Best intro ever -> Cosmique Arete Dan and I drove down to Chamonix Thursday afternoon. There was pretty ...

Martinswand, Auckenthaler Riss

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Uli, Dan and I had a plan to climb the Gerberkreuz above Mittenwald. We worried about snow on the approach, but the rock looked dry ...

Ziegelspitz hike

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ziegelspitz April 24, 2009 I had some time this morning for a quick hike. After weeks of great weather, I was surprised to see fresh ...

Fun times in Riva

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Kris, the boys and I packed up early Friday morning and drove down to Riva del Garda, a great little town on the north end ...

Via dell Amicizia Via Ferrata

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Via dell Amicizia April, 2009 On a camping trip with Kris and the boys, I took a few hours to go up this interesting via ...

Wank Hike

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Wank April, 2009 A training hike on ol' faithful, der Wank. Rather than starting from Mat and Ari's old secret trail, I walked under the ...

Forgotten Name Ski Tour

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

forgotten name (attempt) March, 2009 Sigh. I went for a ski tour and at the last minute changed my mind on the destination. I didn't ...

Schrankogel (attempt)

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Schrankogel (attempt) March, 2009 Dan P. and I meant to ski to the Schrankogel in the Stubai Alps, via the Franz-Senn Huette. I knew it ...

Kramerspitz Hike (attempt)

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz Feb 15, 2009 Attempt on Kramerspitz in incredibly deep snow. I only got a bit beyond the little metal ramp that sticks out over ...

Daniel snowshoe

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Daniel January 6, 2009 It was Dreikoenigtag (a holiday) in Germany, so I thought I'd get in a snowshoe hike. I'd always wanted to climb ...

Sellrain Ice Climbing

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Sellrain Ice Climbing January 4, 2009 We made the short hike to the "Gasthausfall" near Luesens. Dan led a spicy WI4 pitch where it was ...

Ice Climbing in La Grave/Arolla

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

La Grave climbing (More pictures to come for the climbing on day 1 and day 5, hopefully!). Dan P. and I scheduled to climb in ...

Heimgarten Hike

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Heimgarten December 6, 2008 Hiked up Heimgarten from the town of Ohlstadt. Some beautiful views, especially looking towards the Zugspitze. 1100 meters, 4 hours car ...

Friederspitz Hiking

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Friederspitz hike November 30, 2008 With my snowshoes on my back I headed up dirt roads near the town of Gries, making for the Prince ...

Owens River Gorge

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Go home, get yer stuff Hmm, what to work on today? Maybe I should refactor that test code from last ...

Breitenstein and Kranzhorn

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Breitenstein and Kranshorn November, 2008 First with Josef and friends, and then a week later just me and the boys alone on the Kranzhorn at ...

Two hikes with the boys

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In the last week I went on two great hikes with the boys. First was on Breitenstein, with Angie, Josef, Felix, Helga and Evelyn. We ...

Martinswand

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Dan P. and I had the day to climb. With recent snowfall, we needed to stay at lower elevations, preferably south facing. I chose the ...

Lago di Garda

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We went to Gardasee for 3 days, for our first camping trip with the boys. It was great! We stayed at a campground right on ...

Innsbrucker Klettersteig

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Great to see an old friend Our friend Nancy came to visit from the U.S.. Actually she was over here ...

Via Ferrata dell'Amicizia

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Via Ferrata dell'Amicizia October 12, 2008 During our fun family camping trip to Riva del Garda, I had a few hours one evening after we ...

Demeljoch Hike

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hike on Demeljoch October 5, 2008 I hiked up from the Sylvensee just as dawn was breaking. About 400 meters up I was surpised to ...

Gimpel, New NE Ridge

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Hochwiesler "Via Anita" (V+/A0) Josef and I were tired of the cold, rainy weather hanging over the northern alps for ...

The Breitachklamm

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

During our 5 day stay in Bad Hindelang, one day was pretty cloudy. Nearby, the Breitachklamm advertised itself as being perfect for a rainy day. ...

The Wallbergbahn

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

On the first weekend Mom came, I took her and the boys to Tegernsee, where we rode the Wallbergbahn up that mountain to a restaurant. ...

