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This
was totally unexpected! The weather in Zillertal is bad,
so I have gone
to Tannheimer Tal where the forecast is
better. My plan is to
climb a
lower peak on the German
side, as the lifts should be closed in the
valley. But now I
see an open lift towards Krinnenspitze! My plan
is changed
in seconds, the lift closes in half an hour! |
Here
is the summit, 500 altitude meters above the top lift station.
Krinnenspitze is 2000m high, in beautiful area in Tannheimer
Tal. That's
something different than what I
had first expected. The fact
that I will now get a 500
altitude meter climb, and 900 in descent (as
the lift closes)
is of little relevance. |
Just a few hundred
meters from the top lift station is Krinnenalpe at 1527m.
It's still open, so I start my climb with a nice cup of tea. A
man in the cabin explains that a summit climb is impossible today,
because of all the new snow from yesterday. The risk of avalanches is
too high. I ask him if it would be possible to reach the summit from
the flatter southern slopes. "If it's impossible, it's
impossible!" the man
explains with authoritative voice.
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I
continue my climb to evaluate how the conditions are. At
1680m, you can see Rote flüh
2108m, Gimpel 2173m
and
Köllenspitze 2238m.
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The
trail turns around the
mountain, giving new views all
the time. Now Litnisschrofen, 2068m appears. Behind is
Sulzspitze 2084m. |
Soon
afterwards Edenalpe turns up ahead. It's closed as would be
expected. There are not many people here at this time of year.
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This area, a part of the
northern limestone alps, aren't the
highest mountains. The peaks
usually reach around
2000m. But in by opinion, they definitely are some
of the
most beautiful. |
Now
at an altitude of almost 1800m, you can see the peaks on the other side
of Lechtal to the east. |
The southern slope to
the summit is the easiest, and I don't want too steep climbs
with snow
and snow shoes. But there isn't much snow today. Half of the
time I
take my snow shoes off, not to damage them on the rocks.
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Almost
at the summit. Risk of avalanches? Absolutely not,
here is hardly any
snow at all! |
At the
summit. |
The
view is great in all directions. It's really beneficial for the soul to
be up here. This is a look to the west.
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More
to
the south, Litnisschrofen.
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If I
had taken the well ment but false advice from the man
in the cabin, I
would have missed all this. I
can't help but
see the parallel to spiritual experiences. If you haven't been there,
you don't know how it is. It doesn't matter what you
think you know. |
Looking
east, Lechtal can be seen far below
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I
found
a new friend up here. This little bird, called
alpendohle
in
german, had no problems at all eating
from my hand. |
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