Here are some pictures of our short weekend trips to the Austrian and German alps.Like every year we spend some summer days in Montafon. After just driving through Sölden / Ötztal on the way to Italy some years ago, this year we spent a couple of days in Sölden.And finally […]

Due to all the renovation going on at home, this was the first time I went hiking in the Alps this year. The weather was just perfect the whole weekend long. First day was a tour to the Wiesbadener Hütte (huge Apfelstrudel!) from the Silvretta Lake which was packed by […]

Finally, the first time for me in the Alps this year – a complete weekend in Schröcken (Austria). Sadly the weather was not that nice (rain…), hiking was only possible Saturday. From Warth – famous for wintersport – we took the chairlift up to Steffisalp and from there we hiked […]

Probably the last hiking trip to the alps this season, and what a trip. Fantastic weather, very good view, clear sky – this is what late summer should be like (not like the horrible and rainy August…). I have already done this trip (to the Hochjoch area) about 2 years ago […]

Again the weather forecast was not that great but I really wanted to go hiking, so I went. This time the destination was the Burtschakopf (2244m) above Klösterle (am Arlberg). From the top of the Sonnenkopfbahn it took about 1,5 hrs to reach the top – a short tour. Especially […]

And the second weekend in a row in the Austrian alps. This time we stayed a little further south in Gaschurn, Montafon. Sadly the first day weather was again bad – it was like last weekend – hiking in the clouds. We did a full day tour starting with the […]