Bad Hindelang

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Mom, Kris, the boys and I stayed in Bad Hindelang for 5 days. This is in the Allgäu Mountains of Germany/Austria. We were just on ...

Mom and I visit the Dolomites (briefly!)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

On the way home from Florence, the weather was too good to miss a driving trip to the Dolomites. Just north of Bolzano we turned ...

Laliderer Spitze, North Ridge

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Herzogkante, V-, 18 pitches I first saw the northern Karwendel walls in November, 2005. Mat, Ari and I made a ...

Wilder Kaiser Climb (attempt)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Attempt on a peak August, 2008 Dan P. and I tried to climb a nice route on a Wilder Kaiser peak. We got hopelessly lost. ...

The Matterhorn, Hoernligrat

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Posted at Summitpost here The Matterhorn Via the Hoernli Ridge (AD-) July, 2008 Motivations Sadly, when I thought about climbing the Matterhorn, I pictured crowds ...

Pale di San Martino, Gran Pilaster

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Posted on Summitpost here Let's go! (Gran Pilaster, UIAA IV, YDS 5.6, 20 pitches) Panoramas This is part of a week-long trip Carlos, Theron ("OZNID") ...

More Dolomites fun

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Monte Colàc - "Via Ferrata Dei Finanzieri" A bit south of Canazei, we picked out a via ferrata that would be fun to do. We ...

Fünffingerspitze, complete traverse

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Reunion We traversed the peak from right to left. July, 2008. Many/most of the pictures were taken by Carlos or ...

Great time in Zermatt

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We had an awesome trip! We stayed in the Haus Ascott, had a nice apartment where, shocked by the high prices in Switzerland, we resolved ...

Geiselstein Nordwand

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Alte Nordwand (UIAA V) June, 2008 There is something special about the Geiselstein. It's a "front range" mountain, rising up quickly from the gentle green ...

Punta Fiames, Jori Arete

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hexenstein South Ridge (IV+) Dan and I had been hoping to hook up for a rock climbing trip for a long time. The weather was ...

Similaun ski

Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Similaun normal ski route Christian and I had an ambitious plan for the North Face of Similaun, but our eyes ...

Gruenwald Running

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Grünwald Run May 1, 2008 My neighbor Riki and I ran from near the Deutsches Museum to Grünwald and back. It was really fun, but ...

Frauenwasserwand Climbing

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Frauenwasser Wand Late April, 2008 Daniel A. and I climbed a few pitches in the morning. I again tackled the 3 pitch line of VI, ...

Pleisenspitze Skiing

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Pleisenspitze ski April, 2008 I had the morning free so I went for a ski up the Pleisenspitze. Snow was absent at the trailhead, but ...

Hinterer Brunnenkogel

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Terrible weather forecast (but good weather!) The weather forecast was not good, but when we drove away in the morning, the sky was amazingly clear. ...

Sankt Martin Trail Run

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Trail run at Sankt Martin March 21, 2008 After a morning of skiing with Silas and Jen, I still had some energy. We got some ...

Gruenwald Jogging

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Jog to (near) Gruenwald and back March 16, 2008 What, am I turning into a jogger? My neighbor Riki convinced me to run to a ...

Ski touring with Silas

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Silas Wild and his daughter Jen were coming to Austria for weeks of skiing. I knew Silas from slide shows back in Seattle, and from ...

Jog to Buchenheim

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Jog to Buchenheim March 9, 2008 Sunday late afternoon I jogged to Buchenheim, this time starting from the Deutsches Museum while the kids were napping. ...

Piz Buin and others

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted on Summitpost here Three Peaks from the Bielerhoehe Christian and I left Munich at 6:30 am, then got stuck in a terrible traffic ...

Jogging to Gruenwald

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Jog to Gruenwald February 17, 2008 Sunday late afternoon I jogged to Gruenwald from home while the kids were napping. The run along the Isar ...

Winter Wank Hike

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Wank February 14, 2008 Some folks came to our offices from the U.S. this week and one (Tom) was an enthusiastic hiker and skier. He ...

Schafreuter Snowshoe

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Schafreuter February 10, 2008 I was sick the week before and didn't get to exercise at all. Plus the weather was great this weekend. So ...

