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Adlerweg-Etappe 22: Memminger Hütte – Ansbacher Hütte
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Ravines, crevasses, scree cirques and steep meadow flanks - none of this sounds like a walk in the park, nor is it. We listen to ourselves, check the weather and know from the last 21 stages: We can do it! Not least because Tyrol rewards us with an overwhelming panorama. And despite all the hardship, we can indulge in Tyrolean delights without restraint: Gröstl. dumplings. Doughnuts.
Difficult stage on black mountain paths. Sure-footedness, a head for heights and alpine experience required, especially for the ascent to the Grießlscharte. This is via a kind of steep chimney (secured by ropes). Very slippery in wet conditions due to the earth. Snow fields have to be crossed, steep meadow flanks and scree slopes have to be negotiated. Very good physical condition required.
trail description: Make your way down from Memminger Hut on a narrow, loamy and in wet conditions slippery singletrack trail, which directly and steeply descends across tussock slopes and heads towards Parseiertal Valley. Thereafter, the path traverses tussock slopes several times across gorges and then further descends southwards into Parseiertal Valley ; the lower section is assisted by a fixed anchoring system of cables. The first section mostly runs across sloping terrain. On the other side of the valley, a perfectly defined singletrack trail begins a gradual ascent through a grove before ascending more steeply across meadows. Thereafter, you get to Langkar Cirque. On the right side of the cirque (in late summer next to the snowfield), a well-defined singletrack trail (with hardly any rubble) gradually ascends. Later, the trail steepens and bears left. Finally, climb up across a kind of chimney with fixed cables up to Grießlscharte Notch. This section running on earthy soil is vigorously steep and can be slippery in wet conditions. A short descent is followed by a short and steep counter-ascent up and over to Winterjoch Saddle. Just below Winterjoch Saddle, Augsburger High Trail branches off. The Eagle Walk, however, descends for a short distance over scree slopes from Winterjoch Saddle. It passes behind Stierkopf Mountain, and resumes its climb up to Kopfscharte Notch across rugged terrain. From the notch, the path traverses tussock slopes and finally heads southward to Ansbacher Hut with easy ups and downs. At an elevation of 2,376 metres, Ansbacher Hut is a wonderful lookout situated on the southeast flank of Samspitze Spire.
Adlerweg-Etappe 22: Memminger Hütte – Ansbacher Hütte
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