climb: 700 Hm, 14 pitches (VI-) + 2 pitches on the summit ridge
descend: very alpine!
Starting at the Verpeilalm we approached on the new "Dr Angerer Hoehenweg" in about 2 hours the base of the Northern rock wall of Hochrinnegg. The starting point of the route is between the left snow basin and the buttress and well marked with a bolt and red arrow.
The route has all necessary bolts, and three fantastic pitches in the grades V to VI-. The remaining pitches are easier and just as much enjoyable!
In the third pitch.
Roland leading the 4th pitch.
The length of the tour is not to be underestimated. We are a slow climbing party and it took us 7.5 hours before reaching the summit.
The descend is very alpine but well marked with red dots. As we descended we must have said thank you a thousand times to Florian Schranz (first ascent) or those fellow climbers that did so well with marking the way. Soon after we started our descend into the steep gorge it started to rain and finally hail. The rock was soaked pretty quickly, and made the climbing difficult and slow. It rained and hailed for an hour or so, and as it stopped and we looked back the steep terrain we came from, we hardly believed we made it safe!
It took us about three hours from the summit back to the Verpeilalm.
The photo below has been taken on the weekend following this trip and highlights our descend.
more infos and topo: http://www.topalpin.at/html/florians-welt-tirol.htm
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