{"id":2819,"date":"2020-06-05T14:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wl1www392.webland.ch\/wordpress\/wiwanni\/ridge-traverses\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T01:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:17:06","slug":"ridge-traverses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wiwanni.ch\/en\/ridge-traverses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridge tra\u00adver\u00adses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Wiwan\u00adni \u2013 Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn, ridge tra\u00adver\u00adse 3+
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This clas\u00adsic ridge crossing in alpi\u00adne and expo\u00adsed ter\u00adrain offers impres\u00adsi\u00adve depths and stands out with its uni\u00adque beau\u00adty. Often the Augst\u00adkum\u00admen ridge is tra\u00adver\u00adsed after mul\u00adti-pitch rou\u00adtes such as the Stein\u00adad\u00adler rou\u00adte or the Gem\u00ads\u00adtritt rou\u00adte. Also, the Augst\u00adkum\u00admen ridge is often visi\u00adted by Biets\u00adch\u00adhorn and Mat\u00adter\u00adhorn can\u00addi\u00adda\u00adtes for trai\u00adning pur\u00adpo\u00adses.
In addi\u00adti\u00adon to good rou\u00adte sel\u00adec\u00adtion and rope hand\u00adling, you need some expe\u00adri\u00adence in alpi\u00adne ter\u00adrain to tra\u00adver\u00adse the ridge. Or sim\u00adply, a good intui\u00adti\u00adon. Sin\u00adce the\u00adre are many natu\u00adral secu\u00adri\u00adty opti\u00adons, such as rock pin\u00adna\u00adcles, etc, the\u00adre aren\u2019t that many secu\u00adri\u00adty bolts.
Rating: 3 +, which does not look that easy on some bould\u00aders.
Des\u00adcen\u00adding from the Wiwan\u00adni\u00adhorn over the west ridge, the first two steep steps are bypas\u00adsed on the side of the bietsch val\u00adley. The remai\u00adning obs\u00adta\u00adcles are usual\u00adly clim\u00adbed direct\u00adly up to the Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn.
Time: From the Wiwan\u00adni\u00adhorn sum\u00admit 3001m to the Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn sum\u00admit 2889m approx. 2 hours.<\/p>\n

Con\u00adti\u00adnue straight ahead on the ridge to the west to climb the small Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn. Beau\u00adtiful and expo\u00adsed, but easy clim\u00adbing.
As an exit pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty abo\u00adve (north) of the crest bet\u00adween the small and the lar\u00adge Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn the\u00adre it is a rap\u00adpel pis\u00adte (5 x 25 meters over the pla\u00adtes of the rou\u00adte M\u00e4n\u00adner\u00adtreu?)
The climb till the small Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn offers a pitch in the 4th dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty level. Howe\u00adver, it can be bypas\u00adsed on the left. For the des\u00adcent from the small Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn, you fol\u00adlow the expo\u00adsed ridge to the west. Alt\u00adhough the\u00adre are some oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to des\u00adcend on the left, it\u2019s bet\u00adter to fol\u00adlow the ridge to the point whe\u00adre the ridge divi\u00addes into two. Sou\u00adthward the\u00adre are trail tracks along the ridge. Fol\u00adlo\u00adwing this tracks, you reach a kind of crest (next to the Sche\u00adp\u00adfip\u00adfii\u00adler) and con\u00adti\u00adnue down the rough, scree ter\u00adrain back to the hut.
You can also cross the Augst\u00adkum\u00admen ridge in the other direc\u00adtion, from west to east. From the sum\u00admit of the small Augst\u00adkum\u00admen\u00adhorn you can rap\u00adpel 25 m (the\u00adre is rap\u00adpel point with a chain).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ridge crossing From the Wiwan\u00adni\u00adhorn to the Tier\u00adegg\u00adhorn and Bietschhorn<\/strong><\/p>\n

