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Kaunertal - Weißseejoch variant - "Check Your Line" project
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View back from the last signboard onto the "Weißseejoch" variantPhoto: Kaunertaler Gletscherbahn, freeskiers.net
At first glance, the idea seems simple: four boards that accompany a freerider from the lift entry to the end of a run covering nearly 700 vertical meters. With targeted questions, it encourages reflection on one’s own behavior. At the same time, the boards provide many useful pieces of information. This lays the foundation for making independent and responsible decisions for or against a descent or a particular line.
The starting point of the "Check Your Line" project is at the valley station of the Karlesjochbahn near the glacier parking lot, where the first information board is located and asks basic questions in the categories "I", "Group", "Equipment", and "Alpine." The next board is at the top station of the Karlesjochbahn, the actual starting point of the route. From there, it initially leads on gently sloping terrain in a northeast direction and serves the "Weißseejoch" variants.
The third board is located at the so-called "Ferner Egg," where the first "real" descent begins and the terrain becomes significantly more challenging. The fourth board finally marks the end point of the route at Weißsee, in the immediate vicinity of the middle station of the Ochsenalmbahn, from where it returns to the starting point at the glacier parking lot.
Author’s recommendation
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Show elevation profileSafety information
Caution when crossing under the Karlesspitz and the Wiesjaggl from the exit of the Karlesjochbahn towards Ferner Egg. Avalanche cones are often seen here.From Ferner Egg, the terrain becomes steeper again and is north-facing; under uncertain conditions, choose the line accordingly here.
Public transport
Train connection to Landeck, from there continue by bus. The bus goes directly to the glacier ski area.Directions
From the north through the Landeck tunnel, from the south over the Reschen Pass to Prutz. Here the road branches off into the Kaunertal. Through Feichten and over the Kaunertal glacier road to the parking lot.Parking
At the valley station of the Ochsenalmbahn 1 or alternatively at the parking lot of the glacier restaurant.Coordinates
Author’s map recommendations
Recommended maps for this region:
Equipment
Basic freeride equipment (shovel, probe, avalanche transceiver) is sufficient.Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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