This morning I was surprised by the blue sky, a nice change from the wet and cold weather we had the last few days. It was already 10:00 so I quickly picked a tour I had not done yet from Mit Bahn und Bus in die Münchner Berge. 50 Touren zwischen Füssen und Berchtesgaden (#37), compressed breakfast to a quick coffee and headed out.
As I expected 10:00 was already pretty late. The road to Tegernsee was filled with other people who had the same idea. It took me about 90 minutes to get to Bayerwald, not the best time for about 60km.
I was lucky to get one of the last places on the big parking lot west of Bayerwald, put on the boots and started on the trail. Right from the start the trail went steeply uphill. Especially for the first few hundred meters the center of the trail was washed out and it looked like a lot of water had been coming down here recently. The tail branches off every few steps into two or three different paths which merge again after 10 to 20 meters. I pass a couple of DAV signs telling me to stay on the “right” trail but I honestly can’t tell which one is the official trail.
Time flew, I passed a few couples slowly crawling up. But I didn’t realize how fast I was going until I reached Sonnenberg Alm at 1480m around 12:20. This meant I climbed more then 600m in less than an hour without really exerting myself. From the Sonnenberg Alm I followed the trail over a ridge and turned right towards the more difficult path up Roßstein.
The trail disappears and I had to scramble over rocks. Once I just kept climbing and only noticed that I’m off track when I was about 5m above the actual trail.
In a few places a steel cable to hold on to ran parallel but there was no good reason to actually use it – but at least it showed where I was supposed to go.
About 30 seconds after I reached the first summit it started to rain, so I quickly snapped a picture and headed down towards the Tegernsee Hütte.
I planned to bag both peaks before lunch (actually breakfast, because I had just a cup of coffee before 
). Instead I had an excellent Wiener Schnitzel with Bratkartoffeln and a Radler. The Schnitzel took long enough for the rain to stop and the rocks were only a little wet when I headed back out to check if I could make it up Buchstein.
There was no marked trail (or route) up Buchstein so I wasn’t sure if I was heading up the right way.
There was only one chimney behind the hut that looked like an easy way up so I just climbed it.
According to the guide book this was a grade II route, so don’t try it if you have never climbed before. Up is always easier than back down.
After a few meters (hard to tell, perhaps 30?) I reached a secondary summit and a small trail started towards to summit cross. Again the view was less the optimal so I don’t waste a lot of time and head back down again.
Back at the hut I followed the trail description and took the easier way down. At the crossing where the path to Buchstein Hütte turns right I met a father with his son coming up. I explained to them the different ways up Roßstein and he tells me about the way down. It sounded pretty boring so I decided to circle Roßstein and take the same way down again.
Going down was easy and fun. I even jogged in a few places which should explain to maximum speed of 17km/h. At 16:30 I was back at the parking lot just in time to catch some sunshine at a bench and savor a few cherries.
Stats according to MyTracks:
Total Distance: 11.47 km (7.1 mi)
Total Time: 3:55:47
Moving Time: 2:34:17
Average Speed: 2.92 km/h (1.8 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 4.46 km/h (2.8 mi/h)
Max Speed: 17.27 km/h (10.7 mi/h)
Min Elevation: 881 m (2892 ft)
Max Elevation: 1747 m (5731 ft)
Elevation Gain: 997 m (3272 ft)
Max Grade: 46 %
Min Grade: -32 %
Recorded: Sun Jul 25 11:28:17 GMT+02:00 2010
Innsbrucker Klettersteig « 21st century hiker Says:
June 13th, 2011 at 14:48Innsbrucker Klettersteig « 21st century hiker
[...] Only the first 2 hours were recommended in my guide because it gets more difficult later on. I haven’t done a Klettersteig in 2 years and wasn’t sure how to handle these difficulties so I decided to follow the recommendations. The nice thing about this tour was that the most difficult parts were at the beginning. But even these bits were not exceptionally difficult, roughly 3 grades below what I can climb indoors and only a bit more difficult than what I had climbed up to Buchstein “free solo”. [...]