Hochjoch Skiing

Published on 2013-3-10 by Michael Stanton

Date is approximate

Hochjoch and clowning

March, 2013

Georg and I had big ambitions for an ice climb: the Renkfall! But we were idiots! We decided we could hike in in boots instead of skis. The 2 hour hike to the basin went pretty well, but then an ADDITIONAL 2 hours of plowing through deep snow to the climb, we arrived, me with frozen toes, Georg with frozen feet. Sigh. Oh well, at least we know the approach.

The next day we skied up a local (Oberinntal) mountain called Hochjoch. The wind was so terrible we had to do the last 500 meters of elevation gain on foot, leaning deep into the screaming weather. By golly we weren't going to turn around!!