Taking a trip back to September 2024!

We kicked off our summer holiday by arriving in beautiful Innsbruck by train. After soaking in the city vibes on the first day, we headed up into the mountains to take on the iconic Goetheweg. From Hafelekar mountain station, we made our way to Hungerburg, passing by the Pfeishütte and traversing the Arzler Scharte. "Feinster Karwendelschotter" (lots of gravel) on our way down. Incredible, but also demanding hiking day.

Duration: 6 hours (excluding various breaks)
Length: 12.5 km
Elevation: 850 m to 2275 m
Ascent/Descent: 375 m ↑ and 1800 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 9 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/970689774294012152 ]

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Third day of our take on the Kaisertour was really chill. After a diverting hike up to the Stripsenkopf it was a steep descent to reach the Anton-Karg-Haus.
Two foxes visited us while we were having dinner there (see photos 9 and 10).

Duration: 3 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 5.5 km
Elevation: 827 m to 1807 m
Ascent/Descent: 230 m ↑ and 980 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/950368004010709811 ]

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On day 2 we hiked from Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte to Stripsenjochhaus. Because the chances for experiencing a thunderstorm in the early afternoon were relatively high, we sadly decided against taking the panoramic (and much longer!) route traversing several peaks and took the direct one instead. Nevertheless a nice day!

Duration: 4 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 9 km
Elevation: 1300 m to 1600 m
Ascent/Descent: 625 m ↑ and 435 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 8 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/947862443316211812 ]

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In August 2024 I went for a short hut trekking tour planned a week in advance. Together with some friends I travelled to Kufstein by train where we took the bus to a small village called Ebbs. After waiting for roughly two hours in a café (thunder and heavy rain upon arrival) we started around half past three in the afternoon towards the Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte.

Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes (excluding breaks)
Length: 5.5 km
Elevation: 474 m to 1389 m
Ascent/Descent: 915 m ↑ and 0 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 9 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/942737670004950621 ]

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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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Day 5 of the Lechquellenrunde and actually the first time we could hike our way as planned.
The weather was kinda bad so we had a longer stopover at Obere Alpeschellen to escape the upcoming thunderstorm.
That was a nice possibility to become acquainted with some fellow hikers on the same route.
I'm going to post a short clip of the stopover in the comments (probably from my Mastodon account).

Duration: 6 hours and 10 minutes (including a 2 hour long break at Obere Alpeschellen)
Length: 10 km
Elevation: 1380 m to 2245 m
Ascent/Descent: 550 m ↑ and 940 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 10 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/930092043737637033 ]

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After a good nights sleep at Freiburger Hütte we were ready to start day 4 of the Lechquellenrunde and - how could it be any different? - we've been advised to take the safer route again. So instead of going past Schönbühel and Östlicher Johanneskopf as planned we went back "the boring way" into Lech valley, stopped for a snack at Gasthaus Älpele before ascending towards the Göppinger Hütte. In the end we got really wet but had a decent timing as we reached the hut right about it started to thunder.

Duration: 5 hours and 45 minutes (including breaks)
Length: 14 km
Elevation: 1560 m to 2245 m
Ascent/Descent: 730 m ↑ and 430 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 12 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/925059221781569441 ]

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