Watzmannkar Snowshoe

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Watzmannkar February 3, 2008 Uli, Austin, Danno and I drove in Danno's capacious automobile to Schoenau on the Koenigsee. We had a great time first ...

Snowshoeing in the Allgaeu Alps

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

No big adventures here! Just a meandering account of an enriching weekend of snowshoeing in the friendly parts of the Allgäu Mountains... Over the last ...

Zischgeles skiing and Sellrain ice climbing

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Right when I got back from Hawaii, I slept a while then set out at 3 am, pointing the car towards the Stubai Mountains. I ...

Pu'u Manamana Hike

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Pu'u Manamana December, 2007 I went on this intriguing hike on Oahu. It gains a knife-edged ridge, even features some rock climbing on the very ...

Wank December Hike

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Wank December 6, 2007 Two friends from work and I hiked up in the morning. Well, I was keen on skiing again so I brought ...

Scheinbergspitze

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Scheinbergspitz December 2, 2007 Wow, I'm really short on short reports this year! Oh well. I got out Sunday morning for a few hours to ...

Fasul Valley Deathmarch

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Josef and I wanted to go climbing, and supposedly had a decent forecast. I was eager to explore the Verwall Range, south of St. Anton, ...

Hoellentorkopf, North Ridge

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I'm trying to finally write up the rest of the climbs that Aidan and I did when he came to visit last month. It's been ...

Wank Hike with Riki

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Wank September 24, 2007 Riki and I got out for a fun morning hike of this pretty mountain with the great views of the Wetterstein ...

Hoher Fricken (attempt)

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Hoher Fricken (attempt) September 13, 2007 Uli and I had a comedy of errors this morning. We hiked to Hoher Fricken, but my faulty memory ...

The Campanile Basso

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I also wrote this trip report at Summitpost . p1 - michael lead up the intial ramp IV p2 - micahel continue up the intial ...

MaMa-Kante

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

All that remains of this trip is this recovered image: Somehow, 13 years ago I forgot to write it up. I think we had a ...

Totenkirchl, "Kirchlexpress"

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Posted at Summitpost here Tickets pleez...(18 pitches, VI (5.10a)) The mighty Totenkirchl I was happy to get the chance to show my friend from Seattle ...

Bernadeinkopf Direkte Nordwand

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I wrote this in a kind of guidebook style for Summitpost . Overview The Bernadeinwand (Bernadein Wall) is a steep north-facing cliff with more gentle ...

Piz Palü, Nordwand Ostpfeiler

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here Off to the mountains... Disclaimer: very little actual "Hell" was encountered, my title is purely for whimsical purposes. Actually it ...

Frauenwasserwand Climbing

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Fraunwasser climbing July 17, 2007 Uli and I went for some morning climbing. I was still tired from the Grossglockner climb Sunday, so I had ...

Grossglockner, Stuedlgrat

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here Climbing the Stüdlgrat Hiking up to the ridge Daniel and I climbed the Grossglockner via the Stüdlgrat. This is a ...

Ortler, Hintergrat

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here A plan gels from a vague stew I'd wanted to climb the Ortler for a long time via the "Hintergrat," ...

Obere Wettersteinspitze Hike

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Obere Wettersteinspitze hike June 17, 2007 I had the morning free, so I took a quick look at the computer to find a new trail. ...

Kastelruth Hike with Kris

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Walk to Kastelruth June 13, 2007 Kris and I rode a lift up from Kastelruth to the Marinzen Hütte, about 1500 feet above the town. ...

Biking up to the Seiser Alm

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Bike to Seiser Alm June 12, 2007 This afternoon at 1:20 pm I rode one of the hotel's bikes up to the Seiser Alm. Wow, ...

Kleine and Grosse Fermeda attempts

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Kleine and Grosse Fermeda attempts June 11, 2007 I road the lift up to Seceda from St. Ulrich at the ridiculously late hour of 8 ...

Östlicher Schoßkopf, "Goedeker" (attempt)

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Östlicher Schoßkopf, "Goedeker" June 7, 2007 On the face of it, this route looked within our capabilities: 15 pitches, grade V, mostly easier. The book ...

