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The gentle reader might have noticed: I somehow like this crappy weather ;) Approaching the Guenther-Messner Biwak |
Next morning: Approaching the Griessferner north face (glacier) |
The snow is uncomfortably deep, but the climbing ultra easy |
Michael in the upper basin... |
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...before traversing to the right onto the final summit ridge. |
Arghh.. digging kneedeep trenches again |
But finally the snow gets less deep and we even see the summit for a moment. |
Michael enjoying the beautiful 360° mountain view of pure 0xFFFFFF |
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Descending to the Weisskarferner |
Instead of descending via the hillside trail (too much snow?), we rather do the trail down the valley |
Which (in non-skiable condition) looks like that |
And for everyone who hasnt been here before, follow the arrow! The constriction ends in a waterfall / cliff. |
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The downside of this descent is an additional ascent of 150Hm... |
...before walking down to the car on easy terrain / trails. |
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