Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.
For the more serious mountaineer, a winter tour seems consequential after a summer tour, in case he or she enjoyed the past experience on a particular mountain or in a particular mountain range.
March however, is a curious month in regards to mountaineering.
It’s the month where you encounter the most snow, since the snowfall of the entire winter has accumulated and nothing has yet melted. This is usually true … read more
Hiking and climbing tour from Rottach-Egern (736 meters AMSL) to Plankenstein (or Blankenstein, 1768 meters AMSL) via Altes Wallberghaus (a hotel on 1512 meters AMSL).
Plankenstein is a conspicuous peak in the Bavarian Prealps (Mangfallgebirge), Germany. I am illustrating the “Normalweg” here. For genuine climbers it is certainly more appealing to scale the peak on one of the actual climbing routes.
Winter has arrived in the High Tatras mountain range early, and with fortitude.
This had caught me somewhat by surprise and, I have to admit, I had not been really prepared since the better part of my winter equipment was orderly stashed at home in Germany.
What I was carrying with me was still good enough for scaling places such as Priečne sedlo, a mountain saddle I was familiar … read more