Flesichbank "Deulfer" (attempt)

Sun, 20 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Fleischbank, Duelfer Route May, 2007 Daniel and I tried the Fleischbank Ostwand, but had two problems. After the grade III traverse into the face (snowy, ...

Fleischbank, "Via Classica"

Sun, 13 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here Via Classica, 15 pitches, UIAA V (YDS 5.7/58) The snow was melting and it was time to visit the Wilder ...

Herzogstand May Hike

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Herzogstand May, 2007 A morning hike up Herzogstand, then jogging along the ridge to Heimgarten, a slightly higher peak. Excellent views of the Karwendel Range, ...

Rittner Horn Hike

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Rittner Horn Late April, 2007 A morning hike up the Rittner Horn which is a long sloping mountain 2000 meters above Bolzano, Italy. I got ...

The Hochwiesler

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Four sunny climbs April, 2007 It was great to climb with {% image https://www.summitpost.org/user_page.php?user_id=27310">Sebastian . For a year I've admired his photos and trip reports ...

Frauenwasserlwand Climbing

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Frauenwasser climbing area April, 2007 Daniel and I did some climbs on a nice warm morning here. We climbed the 3-4 pitch "massif" twice, first ...

The Wildspitze North Face

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted at Summitpost here North Face and ski descent April, 2007 After seeing Sebastian's excellent report on a ski and climb of the Hintere ...

Ettaler Manndl Hike

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Morning hike up Ettaler Manndl April 7, 2007 I hiked up the Ettaler Manndl, and the Laberjoch (just a ski lift and restaurant there, not ...

Gimpel Suedostkamin

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Suedostkamin (Southeast Chimney) Route Have you ever sat in the office, when it's sunny outside, dreaming of climbing warm rock in the sun? Great weather ...

Buchstein Hike with Josef

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Morning hike up Buchstein March, 2007 Josef and I took advantage of some sunny weather to go hiking in the morning instead of the boring ...

The Jubilaeumsgrat

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Winter climb between the Zugspitze and Alpspitze February, 2007 All photos by Daniel Arndt. Details below the pics. Also posted at Summitpost here Daniel casts ...

The Kramerspitz

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Snow hike with Steve Steve K. and I went for a morning hike on the Kramerspitz. Steve lived in Portland before Munich, and we had ...

The Hohe Munde (attempt)

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I hadn't gotten much exercise in a while, so when Daniel suggested doing something Saturday I jumped at the idea. We had more ambitious plans, ...

Skiing in Kühtai and Sölden

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Skiing in Kühtai and Sölden January 6-7, 2007 Daniel and I tried a ski tour above Haggen in the Sellrain, but a lack of snow, ...

The Zugspitze

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost here I drove to Garmisch with a light pack. I brought hiking boots, aluminum crampons and an ice axe. In retrospect, ...

Olomana Hike

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Olomana Scramble December 26, 2006 Rode a rusty bike from the parents house out there, and had to leave it at the country club gate. ...

Likeke Trail

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

From the Likelike highway to the Pali Kris's dad Kwansei recommended the Likeke Trail as an interesting short hike. We read a review of the ...

The Haiku Stairs

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

An unusual trail on Oahu I really wanted to climb the Haiku Stairs, aka the "Stairway to Heaven". I like unusual mountain ascents, and this ...

December Schellschlicht Hike

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Schellschlicht hike December 2, 2006 With a great weather forecast, I headed up for probably the last "hike" this year before heavy snow. Another Ammergau ...

Vorderer Tajakopf

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

West Ridge Via Ferrata Here I set some video footage to music. Enjoy! After a few gray days made it clear that winter was coming, ...

Grohmannspitze, South Face

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

South Face (UIAA Grade IV, 13 pitches) Daniel wrote about the trip here ... Daniel Arndt and I had a last weekend to do some ...

October Kramerspitz Hike

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Kramerspitz hike October 14, 2006 I wanted to get some exercise, so despite a bad forecast I headed out towards Garmisch. I found an approximate ...

Westfalenhaus hike

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Arwin and Joey were visiting us from Los Angeles for just a few days. They had a great time at the Oktoberfest and exploring Munich. ...

