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Rote Wand 1960m, Austria 29/3 2016





 This is a resting day. But we want something to do, so
 we take the Kanzelwandbahn up to 1948m. The original
 thought is to climb Kanzelwand, 2058m. Here it is in the  middle of the picture
.
To start with, it's quite easy, and beautiful! The higher we get, the steeper it becomes. We move carefully, and a bit further than this picture we turn back, as the slopes reaches almost 60 degrees. This is a nice peak in summer, but not now.



 We don't want to go back emptyhanded, so we look for
 an alternative peak. Close to the cableway station is
 Rote Wand, to the right in this picture. By descending
 50m we avoid the steepest slopes, then diagonal towards  the summit
Dante making the final approach to the summit. The view up here is spectacular. We can see Grosser Widderstein, 2533m, to the south.



 A bit more to the southeast. To the north is the alpine border, with the German flatlands behind. Straight to the south, I believe.



 Time for relaxing with a cappuccino before taking the  cableway down again.   
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