Schesaplana crossing

You start almost at the edge of Brand from the hiking parking lot on the right side. This parking lot is located about 200m before the Palüdbahn parking lot. Hiking signs are already at the parking lot, including the indication Schesaplana 6 3/4 hours. However, those who are good on foot only need 5.5 hours for this route. You follow the hiking trail partly on a forest road and partly on a nice hiking path. From the Unterzalimalpe, you then follow the forest road to the Oberzalimhütte. From here, follow the sign to the Leibersteig along a path. This is partly secured with wire ropes but is not a via ferrata. However, you should be sure-footed. In early summer until mid-July, large snowfields may still need to be crossed on the Leibersteig, which can be quite steep at 40° and exposed. At the end of the Leibersteig, you can leave the Mannheimer Hütte to the left and descend without a path southwards to the Ochsentaler Glacier, which you then cross southwards. This part of the glacier is rather flat and has no crevasses. From the Schafloch, you reach the Schafköpfe without a path but marked with cairns. Now always follow the rocky ridge towards east-southeast, partly marked with cairns but rather pathless, until the notch at point 2739. From here, follow the footprints northeast to the Schesaplana summit. The descent goes to the east on a path/footprints partly secured with steel cable and with short easy climbing passages to the Totalphütte. From here, there is again a proper hiking trail to the Lünersee and further via the "Böse Tritt" and the Schattenlaganthütte back to Brand.