Lamsenspitze

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Northeast Ridge (Grade IV) "Did you get that memo?" --Office Space Here is a little video of a helicopter that flew by below us while ...

The Grunduebelhorn, South Ridge

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

South Ridge (UIAA V-, 20 pitches) Josef suggested a climb of the Grunduebelhorn for a day trip on the last day of September. Reeling somewhat ...

Hochplatte with Daniel

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Hochplatte hike September 17, 2006 Daniel could go for a quick hike Sunday morning. We left Munich around 6:20 and drove to the Ammergau alps, ...

The Walker's Haute Route

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

forward to part two or part three ... Saturday After an all night drive (from 12:30 am to 7:00 am), I staggered onto the small ...

The Walker's Haute Route

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

back to part two or part one ... Friday I left the town, again with some pilfered bread and butter for lunch. I walked along ...

The Walker's Haute Route

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

back to part one or forward to part three ... Tuesday I had my usual breakfast of cereal, bread and butter. I also took some ...

Hike above Linderhof

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Linderhof hike August 15, 2006 I hiked up a road above the Linderhof castle to reach the ridge crest and a hut. Then a muddy ...

Grossglockner attempt

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday Mat and I left Garmisch hoping to do an alpine climb. But the Engadin valley, our hopeful destination, was wrapped in clouds. Mat was ...

Stubaier Hoehenweg

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

"3 days in 1 day" Sometimes circumstances conspire to send you out into the hills despite the rain. The Alps are in the midst of ...

Risserkogel Hike (attempt)

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Risserkogel hiking July, 2006 On a rainy Saturday I needed some exercise, so I hiked through light rain up a trail on the south side ...

Zwölferkopf Recon

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Zwölferkopf recon July, 2006 I had a few hours one Sunday morning to check out the start of a climb on the Zwölferspitze which rises ...

Guffertspitze with Danno

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Guffertspitze July 8, 2006 Danno and I wanted to go for a rock climb this morning, but heavy clouds persuaded us to go for a ...

Predigtstuhl Nordkante

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost here North Ridge, IV+, 16 pitches In June I was pretty busy showing parents around the nearby mountains, going to the ...

The Alpspitze

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

KG Weg rock climb (IV+) We decided to go for a day of rock climbing despite a stormy weather forecast. Two destinations seemed attractive. The ...

Alpspitze Klettersteig

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Alpspitze Ferrata June 16, 2006 Timing:Parked car at "Hunter Trail" trailhead at 6:15 am, on summit of Alpspitze at 9:00 am, back to car via ...

Amazonia and Monte Casale

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Arco climbing June 3-4, 2006 Cyrille and I met online as we were both interested in climbing on the weekend. The weather was terrible in ...

Roßstein and Buchstein Hike

Thu, 25 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Roßstein and Buchstein May 25, 2006 Timing: Left house at 10:45, traffic was heavy. Parked car at trailhead at 12:00 pm, on summit of Buchstein ...

May Hoher Fricken Hike

Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Hoher Fricken May 18, 2006 A morning hike to the summit of Hoher Fricken. I parked just outside of Oberau, and followed a nice path ...

Mittenwalder Klettersteig

Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Daniel Arndt is a local climber who spent a few years in Washington State. On his web site he details several interesting trips he's made ...

May Wank Hike

Sat, 06 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Wank May 6, 2006 I had to try out my exciting new digital camera (a Panasonic LX1) so I got up early for a hike ...

Längentaler Weißer Kogel

Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Glacier ascent on skis Thanks to the holiday on May 1st (go Germany! - we don't have that one in the U.S.), and the better-than-expected ...

April Setzberg Hike

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Setzberg Hike April 21, 2006 Now that I (proudly) own a car, I could make a Dawn Patrol trip from Munich before work. After several ...

Gleirschtal Valley

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Also posted to Summitpost here We started walking up the road from St. Sigmund at 7:30 am, and soon reached the Gleirschhoefe. It was a ...

Roter Kogel

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

As a wanna-be backcountry skier, I was really excited when a friend from work told me about a ski ascent of the Roter Kogel from ...

Breitenstein Ski Tour with Friends

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Breitenstein skiing, March, 2006 The weather was terrible, but Riki, Josef and Angie were able to get out for a morning of skiing. We drove ...

