Panoramaweg Wiedersbergerhorn – Wandern im Alpbachtal

After going on such an unplanned huge tour yesterday, today we decided to go for a fun hike on the Wiederberger Horn and simply enjoyed the magnificent view in the best weather ☀️🤩. The panoramic path is fantastically beautiful and the climb to the summit is short and crisp 😅. We deserved that today. And the Kaiserschmarren on the Dauerstoa Alm was awesome 🤩🤩

A short trip to the Alpbach Valley was a must, because after all, I wanted to go hiking in the Alps. I discussed the plan with my knee, and we agreed that I absolutely had to get up there and get a glimpse of this magnificent mountain world. Therefore, this brief and concise summary. The weather changed quickly in the final meters; I hiked along one side of the mountain in sunshine and under blue skies, just in case a thunderstorm was about to break out up at the Hornalm. The sky was black, the wind was so strong that I worried about the little pony, lest it fly away. The noise level rose, the Plexiglas-covered terrace seemed about to say goodbye; it rattled and swirled all the way into the living room. The five of us waited up there for the storm to subside; the last gondola left at a quarter past four. That was quite exciting. I wouldn't be able to make it down to the valley on foot with my knee. The storm subsided, light rain and a drop in temperature from 30 to 14 degrees Celsius, and ten minutes later the sun was shining again. I decided to take the same, shorter route down. I was overtaken by an eighty-year-old couple. He asked how I was feeling. "It looks like a meniscus tear," he said, and showed me his two scars on his knees. He advised me to have surgery, very touching and compassionate. I skipped it and tiptoed sideways down at a snail's pace. Happy to have reached the gondola, I took the ride down. A few days later, I tried again, this time taking the entire panoramic trail, which really isn't long, and caught better weather. However, the thunderstorm app suggested severe weather should have started at 2 p.m. I arrived at the bottom just in time and, thankfully in my car, experienced a hailstorm with direct flooding. Lucky me. I've combined photos from both tours into this one.