Gross Schwyberg
22nd September 2008
I’ve had some flu like symptons for a week or so and apart from strolling to the next village not really got out much, I’m not really 100% but an easy walk in the pre-alpes looked like a good idea. I wanted to go to Schwyberg again and take a look another look at the area, I’ve not snow shoed around there but it looks excellent terrain so I wanted to get an idea of the ground before the first snow.
Last time we were over there was Julie’s birthday when it was pretty awful weather, torrential rain and thunder storms, I’m just back from the UK and some time in Wales where it always seems to rain but they never really get storms of the sudden violence we have here. Anyway, today was actually rather fine, mostly clear skies and around 10′c in the valley and slightly colder on the tops with a fairly cool breeze, really just perfect conditions for walking.
Last time we were over here we skipped the Gross Schwyberg so that was worth doing, really the Schwyberg is a ridge with a series of small tops along it the highest being the Gross Schwyberg at around 1645m, that’s not even high by pre-alpes standards of course but it’s beautiful terrain and it’s unusual to see anyone else especially on a week day.
And today didn’t disappoint, the clear skies gave the classic pre-alpes views over high meadows to the larger peaks, above right is a view to Kaiseregg and Ritxialp which is a great traverse requiring a bit of scrambling and a head for heights
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September 24th, 2008 at Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:56:06 +0200
Looks wonderful! We’ve had a bit better weather here for the last few days, but not as good as what you show here. Also looks like a great walking area for more gentle outings.
September 25th, 2008 at Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:11:38 +0200
Hopefully we can do that snow shoe trip round this area so you’ll see first hand what it’s like!