Hirschberg Ski with Riki

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Hirschberg skiing, February 19, 2006 Our neighbors Ricki and her husband Arne are new parents. Ricki is also into backcountry skiing, but hadn't gone in ...

Lenggries Skiing with Kris

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lenggries skiing, February 15, 2006 I took the day off and we got a baby sitter so that Kris and I could go skiing together ...

Spitzstein Skiing

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Spitzstein skiing, February 12, 2006 A fun backcountry ski morning with Josef and Angie. Again, fun skiing, beautiful sunny views and a great quick trip ...

Lenggries Skiing with Kris Again

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lenggries skiing, January 28, 2006 Another very short trip to Lenggries. This one wasn't as fun because there were big crowds and long lines. Oh ...

Skiing at Lenggries

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lenggries skiing, January 21, 2006 Kris was out of town this weekend on a ski lesson. I couldn't let her have all the fun, so ...

Gröbner Hals Skiing

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Gröbner Hals, January 7, 2006 I decided to try a "Dawn Patrol" kind of trip here in Munich, which seems really odd to folks. Of ...

Feldalphorn

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A ski tour in the Kitzbuehler Alps (Photos by Josef Goebel) I was eager to try out my new touring skis. They are a pretty ...

Weißschrofenspitze

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Hiking the Arlberger Klettersteig After the long climb of the previous day, and hassles driving around Innsbruck, I got a late start, staying for the ...

Grosse Ochsenwand

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Via ferrata on the Grosse Ochsenwand I rented a car Friday night at the central train station so I could have some unrestricted hiking over ...

Rofanspitze

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

It took quite a while the night before to try and match up a hike that might be doable in bad weather, had maximum views, ...

Wank Night Hike

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Wank, October 2005 After a great day of bike riding, rock climbing (very poorly on my part), and eating Indian food with Ari and Matt, ...

Snowking Mountain

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Kindy Ridge This was a super fun day with Theron and Aidan - it was my last chance to climb with them before I moved! ...

Matriarch-Grimface Traverse

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Grade III, 5.7 As part of our stay at Cathedral Lakes Lodge, Kris graciously allowed me to take a "3/4 day" for a climb. So ...

Slesse Mountain, NE Buttress

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Northeast Buttress, Grade V, 5.9 August 6-8, 2005 The Northeast Buttress of Sleese Mountain is one of those climbs I read about soon after I ...

Index Climbing with Nathan

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Index climbing, July 31, 2005 Nathan Wilfert and I got up early for a climb of Davis-Holland. We carried full packs with aid gear up ...

Mount Redoubt Northeast Face

Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Northeast Face, Snow/Ice, III, 5.2 July 16-18, 2005 The Northeast Face of Redoubt had been on our list for a while, and I always thought ...

Index Aid Climbing

Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Index climbing, July 9, 2005 On this rainy morning, I convinced Theron to come with me for a first (gasp!) visit to the Upper Town ...

Colchuck Peak, NE Buttress

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Northeast Buttress, IV, 5.8 Theron and I expected the NE Buttress of Colchuck Peak to be similar to the Serpentine Arete on Dragontail Peak just ...

Castle Rock Climbing

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Castle Rock, June 25, 2005 Theron and I got an afternoon start for some cragging in Leavenworth. Pulling up to Castle Rock in afternoon heat, ...

June Index Climbing with Carlos

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Index Climbing, June 21 2005 Carlos and I climbed Princely Ambitions (5.10a), which was really fun. I hadn't been to Index in a long time. ...

Jogging to Kendall Katwalk

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Gold Creek to the Kendall Katwalk, down the PCT, June 11 2005 The Gold Creek trailhead is now at Gold Pond, and the road to ...

Mount Rainier

Mon, 30 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

May 30-31, 2005 Carlos and I went on a special trip to Rainier together. It was very exciting seeing the mountain come into view, and ...

Pratt and Melakwa Lakes

Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Pratt Lake, Melakwa Lake, May 22, 2005 I went on a really really fun trail run this morning. What I did was to cache a ...

