Gufferthütte – Taubensteinhaus
In the morning the weather was fantastic—no clouds at all, and I started making my way back from Rofan to Mangfallgebirge. Criss-crossing the Tyrolean-Bavarian border several times.
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After descending to 1000 m I made my way up to 1808 m high Schinder. The first part of the way was quite nice though really hot. Passing through forests and pastures. The second part was an entirely different story however: A very steep climb, at times secured with a rope. Unfortunately, parts of the rope were ripped out of the rock. I am glad that I did not have to descend at this location—which would have been quite complicated and dangerous.
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Since there were no clouds, the view from Schinder was overwhelming. You could see all the way into the Alpenhauptkamm.
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After again descending all the way to 900 m I got pretty tired. The day before had been really long with 8 hours of walking and the sun was burning all day. But due to overbooked huts I still had quite some way to go. The next two hours I walked through a valley along the river Rote Valepp all the way to Spitzingsee. And then made my way up to Taubenstein and Taubensteinhaus where I would spend the night.
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What was supposed to be a “convenient” climb turned out to be really exhausting. Twice I was searching for a path that was in my map but nowhere to be seen, and I had to use GPS to guide me through muddy pastures. My feet and knees really started hurting now—and I was more than relieved to arrive at Taubensteinhaus after 10 hours of hiking on the day.