All posts by Florian Dirnberger

Mechanical engineer

Ascent to Wilde Kreuzspitze (Zillertaler Alpen)

The Wilde Kreuzspitze is a comparatively easy to ascend 3000 meters peak close to the town of Sterzing (Italian: Vipiteno) in South Tyrol, Italy.

This mountain is 3135 meters AMSL high, more exactly, and consists of two peaks, lying about one hundred and fifty meters apart.

Many hikers won’t proceed to the northern peak after touching the summit cross on the nine meters shorter southern peak however, for there are … read more

Ascent to Kościelec (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking and climbing tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Kościelec (2155 meters AMSL) via Schronisko Murowaniec (1500 meters AMSL), summer and winter 2024.

Kościelec, the “Polish Matterhorn”, is a mountain in the Polish part of the High Tatras (Tatry Wysokie) mountain range.

Photos and video

Summer

Winter

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

Winter: It’s a technical ascent especially on the last fifty meters, so Crampons … read more

Ascent to Świnica (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Świnica (2301 meters AMSL) via Schronisko Murowaniec (1500 meters AMSL) and Zawrat (2159 meters AMSL).

Świnica is a mountain straddling the border between Poland and Slovakia in the High Tatras mountain range.

Descent to Kasprowy Wierch (1987 meters AMSL), and using the cableway back down to Kuźnice.

Photos and video

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

Thunderstorms can be very dangerous and … read more