Weather forecast for the tour was very good with no clouds at all and not too hot. The first hill was Riseten (HB/GL-047) followed by my 2nd hill in HB/SG called Benkner Büchel / Oberwald (HB/SG-065).
10 July 2015: 07:10 – 07:58 UTC
Temperature: 12C at the car park and 20C at my return to the car park. Sunny and no clouds at all.
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 13.1m Inv. L, 5x 4m Radial
25 CW QSO on 20m, incl. S2S QSO with HA7UL/p on HA/KM-029 and EA2BD/p on EA2/NV-012.
6 CW QSO on 30m
20 CW QSO on 40m
Car park: 47.10738 N / 9.00525 E; 1235 m. 5.00 CHF / 4.50 EUR for the day.
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 1h 5 min
Distance 3.5 km
Total Ascend: 500 m
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- From the car park to the top.
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- Follow the new path on the right hand side. This car park is also popular with climbers at Brüggler.
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- View back to the car park.
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- This the new path just after leaving the car park.
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- With this picture you might get an idea how steep hills in HB/GL are 🙂
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- This is the ridge at the top with view down to Walensee.
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- Yes, my shack is a bit exposed but is the safest place up there.
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- View E -> S -> W: Ridge of Riseten (HB/GL-047) on the very left followed by the remarkable peak of Rautispitz (HB/GL-029) almost in the middle of the picture.
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- View W -> N -> E: The ridge of Riseten (HB/GL-047) starts on the left hand side of the picture and continues on the right hand side. There are many more SOTA hills to be seen on the horizon 🙂
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