Schneeberg 11.9.2004
We started this day´s walk at 5.30 in Losenheim (831 m). During the first half hour we had to use front lamps Our way leads to Sparbacherhütte (1.248 m), then via the Fadensteig to Fischerhütte on Kaiserstein (2.048 m) and finally to Klosterwappen, the 2.075 high summit..
Early dawn near Sparbacherhütte
Sunrise at Fadensteig
Crossing big screes to the escarpments of Fadensteig
View back to the the chairlift station and Dürre Wand. Sparbacherhuette and Edelweisshuette cannot be seen, they are hidden behind the Larches in the foreground
Chamois at morning number one
The path leads through these escarpments...
Above the escarpments. In the skyline to the right Hohe Wand, with Dürre Wand in front
Ötscher (1.892 m), about 50 km sky-line
Facing in direction Unterberg, in the dust fells of Wienerwald
summit cross at Klosterwappen, the final summit of Schneeberg(2.075 m)
Summit ridge facing Kaiserstein and Fischerhütte
360 degree panorama from the Schneeberg summit (8 am) - click on the image for higher resolution
Fischer Huette
Schneeberg plateau with Damböckhaus (1.810 m) in the background
Austrian kind of gentian (Gentiana austriaca)
Kaiserstein and Klosterwappen
Puchberg am Schneeberg, left on horizon is Hohe Wand
White Alpine poppy seed on the descent through the screes of Fadensteig
Horse mint on the ski slope near Losenheim
Thistle