A ‘short walk’ that turned out to be quite a long hike! It’s been tricky to plan much in advance this summer as the weather has had a habit of changing it’s mind rather frequently. However, today’s change was for the better, so we opted for an early start to get up to a nearby Read more

Another day down at the valley limestone. There are some enormous cliffs here, but quite a lot look loose and scrappy. While searching for the climbs on such a huge swath of rock, it was handy at least to find the names of the climbs at the bottom of the routes. We set off up Read more

 Down the valley and away from the higher mountains, we found some long (dry!), rock routes at a crag called Tieftal, near a little village called Nassereith. It looked a bit scrappy from below, but actually gave us a great day of multi-pitch climbing.   A scree covered approach was sort lived, then it was Read more

There’s been a real mix of weather here in Tirol, Austria over the last few days. During the nights, there have been some terrific thunderstorms, followed by clear mornings and sodden ground. This is the view from our pad. Although it was a damp start to a day, things brightened up not only with the Read more

With a full day of sunshine and no threat of afternoon storms, it was time to get up into the higher mountains. The village of Grise, is only a ten minute drive away, but gained us a lot of uphill so that we could begin our hike from the highest possible point. The cool of Read more

Did a bit of a (somewhat frustrating) tour of the valley today in search of some good rock to climb. Up near the ski town of Solden, there are a couple of crags which looked okay in the guidebook, but in reality were a bit dirty and scrappy. I set off up a route at Read more