Crossing Hochplatte - Mountain tours Ammergau Alps

For those new to the game: the hike/mountain climb includes a ridge walk, with steep descents to your left and right. The tour also has sections where you'll have to do a bit of climbing, either backpedaling, or clambering up a wire rope. I'd happily recommend this tour, but only to those who aren't afraid of heights and have surefootedness, and who have at least a basic level of experience :)

A very scenic and varied mountain tour. A demanding day tour with an approximately 50-minute detour to the summit of the Hochblassen and the subsequent crossing of the Hochplatte. For this, sure-footedness and a head for heights should be an absolute prerequisite. At the Hochblassen you also need to be able to find your own way around a bit.

@Peter Landgraf wanted to go to the Hochplatte at the beginning of June, but the weather conditions were still unclear. Today the venture worked in fantastic weather, and we did it as a team of three. Peter lured us not only with the promise of a great tour, but also with a home-baked, not too small piece of cheesecake, which was to be served after we had reached the summit. The journey to the Ammerwaldalm, which is closed on Mondays, was not entirely trivial - you first have to get to the route via Miesbach and Bad Tölz 😳🙈. But then we went through the valley of the Roggentalbach with fresh courage and enthusiasm. We crossed the stream bed several times and were constantly intoxicated by smaller and larger waterfalls. A very idyllic climb until after about an hour we found ourselves at the fork in the road below the Hochplatte. We chose the clockwise variant, i.e. turned left up to the Roggentalsattel. Also extremely chic - Alpine hike at its best! At the saddle you can see the countless peaks of the Allgäu Alps and even more - this is where my lexical knowledge of mountain names immediately reaches its limits. Shortly behind the saddle you reach the Fensterl - two "holes" in the rock with a view. For our route you don't have to climb through any of the windows (I did it anyway), but instead go directly to the right on the ridge path. Here you climb, sometimes more, sometimes less exposed, higher and higher. In between, we go down a step secured by ropes and then up again until we find ourselves at the summit cross of the Hochplatte after 2 ¾ hours of walking. By the way, I remember today that the Hochplatte (fast forward to 1996) was my second Alpine peak. As part of the preparation for the lone fighter course, we stayed in Füssen for a week or two and first climbed the Tegelberg and a few days later the Hochplatte. My memories of it are hazy and pictures don't exist. All I remember is that we were traveling in a busy neighborhood at the time and had no visibility. Today everything was better: better weather, better company, better equipment, better food and completely voluntary... Back to the tour: At the summit we marveled at the fantastic views and enjoyed Peter's cheesecake under the lurking gaze of the Alpine choughs - a dream! After the entry in the summit book, the descent was initially relatively demanding on a T3 path, which briefly led us astray twice. Further down we reached the butterfly paradise. After last summer I noticed very few butterflies, now everything is almost concentrated. There were especially a lot of fritillary butterflies out and about. One specimen was particularly clingy and couldn't break away from Nico's orange outfit. We took him a little way down into the valley. Moorish butterflies were floating along the stream in large numbers in the mixture of sun and moisture. After about 5 hours we were back at the (still closed) Ammerwaldalm and very happy about our shared experience. Thank you, @Peter Landgraf, for planning and carrying out this wonderful round, and of course the KK catering! And you, @NiTe - your butterfly skills are truly impressive! Tour from @NiTe: https://www.komoot.de/tour/1238512193 Tour from @Peter Landgraf: https://www.komoot.de/tour/1238655122

Super cool tour over the Hochplatte. The crossing is really fun, but you should definitely have a head for heights and be sure-footed. The mountain panorama is unique up there, especially at Obheiter. 🥰 The ridge path is partially secured with ropes, but not all the way.

Should only be a short round to test your fitness, but it was a really nice tour! At the Krähe was an ibex family, the view of the Forggensee, Geierköpfe, Kreuzspitze, etc. is great, there are always small places to scramble - and at the end you can hang your feet in the stream. 😊👍