Ninth day of our crossing of the Alps and simultaneously the start of a little extension to the classical Berchtesgaden-Lienz route: From Sillian the only way was up till we reached Sillianer Hütte, which is situated exactly at the Austrian-Italian border. At the beginning we followed a forestry track. After we worked through roughly two thirds of this day's march we had lunch at Leckfeldalm where we were belted by many cows. There was also a change in scenery at Leckfeldalm. We left the woods behind us and continued on gravel through an area more open and rocky than before. We had some leisure time at the hut before I felt something happening in my body...but more on that next week when it's time for another ThrowbackThursday post.

Duration: 4 hours (excluding breaks)
Length: 8.5 km
Elevation: 1075 m to 2447 m
Ascent/Descent: 1372 m ↑ and 0 m ↓

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Temperature rose to 30 °C before midday on day eight of our crossing of the Alps and although the hike was not really challenging, we sweated a lot. After a long way down from Wangenitzseehütte to Iselsberg, we took the bus to Lienz, had a stroll though the city, boarded an ÖBB CityShuttle and finally reached our final destination for this day: Sillian near the Austrian-Italian border.

Duration: 6 hours (including breaks)
Length: 14.5 km
Elevation: 1120 m to 2620 m
Ascent/Descent: 150 m ↑ and 1550 m ↓

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A woman with two sick kids (fever and coughing) had to sleep in our dorm at Lienzer Hütte, because she couldn't descent further, so our sleep wasn't too restorative. Nevertheless we continued our adventure "crossing of the Alps" on day seven. After a diverting hike to the Wangenitzseehütte (2508 m), the highest situated Alpine hut in the Schober group, we attempted the climb to the top of Petzeck (3283 m) to finally get our first three-thousand-metre mountain done. However, rather sooner than later our concentration was used up, so with a heavy heart we turned around at roughly 2900 m, descended back down to the hut and took a swim in the cold lake.

Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes to Wangenitzseehütte and another 3 hours and 10 minutes up and down the Petzeck (both including breaks)
Length: 6 km to Wangenitzseehütte + 4 km up and down the Petzeck
Elevation: 1970 m to 2925 m
Ascent/Descent: 1000 m ↑ and 450 m ↓

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Umbalkees (Gletscher) 2550m
Beginn der Isel,
bzw. Ende des 5-tägigen „Isel Trails“ 😎
Und wieder mal ein beeindruckender Einblick unter die Gletscherzunge 😲
#Wandern #hiking #osttirol #clarahutte #gletscher

So, ein Tag mal offline … 😲
Weiter geht’s …
Mächtige Überschreitung mit 1040hm hoch zur Hochkarscharte 2887m,
runter zur Clarahütte und zum Isel Trail 😎
Voll lässiger Aufstieg, dann trostlos Abstieg durch „Mordor“, mit letzten Blick zum Gletscher, und als krönende Belohnung zur Clarahütte 2038m 😀
Und voll leckere Veggie Küche beim abendlichen Hüttenessen, und das auf allen Hütten, ganz ungewohnt 😀
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Lässiger Einblick in die letzten untersten Ausläufer einer Gletscherzunge 😲
#Wandern #hiking #osttirol #gletscher

Plantschen war ich zwar nicht,
aber dafür ein kurzer Einblick in den schmelzenden Gletscher 😎
Schon ganz lässig drinnen, nur bissi frostig und feucht 😲
Mein Bier ist heute wohlverdient 🍺
Essener Rostock Hütte 2208m
#Wandern #hiking #osttirol #gletscher