Atzenjan

Always a pleasure... especially in winter with snow, ice and storms (it's been a few days, but now it's visible).

Just blurting something out...

After hiking the cliffs in the northern Süntel region a few years ago (komoot.com/de-de/tour/261487961), this time I headed south along the ridge.



The goal was the Süntel Tower, with its fantastic views over the Weser Valley and the Weser Uplands. I also visited the abandoned quarries in Pötzen and Haddessen

A magnificent sightseeing and hiking tour through the old town and high above Heidelberg. We tried to squeeze in as many sights as possible (City Museum, University Museum with its historical lecture hall and prison, churches, ruins on the Heiligenberg, City Palace, Old Neckar Bridge, the Himmelsleiter

In the Saas Valley/Valais, it's not always about the four-thousand-meter peaks. The valley, dominated by the Mischabel Group, also has a lot to offer hikers.



Among other options is the Almageller High Trail, which starts at the Kreuzboden mid-station of the Saas-Grund cable car. This can be done either

The third four-thousand-meter peak we had on our list this year in the Saas Valley was the Alphubel. At 4,206 meters, it's one of the medium-high mountains and easily doable as a day trip via the Mittelallalin mountain station.



If conditions are right (more on that later)...



The plan was to do the classic

A dream come true: climbing the highest mountain entirely within Switzerland (the Dufourspitze, about 90 meters higher, shares its summit with Italy).



There is no cable car support here. The mountain must be climbed entirely on foot: on the first day, ascending to the hut, and on the second day, to the

Hike the scenic high-altitude trail from the meeting point of the Saas and Matter valleys in Stalden to Kreuzboden in the Saas Valley.



The easy trail offers magnificent views of the Mischabel Group, including the Dom, Lenzspitze, and Alphubel. Here and there, you'll have to negotiate boulders, but otherwise