"Möglichst lange oben bleiben, wo die Aussicht am schönsten ist. Mit spektakulären Tief- und Weitblicken zu beiden Seiten." So says t2star in the latest "4-seasons" Transa magazine. It might as well have been the motto of this 3-day Vorarlberg trek. Not only did we complete the sublime Walserkamm, we then crossed the Furkajoch...

After spending the morning on the Abendrot via ferrata, there was still time for a decent hike in the afternoon. For this purpose, I drove to the Faschinajoch and parked at the first hairpin on the southern side of the pass (nearby Hotel Domig). The hiking path crosses the Stutztobel (already some icy patches on the path here!)...

Via Kapf, Via Kessi, Abendrot Klettersteig, Wälder Klettersteig. Two different locations, with each two parallel sports via ferratas, short but intensive with grades ranging from D to E (ca. K5- to K6- on the Hüsler scale). All four could be ticked off in a single day, but I did them on two different occasions. Via Kessi and...

Though Vorarlberg is closer to Zürich than many Swiss cantons, I hadn't explored this part of Austria at all until now. A via ferrata is always a good place to start for getting to know a new mountain range. ---- After taking the popular Lünersee cable car, we walk to the eastern end of the dam. From here, a...

Another hot August weekend made a perfect occasion for a two day hike with bivouac in the CH-A-FL border area. Since this area is already well documented on Hikr, I'll limit myself to a few bullet points: ---- * The Älplibahn only has a capacity of 32 people per hour. Getting a reservation for the cable car can be difficult...

With the Leite via ferrata done and the sun, against all expectations, still shining brightly, we headed to Imst for another short via ferrata. Imst also has the longest 'alpine coaster' in the world. So we thought: let's give the inner child in us a treat, and combine the via ferrata with a ride on the coaster.  ...

After two via ferrata epics on Friday and Saturday, the weather forecast for Sunday was must less stable. We decided to try one or two short via ferratas nonetheless. Driving to 'rock climbing village' Nassereith in the morning, there was no sign of bad weather yet. Instead the sun was shining brightly. There is a large car...

The AlpinVerlag's "Klettersteigführer Österreich" describes the combination of Seeben, Tajakante and Coburger via ferrata as one of the toughest via ferrata routes to do in a single day. The total ascent adds up to 1600m and each of the three via ferrata's is graded D/E, i.e. very to extremely difficult. To have a chance to...

David and I had planned for a long time to spend the 1st of August bank holiday weekend (Swiss national holiday) doing via ferratas somewhere in the Alps. After studying the weather forecast, we decided on Tirol. On Friday morning we drove to St. Anton near the Arlbergpass, with the objective of completing the Arlberger...