Zugspitze

Published on 2015-10-21 by Michael Stanton

I did a solo hike up the Zugspitze via the Höllental Klettersteig path. I had full mountaineering gear, because it had recently snowed a tremendous amount. It was quite interesting! Especially getting onto the Klettersteig, where I had to use a kind of emergency side path because the crevasse was too large for the ordinary way.

Higher, there were some creepy bottomless snow gullies. I must say, it was quite the adventure.

Here you can see a red line showing my ascent.

Closed for the winter!

I continually wondered, what the hell am I doing here as I looked into these "black maws" of ice and snow.

Having fun, tho!

This image entranced me.

So much that I drew a line of my route on it.

Looking down on a forgotten world...

A rare chance at sun on the upper wall.

This wonderful couple gave me money to take the lift down because I forgot my wallet in the car! I was able to transfer them money once I got home.