It looks like you are wearing micro spikes on your feet? Would never have thought of using them in this type of terrain, do they help? Also, the faded whithe-red-white markers (e.g. at 4:20) are interesting... Guess our elders were indeed better than us!
Normally I wouldn't put micro-spikes in that terrain either, but I chose my shoes poorly on that day. Nike Wild Horse are not the best for technical terrain and they are super-slippery when there is even tiny bit of wet grass/rocks... I usually take Salomon Speedcross for this kind of tours. Regarding the micro-spikes, I put them on in the middle of the traverse to get some more traction and they did a good job on the grassy and gravel parts. They also somewhat works in the muddy terrain.
In the couloir (and on the way up) it was quite exposed, but you don't really feel it when you go up and most of the time it was easy to progress (except 7:13 maybe). On the traverse I could feel the exposition and there were some spots where I wouldn't like to slip. Comparing to my other tours, that one was one of the hardest.
I did this some years ago and I'm quite used to alpine paths. I did the descent and I was very happy when it was done. The couloir in the beginning was very steep but still okay, then I first had some problems to get to the traverse, it looks quite impressive and dangerous when coming down from Gocht. The traverse then would actually be quite okay if the path would be better. There was one point where it was really sandy / earthy and the path had slipped some. This was when I a bit freaked out. The other traverses were still quite demanding. I'd give this a T5(-) for sure. There are also absolutely no ropes or chains anywhere. I'd suggest you take the path over "Palis Nideri". It's not really marked but a lot easier, less exposed and there are security installations.
It looks like you are wearing micro spikes on your feet? Would never have thought of using them in this type of terrain, do they help? Also, the faded whithe-red-white markers (e.g. at 4:20) are interesting... Guess our elders were indeed better than us!
Normally I wouldn't put micro-spikes in that terrain either, but I chose my shoes poorly on that day. Nike Wild Horse are not the best for technical terrain and they are super-slippery when there is even tiny bit of wet grass/rocks... I usually take Salomon Speedcross for this kind of tours. Regarding the micro-spikes, I put them on in the middle of the traverse to get some more traction and they did a good job on the grassy and gravel parts. They also somewhat works in the muddy terrain.
In the earlier days there were no alpine paths nor a special alpine marking. All paths were makred red-white so yeah.
Great video.
Thanks!
Gocht isch gäch 🙂
How exposed is the trail? It looks pretty exposed, but with a large field of view it's hard to judge.
In the couloir (and on the way up) it was quite exposed, but you don't really feel it when you go up and most of the time it was easy to progress (except 7:13 maybe). On the traverse I could feel the exposition and there were some spots where I wouldn't like to slip. Comparing to my other tours, that one was one of the hardest.
I did this some years ago and I'm quite used to alpine paths. I did the descent and I was very happy when it was done. The couloir in the beginning was very steep but still okay, then I first had some problems to get to the traverse, it looks quite impressive and dangerous when coming down from Gocht. The traverse then would actually be quite okay if the path would be better. There was one point where it was really sandy / earthy and the path had slipped some. This was when I a bit freaked out. The other traverses were still quite demanding. I'd give this a T5(-) for sure. There are also absolutely no ropes or chains anywhere. I'd suggest you take the path over "Palis Nideri". It's not really marked but a lot easier, less exposed and there are security installations.
@@disdonc6012 Yea, Paliis Nideri turns out to be more civil 😂 compared to that one.