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| MauriceRavel | Hohe Geige, 3393m  Date Climbed: Aug 13, 1988 | |
| This hike is one I'll never forget! I left the Chemnitzer Hütte (back then it still belonged to DAV Chemnitz, meanwhile it has swapped owners and is named after another german city)at 5:00 a.m. and went up the normal route. For about 900 metres upwards, it's almost like being in a chmney, as there's the high wall just vis-à-vis. Then, arriving on the plateau with the little glacier and glacial lake, I had from one second to the next the most awestriking view over the whole of west Austria and all the way to the Tödi in Switzerland in the early morning light, all the valleys still being in the morning fog! A glorious moment! Then the last bit up to the summit, which I was able to enjoy in absolutely perfect weather. I went back down the same way. The route is taxing, but altogether well-marked and technically easily feasible for a good mountain hiker. I can't remember there being any "key passages". | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2009 6:13 am | ||
| Noah (Oregon) | Mit Barthold Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006 | |
| We drove from Augsburg, Germany on Saturday in the afternoon. We got to the trailhead and started climbing to the hut at about 7 pm. Around 8:30 we arrived at the hut and found out that there were no spots left in the hut OR in the "Notlager" either. We ate fried eggs and drank Apfelsaftschöler before everyone went to bed. We slept on the wooden floor of the hut's dinning room. It was actually nice and quiet compared with the bunk room everyone else was in. Sunday morning we woke up at about 5 am, ate a nice breakfast of Müsli and tea and left the hut at 6:20 am in no rush. Less than an hour later we were at the Gawinten lookout. Soon we were occupied with climbing the West Ridge. After 3:45 minutes of beautiful rock and sky, we were on the summit of the Hohe Geige. There was a nice group of Austrians on the summit with us and we all signed the summit register. We took the Normal Route back down to the hut and both felt that the West-Ridge was the more logical, cleaner route. It is a bit more exposed but at least the rock is better. After a couple of hours we were back at the hut where we had lunch (the Minestrone was good). We hiked slowly back down to the valley in 1:20 and drove to Augsburg in just over three hours. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2007 11:38 pm | ||
| walter denzel | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006 | |
| Warm day, nice climb, rewarding summit, 4 hours 50 minutes (from car park) | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2006 9:46 pm | ||
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