22^Oct Sun
08:55

Route: Parkplatz Hirsegg -  Schrattenfluh via Schibengütsch Hängst Strick - Parkplatz Hirsegg

Additional info about the tour can be found here:

https://www.hikr.org/tour/post159083.html   

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 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

and also here:

https://www.bergfreunde.eu/alpine-grades-calculator/

Starting point and time: Parkplatz Hirsegg at 8:55

How to get there by public transportation: from Zürich HB train IR75 departure at 06:35, change in Luzern, take the train to Schüpfheim and then take bus 241 to Sörenberg Hirsegg, arrival at 8:52

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: the plan is to have a pace of 500/600 m elevation gain per hour, please join only if you can keep this pace and you are comfortable doing a T5 hike.

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.