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Steep hike on partially unstable rock, but wild and beautiful Today I visit one of the few "hikeable" summits in the Oberaar region, namely the Hindere Zinggestock. Originally, I had planned to split the tour in two days, sleeping at the very nice Berghaus Oberaar, using the saturday for a longer approach to the Oberaarsee from...

On a very warm Friday, we start the hike from the nice hotel of Rosenlaui towards the Dossenhütte (if you have the chance, visit the Gletscherschlucht Rosenlaui, it will connect directly to the path to the Dossenhütte). After a few hundred meters of altitude gain, we leave the forest to enter in the glacial valley of the...

After a most unwelcome wake up at 5am to catch the train to Schwyz, I reach the Glattalpbahn cable car station around 9 am passing through the impressive Bisistal. The day is completely clear and I am surrounded by mountains still glittering from the many snow fields. The cable car takes about 5-6 minutes to overcome the 700 m...