The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Climbing at Tieftal

     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

  • Lakes and Waterfalls

    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

  • Gänsekragen 2914m

    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

  • Crag Hunting

    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

  • Alpine Running

    With more thunderstorms on the way, we decided to get up and out early for a run up to the village of Grise. Although it’s usually an all weather activity, neither of us wanted to be out in a monster storm, so just in case we set out early from the chalet.  It was a… Read more

  • Climbing at Nösslach

    We set off to another nearby cliff with big ambitions of climbing a long multi-pitch climb at the cliffs of Nösslach. Unfortunately, the cliff was more than just a bit wet – there was an actual waterfall pouring down the cliff! Ah well…. one for another day! Still, things were brightening up and there was… Read more

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