This long, wild and adven\u00adtur\u00adous ridge crossing from the Wiwan\u00adni\u00adhorn over the Chr\u00fc\u00adtig\u00adhorn, D\u00fcbi\u00adhorn, Alpil\u00adhorn, Tiergg\u00adhorn and fur\u00adther over the sou\u00adthe\u00adast ridge to the Biets\u00adch\u00adhorn is very rare\u00adly com\u00admit\u00adted and is only acces\u00adsi\u00adble to clim\u00adbers with ade\u00adqua\u00adte alpi\u00adne level and phy\u00adsi\u00adcal fit\u00adness. The\u00adse adven\u00adtur\u00adous are\u00adas place spe\u00adcial demands on the clim\u00adbers. Pro\u00adtec\u00adtion such as ser\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and fri\u00adends or wed\u00adges you have to attach yours\u00adelf. For clim\u00adbing hall moun\u00adtain gui\u00addes this tour is not sui\u00adta\u00adble. Most of the\u00adse peaks may see a visi\u00adtor every 10 or 20 years. A bivouac night is to be plan\u00adned for the enti\u00adre crossing.
From the sum\u00admit of Wiwan\u00adni\u00adhorn, des\u00adcend the block ridge in the north to the Wiwan\u00adni\u00adjoch. Here, on loo\u00adse blocks, you bypass a ridge tower on the eas\u00adtern side. Then you cross after the Wiwan\u00adni\u00adjoch into the wes\u00adtern slo\u00adpe of the Chr\u00fc\u00adtig\u00adhorn and over it up to the expo\u00adsed sum\u00admit of the Chr\u00fc\u00adtig\u00adhorns 3020 m. Now fol\u00adlow the des\u00adcent and the crossing over the expo\u00adsed ridge to D\u00fcbi\u00adgrat, D\u00fcbi\u00adhorn and Alp\u00adji\u00adahorn. Here the rock chan\u00adges into the red Aare-gra\u00adni\u00adte and the crossing of the Tier\u00adegg\u00adhorn offer very beau\u00adtiful and expo\u00adsed clim\u00adbing. The main dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties in the ascent to the Tiergg\u00adhorn can be bypas\u00adsed on the Balt\u00adschie\u00adder\u00adtal side. Rap\u00adpel\u00adling is not neces\u00adsa\u00adry on the des\u00adcent from the Tiergg\u00adhorn, it\u2019s easy to climb down. From Tiergg sadd\u00adle to the Sou\u00adthe\u00adast sadd\u00adle it goes up for a long time in a light block climbing.<\/p>\n

In the begin\u00adning, the sub\u00adse\u00adquent ascent of the Biets\u00adch\u00adhorn sou\u00adthe\u00adast ridge offers very dif\u00adfi\u00adcult clim\u00adbing parts in the best rock. After the first distinct belay, do not fol\u00adlow the crack with the for\u00adged bolt on the left, just go up about 2 meters to the right in a slight\u00adly easier climb. The\u00adre are only litt\u00adle belay\u00ading pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. The same on the second ridge tower. After that fol\u00adlows a very expo\u00adsed ridge to the 20 meters rap\u00adpel point. The fol\u00adlo\u00adwing lar\u00adge over\u00adhan\u00adging tower (mush\u00adroom) is bypas\u00adsed at the top to the right.
The indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal peaks from Wiwan\u00adni to Biets\u00adch\u00adhorn can also be clim\u00adbed direct\u00adly from Biets\u00adch\u00adtal or Balt\u00adschie\u00adder Val\u00adley. Espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly the tour to the Tiergg\u00adhorn has a very inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading ascent from the Balt\u00adschie\u00adder Val\u00adley over the sou\u00adthe\u00adast ridge and des\u00adcents in direc\u00adtion to the Tiergg sadd\u00adle into the Bietsch Val\u00adley. This is a gre\u00adat day trip.
For a detail\u00aded descrip\u00adti\u00adon, we refer to the alpi\u00adne gui\u00adde of the Swiss Alpi\u00adne Club. Ber\u00adne\u00adse Alps 3.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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