Wie die MaeNis war auch ich am letzten Freitag wieder einmal in der Mythenregion unterwegs. Allerdings haben wir uns "verpasst" und gar nicht erst gekreuzt. Ich war gerade weg, als sie erst angereist sind. Obwohl ich die beiden gerne einmal "in real life" getroffen hätte, wäre das heute geographisch gar nicht möglich gewesen....

Die drei Schijentour bei der Ibergeregg ist auf hikr kein Geheimnis mehr und ausführlich und gut z.B. hier von Ivo66 beschrieben. Mangels grosser öV-Dichte zur und von der Ibergeregg, Passhöhe und wegen der Tatasache dass ich relativ zeitig wieder zurück sein wollte, entschied ich mich gegen eine Runde zurück zur Ibergeregg,...

Da der Winter nicht so recht weichen will, die Lawinengefahr für eine Skitour aber zu erheblich war und der Tag sowieso föhnig und sehr warm zu werden verspracht, galt es eine tief gelegene, südseitige Frühjahrstour ins Auge zu fassen. Der Innerschweizer Kraxel-Klassiker Bütziflue & Stockflue waren sowohl bei Omega3 wie...

Die Druesberg Südkante stand seit dem Erscheinen von Deltas Bericht immer sehr weit oben auf meiner Wunschliste, allerdings hat es bis heute aus verschiedenen Gründen nie geklappt. Als ossi und Zaza später von der "La Combinata" (Höch Hund via Gämsstafel mit anschliessender Druesberg Südkanten Besteigung) erzählten, war mir...

Der Amselspitz kommt mitten im Januar eigentlich eher als Schneeschuh- oder Skitour in Frage, wenn andernorts hohe Lawinengefahr herrscht. Nicht aber in diesem Januar, heuer ist alles ganz anders, denn heute bin ich mit nur wenig Schneekontakt und bei T-Shirt Wetter von Einsiedeln auf diesen Aussichtspunkt hochgelaufen und...

Die "Heckmair Touren" von Beat, der leider im 2008 am Mont Blanc tödlich verunfallt ist, habe ich immer sehr bewundert. Ganz abgesehen von der körperlichen Leistung beeindruckte mich auch seine Philosophie und Einstellung. Für mich waren solche kombinierten Human Powered, bike & hike Touren aber nie...

Für heute habe ich mir die Alptaler Berge vorgenommen, oder zumindest den grössten Teil davon. Buechli, Kachelmann oder wie sie alle heissen haben es eigentlich vorausgesagt, aber die Hoffnung stirbt bekanntlich zuletzt. Aber um heute die Sonne zu sehen, hätte man wohl in den Süden reisen müssen....

The last time I was on Brünnelistock was quite a while ago, but I clearly remember it. It was one of my first alpine hikes and I was proud of myself that I conquered the T4 SW-ridge without getting wobbly knees. I also remember the very nice and clear fall day. I had my old (analog) SLR camera with me and I created one of my...

A friend of mine wanted to go on a tour with me for a long time already. He also had a plan for almost 10 years to climb the “Kleiner Mythen”, but for several reasons it never happened so far. Since he asked me to take him along when I go up there, I thought that climbing Haggenspitz, Kleiner Mythen and Grosser Mythen...

Biet together with the Rütistein is a ski tour classic and they have been described on hikr before already (see MaeNi: here, and kleopatra: here). On a weekend with good conditions you find dozens of other touring skiers here, on this day I was the only one on Biet and only saw very few other people touring in the whole...

In the winter the Sihlsee is often frozen and it’s safe to walk on it, even though one should be a little careful anyway, because there are some holes... I did a little hike from one end of the lake to the other, climbed a little hill called Sattelstöckli near Euthal and walked back to Einsiedeln. I started my hike...

Due to the considerable risk of avalanches published on the slf pages, my friend and I decided to cancel the ski tour we had planned for this day. Since the weather forecast for the morning was excellent, I decided to do a little hike in the morning instead. I arrived in  Willerzell, Bodenmattli shortly after 7 AM and...

There aren’t very many mountains in Switzerland where you can walk around the summit and at the same time visit 3 different cantons. The Schijen is one of them. At P.2610 the 3 cantons Glarus, Schwyz and Uri join up. The path up there isn’t very easy no matter how you go up there and that’s probably one of the reasons why it...

In order to hike up all the blue/white marked paths to Rigi Hochflue, you need to go up there twice (because there are 3 paths). In order to get a work-out of more than 2000m of altitude difference on Hochflue in one day, you need to go up there twice in one day (because the altitude difference between Hochflue and the lake is...

The two classic “Voralpengipfel” Chli- and Gross Aubrig offer very nice views and are usually snow free quite early in the hiking season. I originally planned to start my hike in Willerzell, but when I arrived in Einsiedeln at 7 AM there was no bus to Willerzell for more than half an hour, because at home I looked...

A “must” for tourists and I haven’t been up there in more than 30 years: so lets go and visit the queen of the mountains. We took a very easy route: From Luzern with the boat to Weggis and with the cable car to Rigi Kaltbad. From there we walked to Rigi Kulm. I was surprised how great the view is from up there...

Inspired by ironknee's and Delta’s reports, I decided to explore the ridges and peaks to the North of the Riemstaldental. From Wannentritt all the way to Fronalpstock I hardly ever left the ridge; a very nice and scenic hike.Exact RouteRiemenstalden Chäppeliberg – Wannentritt – Driangel – Sisiger Spitz...

Since I liked the “Hintere Gräte im Sihltal” so much the last time, I decided to explore some more of these peaks and ridges. And I have to say it is a very nice area and definitely worthwhile visiting more than just once. I started my hike in Richisau and walked up to the Saaspass (T3). From there I followed the...

Ever since I met Delta on the summit of Twäriberg on June 30, 2004 on his first encounter with the Hintere Graete im Sihltal and he told me "how surprisingly easy it was" I wanted to go there too. Today it finally happened!I more or less followed Omega3's route described here. Thanks for writing and exploring this...

I started in Studen Ochsenboden early in the morning, arriving with the first bus. I then walked to the golf course and up to the Fluebirg (Diethelm)via Schärmen. I actually expected much more snow and brought along my snow shoes, however, I did not need them at all. I made a long break on the bench below the summit a made a...