It wasn't only cow watching. Maybe not the most physical challenging but the most thrilling uphill trip was the climbing of the Suldenspitze, 3376 meters high, by crossing the Sulden glacier with its deep crevasses (up to 80 meters), which were dangerously hidden under 30 centimeters fresh snow from just that morning. So a rope is necessary....
...just like other equipment. With two of these ice axes it's at least theoretically possible to climb out of an crevasse...if you don't break your neck during the fall... We trained this the day before, just in case :-)
The reward is an amazing vista point, almost at cloud level. In the back is the beautiful green Sulden valley, the starting point. In the foreground our track is visible in the snow, pretty close to the crevasses :-O
It wasn't only cow watching. Maybe not the most physical challenging but the most thrilling uphill trip was the climbing of the Suldenspitze, 3376 meters high, by crossing the Sulden glacier with its deep crevasses (up to 80 meters), which were dangerously hidden under 30 centimeters fresh snow from just that morning. So a rope is necessary.... 
...just like other equipment. With two of these ice axes it's at least theoretically possible to climb out of an crevasse...if you don't break your neck during the fall... We trained this the day before, just in case :-) 
The reward is an amazing vista point, almost at cloud level. In the back is the beautiful green Sulden valley, the starting point. In the foreground our track is visible in the snow, pretty close to the crevasses :-O
