Looking for a nice scrambling route, I had my eye on the Zahnkofel in the Langkofel Group. I hiked up with a 50 meter half rope for making rappels, a few slings, rock shoes, and an ice axe and snow spikes for my running shoes. After watching a couple climbers on the "Way of the Chalice" route on the Innerkofler Tower, I walked...

I hiked up the Schneekopf from Vomperberg on good, narrow and steep trail. Where the way meets the south ridge between the Bärenköpfe, the way becomes faint and eventually is only marked by red paint. Still, only used my hands once in there. The journey over to the Mittagspitze is not difficult, but you need to be...

We started early, which was good because we took a wrong turn above the Grastalsee, going too far south. Back down to the lake! This time we got it right. We traveled without a rope up to the notch in the Westgrat, then beyond for very enjoyable climbing until the steeper terrain of the summit block. A simul-climbed ~80 meter...