All posts by Florian Dirnberger

Mechanical engineer

Ascent to Sass Rigais (Dolomites)

Description

Hiking tours from Zans (Rifugio Zannes, 1680 meters AMSL; parking lot and bus stop) to Sass Rigais (3025 meters AMSL) via Mittagsscharte (2597 meters AMSL), descent on the same route.

Sass Rigais is a mountain located in the so-called Geislergruppe in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.

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November 2024

July 2023

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

This tour is moderately difficult in sections (B/C via … read more

Ascent to Pico Salvaguardia (Spanish Pyrenees)

I had only been once to Spain in my adult life, a short visit to San Sebastián in the Basque Country eight years ago as I was making a somewhat ill-prepared cycling holiday in France and the French Pyrenees.

I was many times in Spain with my family during my childhood, vacations I barely remember and which had been rather dull and uneventful, so it has never struck me as … read more

Ascent to Kozi Wierch (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking and climbing tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Kozi Wierch (2291 meters AMSL) on parts of the Orla Perć (“Eagle’s Path”), namely the section between Kozia Przełęcz and Przełączka nad Dolinką Buczynową.

Kozi Wierch is a mountain in the Polish part of the High Tatras (Tatry Wysokie) mountain range, and Orla Perć has the reputation being the hardest marked mountain tour in the High Tatras.

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