Haven't posted in a while - life happened.

Final day of the Lechquellenrunde and we jumped at the chance for another summit ascent. From Biberacher Hütte we hiked up to the Hochkünzelspitze before descending down into the valley and ending another multi-day hut trekking tour.

Duration: 8 hours and 15 minutes (including 3 hours of breaks)
Length: 10.5 km
Elevation: 1090 m to 2397 m
Ascent/Descent: 590 m ↑ and 1340 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/940260317890902435 ]

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The #Brocken summit today for #MountainMonday 😌🥶


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The view from the summit of #YrWyddfa/#Snowdon for #MountainMonday. And suddenly, the #clouds cleared, revealing the lakes #Glaslyn – where #Excalibur was thrown in, according to Welsh folklore – and #LlynLlydaw in the background – the largest of the three #lakes on the mountain's eastern flank. 🤩 We skipped stones in both of them, tehee 😏


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#TrainTrackTuesday from the summit of #Snowdon (aka #YrWyddfa)! ⛰️

This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).

Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.

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(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)


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Happy #Caturday from the #summit of #Snowdon (aka #YrWyddfa)! This cutie was a bit shy, can you spot her? 🐈‍⬛ 🤭


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Vom #Berggipfel, zurück ins Büro. Wie es bei uns #Tradition ist, haben wir den Jahreswechsel in den #Alpen verbracht. Ein Ort der Entschleunigung, um Kraft zu tanken.
Zurück in der Zivilisation 😉 – am Schreibtisch meines #Wahlkreisbüros – fällt mir auch was der Weg zum Gipfel und der Weg in eine sozial und ökologisch gerechte Welt gemein haben: Sie bestehen aus vielen einzelnen Schritten und Hürden lassen sich gemeinsam einfacher bewältigen.