Rotstock klettersteig
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,119 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,119 ft
- Max elevation
- 8,704 ft
- TrailRank
-
36
5
- Min elevation
- 7,580 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 15 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1537
- Uploaded
- June 14, 2012
- Recorded
- June 2012
near Kleine Scheidegg, Kanton Bern (Swiss Confederation)
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The data is a bit inaccurate. The route is from station Eiger gletscher, over the Eiger trail, climbing the Rotstock klettersteig and then descending the Eiger west flank. Normally this is an easy klettersteig but with (a lot of) snow and ice, it's a bit more difficult and certainly more time consuming.
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Beautiful route right next to the North Face, lovely views from 2,660m; the scramble down can be difficult if wet. :-(
I added some pictures. I did the Rotstock twice, first time was somewhere in June in "challenging conditions" as you can see on the pictures.
Wow, amazing pics, not sure I would want to go anywhere near it in those conditions. ;-) I chickened out going up (from the normal) when it started raining & was glad I did as the scramble down to Kleine Scheidegg on the other side is a bit slick in places... I assume you used crampons & and an ice axe? Congrats on the achievement...