24^Aug Sat
08:40

Additional info about the hike can be found here:

https://www.sac-cas.ch/de/huetten-und-touren/sac-tourenportal/schaechentaler-windgaellen-ostgipfel-2223/berg-und-alpinwandern/

https://www.hikr.org/dir/Sch%C3%A4chentaler_Windg%C3%A4llen_H%C3%B6ch_Windg%C3%A4llen_5961/esc/

Grade: T5, which means: often pathless, individual easy climbing sections, exposed, challenging terrain, steep cliffs, bare glaciers and firn slopes which posed some risk of falling.

Further details about the hiking grade can be found on SAC website:

https://www.sac-cas.ch/fileadmin/Ausbildung_und_Wissen/Sicher_unterwegs/Sicher_unterwegs_Wandern/2020_Berg_Alpinwanderskala_EN.pdf

Meeting and arrival point: Unterschächen, Frittertal

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zwrNuRB9TuXCQCXz5

Starting time: 8:40

How to get there by public transportation: from Zürich HB train IR46 departure at 6:05 change in Altodorfand then take bus 408 to Unterschächen, Frittertal

What to take: hiking equipment and clothes warm enough, proper shoes (hiking boots or trail running shoes), food, enough water, sunscreen, sunglasses, tick spray, rain jacket.

GPX track: please download it and then upload it on your mobile by using your preferred map app and make yourself familiar with the hike like if you have to do it on your own.

Pace: approx. 400-500 m elevation gain per hour

Disclaimer: I'm not a guide - everyone hikes at their responsibility and risk. Before joining, be informed of the length and technical grade, study the hike like if you have to do it on your own and consider that this is not a hike for beginners.