{"id":1513,"date":"2015-06-30T20:48:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T18:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guyshachar.com\/content\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2016-07-10T00:55:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T22:55:51","slug":"breithorn-steinernes-meer-riemannhaus-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/2015\/breithorn-steinernes-meer-riemannhaus-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Breithorn via S\u00fcdwandsteig – Steinernes Meer – Riemannhaus Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a beautiful sunny end-of-June day, when Ernst Loeschner took us to hike up Breithorn (2,504m) through the S\u00fcdwandsteig. A nice rocky sort of climbing, with spectacular views from the top.<\/p>\n

The ridge dominated by Breithorn (“The wide peak”) dominates the skyline above the town of Saalfelden<\/a> in Austria, and the steep cliffs as seen from below makes one wonder – is there really a climbable path up there..?<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

But then we start\u00a0 ascending, from a parking space at about 1,100m.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

A single part with a metal rope<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n

and last sights of vegetation before we head further up<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n

The climb is steep, but no special equipment is needed, as the limestone here provides numerous opportunities to hold and step.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n

Getting to some ‘local peaks’ is a chance to relax and refresh<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n

But the climb goes on, with dramatic slopes and angles<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\n

Erosion here is pretty intense, and in some places, we get a nice ‘room with a view’<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_8_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_9_placeholder\n

This is gonna be narrow!<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_10_placeholder\n

The only way is up<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_11_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_12_placeholder\n

Many places for a grip<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_13_placeholder\n

Almost there…<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_14_placeholder\n

Finally! At the top, writing on the visitors book<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_15_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_16_placeholder\n

And a glider that came to say hello<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_17_placeholder\n

Arriving from the south adds a true surprise to the summit – the view to the north, to the “Sea of Rocks” – Steinernes Meer<\/a> – An amazing Karst area, where eroded limestone mini hills are decorated with beautiful snow patches.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_18_placeholder\n

To the north, the impressive Watzmann can be seen – in the Bavarian Alps of Germany.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_19_placeholder\n

And a view to the west<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_20_placeholder\n

We start descending towards Riemannhaus. The northern slopes of the ridge are not as steep as the southern ones, so it is a nice hike after the demanding way up.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_21_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_22_placeholder\n

And look at Riemannhaus down there<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_23_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_24_placeholder\n

an amazing location…<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_25_placeholder\n

some Encians<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_26_placeholder\n

and some other eyes<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_27_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_28_placeholder\n

The area around Riemannhaus is a perfect place to practice mountain climbing<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_29_placeholder\n

The descend from Riemannhaus is on a very well maintained path, that reaches back Maria Alm or Saalfelden.<\/p>\n

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and a final view up…<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_32_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A beautiful day hike up Breithorn via S\u00fcdwandsteig, with a beautiful rewarding view to Steinernes Meer, and a relaxing stop at Riemannhaus. A day in the Austrian Alps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[31,38,42,47],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-europe","tag-hiking","tag-mountains","tag-people","tag-rural"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2035,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/2035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyshachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}