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Hafelekarspitze Gleirschspitze and scree, WW
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| Hiking | 2.67 Miles |
698 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.67 Miles | 3 Hrs 37 Mns | | 0.94 mph |
| 698 ft AEG | 46 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Took the Nordkettenbahn to the “Top of Innsbruck“ and hiked to the summit of Hafelekarspitze. There were sheep and a geocache up there, not to mention amazing views in all directions.
Wifey is always motivated by geocaches, so we had to summit the next peak to get another one. That peak happened to be Gleirschspitze, about a mile away following the impeccably maintained and stunningly beautiful Goetheweg.
The spur trail to the summit was a clear social trail that quickly turned to steep, loose rock. That made for a tricky ascent and even trickier descent. There is a fancy cross at the summit with a nifty integrated log book storage bin. The log book is in dire need of replacing as it’s so full we had to just sign a random page wherever there was room. The views at Gleirschspitze were even better than at Hafelekarspitze.
It took some sleuthing to find the cache, then we decided to hike down to Seegruben for lunch. The trail down was, in places, worse than the social trail to Gleirschspitze. It was too often like hiking on pointy marbles, and though the view of Innsbruck below is pretty sweet, overall I’d say that trail was annoying and not remotely as enjoyable as the Goetheweg.
The descent to Seegruben was much more difficult than the short distance and modest elevation loss would suggest. If we had to do this again, we’d have hiked the Goetheweg back to the top station and taken the cable car back down to Seegruben.
Nonetheless, lunch at Seegruben was delightful. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Lots of colorful blossoms of tiny groundcovers. |
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