Category Archives: Abroad

Travelling outside Germany.

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 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).

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Notes

In summer thunderstorms can be very dangerous and possibly deadly because of the many via ferrata sections … read more

The Low Tatras main ridge (part 2)

Nízke Tatry (Low Tatras) – Ďumbierske Tatry

Part 1 (hiking from Telgárt to Chopok, Kráľovohoľské Tatry) is available here.

This spring I was able to finish the Low Tatras main ridge tour, namely the part between the town of Donovaly and Chopok, a mountain boasting a height of 2024 meters (hence making it the third highest peak in the Low Tatras mountain range).

The section between Donovaly1 read more