I know this tour would be Pillepalle for experienced alpine hikers or mountaineers, for us it was a real challenge.



The actual 4th stage also goes from Schwägalp to the village of Stein, but at a lower level at a maximum of 1500 meters above sea level with a view of the Alpine panorama. But we wanted… voir plus

Perfect day, perfect tour, perfect description. I felt my knees 1-2 times while looking at the pictures. But I don't hurt anymore 😇 how about you guys?

Oh, and at the last picture, the Gräppelensee, I thought, now my dog has to be on a leash.

Crazy. I practically hiked with. Thanks for taking it with you 🤗

Well done and intense photos of it.

Yes, the dotted paths in the Alpstein are not all that easy ... to walk and find, and in this weather they are quite a risk.

On this tour there is then the problem that almost everything goes down in large meters, it goes into the bones.

Wow, that sounds like an extremely adventurous and impressive tour! Scree fields on the mountain can be pretty bad, also dangerous for alpine hikers, this route doesn't sound like pillepalle. Crab walk on all 4s, so I once crawled over an extremely steep field. At the end of the field, however, there… voir plus

Help, it takes your breath away. I wrote about stage 2 that I was excited, especially about "the rugged Alpine" (words that you used yourself when you commented on the 1st stage). I couldn't have guessed that you would take it so literally. Yesterday I said to Falk that the tour seems almost a little… voir plus

In my mind, I'm very close to Silvia. Of course the pictures are great, basically according to the criterion “the higher, the panorama, the more beautiful”. The question did not concern me in any way today. My favorite today is that you came down safe and sound again. If that's Pillipalle, then I'm Godzilla… voir plus

I also took a closer look at the highlight “Himmelsleiter”. Over 200 images are already stored in it. I don't even like to imagine what it would have been like for you if hikers had come towards you as you descended. But I suspect that this should not have been the case so early in the morning, as you… voir plus

Your Labrador would have definitely enjoyed the lake, Claudia. The 5 - 10 ° C would definitely not have deterred him, judging by the many photos in which I have already seen him in some waters.

My knees are doing great, but strangely, I have sore muscles in the entire shoulder area from holding on and… voir plus

Thank you, Werner, for your comment. When choosing the route, I made sure to only take those routes that are marked red on Schweizmobil.ch, i.e. classified as a maximum of T3. So that didn't quite fit and I'll write down there and recommend at least coloring the line blue.

We actually had the crab walk with us, Viktoria. Seems to be a typical alpine way of getting around 😂.

We also had some places where a misstep would not have gone well. So there was also a certain mental tension. But how do you write so beautifully: No risc, no fun.

As Werner describes above, there seem… voir plus

It's great that you are so excited afterwards, Silvia. Taking photos was actually a challenge at times. The large part of the Himmelsleiter was packed in the backpack because it was simply too tight and I didn't feel like looking at cell phone pictures. Incidentally, we actually met two couples on the… voir plus

It was really a tough walk, Burkhard, but it can be done well with the necessary caution and above all constant concentration. We only stumbled and sometimes landed on our pants when the danger was over and we wanted to start again.