January Scheinbergspitz Ski

Published on 2025-1-4 by Michael Stanton

A very cold day (-16!). We were up and down in 4 hours. Josef had an idea to go around to the Hochplatte via two intermediate descents. It sounded tiring, though it might have been great! Somehow intermediate descents tire me out, a definite psychological weakness I should work on!

Josef and Kirill wisely saw that the summit was dangerous to climb without crampons and ice axe. I tried it, but turned around after 50 meters because the climbing was dicey, and the fall zone was unforgiving. Kirill and Josef waited in the sun, and I was happy to rejoin them. We had a bit of fun going down, but the logging road was really icy and not incredibly fun. Still, first ski tour of the year, and a nice time! 4 hours round trip.