After a long and eventful day, and a short, frosty night, the hike from Campill to Zwölferkofel was scheduled for early morning. The mountain forms a cornerstone at the entrance to the Zwischenkofel Valley and, at 2,384m high, promises excellent views. Read more
After stowing my heavy rucksack in the car and freshening up following the circular hike to the Schlüterhütte and the impressive sunrise over the Geisler Peaks, I visited the mills in the Mühlental, which are well worth seeing. Today, they serve as a museum and can occasionally be viewed from the inside, where you can watch a grinding mechanism in operation. Outside, you can still see the wooden pipes that carry the water from the stream on stilts to drive the water wheels.
My room for the night in the Schlüterhütte wasn’t heated, but thick down duvets and the tiredness after the ascent from Campill let me sleep deeply, softly and warmly. There’s only that one moment of overcoming when you have to leave the cosy cocoon in the morning and get into cool clothes. For me, this moment came before sunrise, which I absolutely wanted to spend again on the summit of Zendleser Kofel with a view of the Geisler Peaks. Read more
After the first autumnal snowfall at the end of September, a short window of good weather and sunshine was forecast. I wanted to spend a night at the Schlüterhütte, at 2,300 m at the transition from Campill to the Villnöß Valley. It is a central base for tours on and around the Peitlerkofel, the Villnöß Geisler, and the Puez and Geisler Peaks, but it is also located on Dolomiten Höhenweg No. 2 and the long-distance hiking trail Munich – Venice. Read more
The Alps are so vast that a single lifetime isn’t enough to get to know all the different natural areas, challenging tours, or the cultural diversity of the individual regions. Alongside many deliberately chosen travel and tour destinations, this time it was pure coincidence that led me to Campill in the valley of the same name in the Dolomites. Read more
After climbing to the summit of Geigelstein, I reached my day’s destination, the Rossalm. It covers around 50 hectares and lies on a high plateau between Rossalpenkopf, Tauron, and Weitlahnerkopf at an altitude of 1,600 to 1,750 metres. This makes it the highest alpine pasture in Chiemgau and one of the highest in the Bavarian Alps. Its origins date back to the Sachrang Alpine Pasture Regulations of 1558, where it is listed as one of the three Sachrang ancient alpine pastures. The name Rossalm comes from the fact that the Schleching ‘Samerbauern’ (pack-horse farmers) used to be allowed to drive “Samrosse”, i.e. horses, onto the alpine pasture in addition to cattle *. The alpine pasture is an impressive alpine cultural landscape with a peaceful, quiet atmosphere. Read more
The hike up the Geigelstein was the start of an eventful late summer day in the Chiemgau Alps. The first few metres from the hikers’ car park at Huben in the Priental valley led steeply through dense, still cool mountain forest. I quickly gained altitude via the Jägersteig trail and reached open meadow terrain and the warming sun for the first time at the Wirtsalm. To the south, the morning mist was clearing over the Kaiser Mountains and the Kaiserwinkel. The path led past the huts of the Schreckalm and, after a northward bend, I could now see the summit of the Geigelstein (1,808 m) glowing in the morning sun.
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