More Exit 38 Climbing with Carlos

Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Exit 38 Climbing, May ?, 2005 Carlos and I hiked up to Peanacle Point this morning before work for some climbing. We both led a ...

Tiger Mountain with Nathan

Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Tiger Mountain, May ?, 2005 Nathan and I went for a fun trailrun Sunday morning. We hiked the cableline trail up, then tagged the three ...

Exit 38 Climbing

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Exit 38, May ?, 2005 Carlos and I went to the Gun Show cliff this morning, having never been there before. We first climbed the ...

Bridel Veil Falls Boys Hike

Sat, 07 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Bridel Veil Falls, May 7, 2005 Carlos and I took the boys for a hike. The babies were very good, just complaining when the harness ...

Little Si Family Trip

Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Little Si hike, April 30, 2005 Kris, Nathan, Sarah, Lily, Elijah, Rowan and I went for a fun hike up Little Si. The weather was ...

Cutthroat Peak

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

East Face Couloir I had Friday off of work and was able to convince Alex to join me for a fun day climb. He wanted ...

Index climbing with Theron

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Index Climbing, April 20, 2005 Theron and I decided to get a few hours of climbing in during the spell of good weather. We headed ...

Vantage Climbing with Theron and Carlos

Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Vantage Climbing, April 17, 2005 Theron, Carlos and I drove to Vantage for a great day of climbing in the sun. First, Theron led "Twin ...

Mount Si April Hike

Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Mount Si, April 10, 2005 Whoa, Kris woke up early and we had to go to the emergency room because as it turned out: she ...

Baring Peak

Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The babies were sleeping semi-soundly, but too much fumbling in the dark would alert them. I must forgo the headlamp near the nightstand, as clumsy ...

The Tooth in Winter

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The Tooth, February 19, 2005 Robert, Carlos and I had time to climb the Tooth today. Sadly, we left our snowshoes at the trailhead because ...

Tiger Mountain Jogging

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Tiger Mountain, February 13, 2005 Okay, I couldn't resist. I hiked up the Section Line Trail to reach the summit in snow flurries. I then ...

Tiger Mountain Cable Line

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Tiger Mountain, February 11, 2005 I hiked up the Cable Line Trail to West Tiger 3 this morning. A friend told me it was a ...

Mount Si January Hike

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Mount Si, January 14, 2005 Kris and the babies gave me the morning off for a hike. I took the old trail up in cold, ...

Hike to Copper Lake

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000

West Fork Foss River, 12/23/04} There are only trace amounts of snow to Trout Lake, and increasing snow to Copper Lake, although a boot track ...

Granite Mountain with Carlos

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Granite Mountain, 10/27/04} Carlos Pessoa and I took advantage of the great weather this morning to get in a "Dawn Patrol" hike. Somewhat delayed by ...

Mount Dickerman Hike

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Mount Dickerman, 10/24/04} On the spur of the moment, I left the house for a hike up Mount Dickerman. It had been a few years ...

Granite Mountain Exploration

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Granite Mountain, 10/14/04 I went for a quick hike up Granite Mountain in the morning, but I took my natural history book to try and ...

October Index Climbing with Robert

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Index Climbing, 10/02/04 Robert Meshew and I went for a quick morning climb. We warmed up on the finger crack pitch of Aries, then I ...

Mount Constance

Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

West Arete (5.6) September 26-27, 2004 It seemed like a good time to go visit Mount Constance, one of the large and steep peaks in ...

Index with Carlos

Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Index Climbing, 9/21/04 Carlos's brother had never gone rock climbing before, so the three of us headed out early in the morning for a quick ...

Tomyhoi Peak

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

(and Yellow Aster Butte) September, 2004 Theron and I hiked up Tomyhoi and Yellow Aster Butte in good weather Sunday. Theron's more detailed report is ...

Paddy Go Easy Pass

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Patrick and I had promised to find time and go hiking in the fall, and our chance finally arose. The weather was grim through most ...

Index Climbing with Bob and Mardi

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Index Climbing, 8/29/04} Mardi had never climbed at Index, so Bob and I took her out there for a fun climb of the Great Northern ...

The Brecon Beacons, Wales

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Northern Traverse August, 2004 Kris and I went on a short "get away from it all" vacation to Scotland and England. We had a great ...

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