Back to the Kaiser mountains: Naunspitze (1663 m) & Pyramidenspitze (1997 m)

The last September weekend, I spent in the Kaiser Mountains in Austria. It was yet another tour with the DAV - the last before my big vacation. For a good carbon footprint, we went by train from Munich to Kufstein and then walked through the little town. 

Starting point

At the Kaiser creek we turned to the trail and went uphill through the forest. After the first part, the trail joined the forest road. Some years ago, a tunnel was built so the residents could reach the valley with the car. 

We followed the road for several minutes before the trail forked and we went to the left. From here it was 50 min to the Ritzau Alm. When we left the forest, the air was hot and hazy. The clouds were slowly moving uphill. In less than 30 min we reached the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut (1388 m) where we took our lunch. Some of us decided for hearty, the others for sweet. The hut is very renowned for their cuisine. 

Chamois

We left our overnight stuff in the hut and hiked to the Naunspitze that got her name from the shout of a witch who was banning shepherd Peter into place during a thunderstorm and shore some of his black sheep. The top was just an hour from the hut and was well attended. It was hard to get a spot to sit and enjoy the view. We were lucky with the weather having sun all day. 

Naunspitze (1663 m)

Back at the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut, I visited the Alpine garden that has more than 300 kinds of plants. There were also two volunteers present who took care of the garden all year. 

Willow gentian

The reminding afternoon, we spent on the sun terrace watching the sun set. 

sunset at Vorderkaiserfelden Hut

At 7 pm, dinner was served - nearly all seats were taken as well as the beds for the night. We had two rooms and I got a bed in the bigger room. 

room with 5 beds

The next morning, we had a big breakfast and left as the first at 8 am. We took the same way as to the Naunspitze and then continued upwards to Petersköpfel (1745 m) named after the Peter mentioned above. 

Petersköpfl (1745 m)

From there, we hiked up and down through alpine pines for the next two hours to the Pyramidenspitze (1997 m). There we made a break and ate some snacks. 

Pyramidenspitze (1997 m)

We had to return 20 min on the same trail and up the chimney with a wire cable, but then turned to the left and took a different trail down. This led directly down crossing a field of scene twice in front of rock face. Then continued through a forest to the meadow of Hinterkaiserfelden and onwards to the Vorderkaiserfelden Hut. I ordered the Kaiser salad for lunch and then we packed our backpacks for the way  down. 

climbing rock face

At Rietzau Alm, we entered the clouds and the fog. The temperature fell and paused to take out our jackets. We continued downhill and reached the starting point at 4 pm. We crossed through Kufstein again and took the next train from the station. 

It was another great experience but my new softshell jacket did not perform well, so I will have to return it.  

Kufstein with castle