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Branch Photo: The massif of the Brandberger Kolm. © Mark ZahelPhoto: Mark Zahel, Rother Bergverlag
The tour to the Torhelm – designed as a clever circuit – is definitely one of the most beautiful in the Gerlos valley. Here you are practically isolated from the developments of intense tourism, hiking in early summer above the Weißbachlalmen through a sea of alpine roses glowing deep purple, while being captivated by the mighty bulwark of the Brandberger Kolm. The literal highlight is the summit panorama: to the north through the Zillertal to the Rofan, in the backlight the jagged Reichenspitz group with the Venediger area behind it, and in the southwest the Mayrhofen mountain world with the Ahorn ridge wonderfully outlined. The Seespitz, shown as the main destination in earlier editions, here is only a topographically rather insignificant and slightly less rewarding outlook addition, which however offers the most difficult passage of the tour. Because we want to descend on the return path through the idyllic Schwarzach valley.
From the Kühle Rast, 1191 m, we enter the Schwarzach valley and already at the front near the Schwarzachbichlalm turn right. The alpine road spirals up to the Weißbachlalm, 1543 m, and continues into a secondary valley incision. Further hairpin bends take us to Weißbachl-Mitterleger, 1757 m, and to a saddle located above. Here a path starts on the right, which we follow through typical alpine rose terrain. You come into a small high valley and turn right at about 2100 m towards the Torhelm. With a loop onto the gentle eastern ridge and mostly only moderately steep up to the grassy summit of the Torhelm, 2452 m.To continue, we go briefly back over the upper slope until you can cross diagonally onto the south side of the eastern ridge on the marked trail. The easy downward traverse leads into the saddle flanked by the Seespitz. We can best cross this small peak directly – from the saddle steeply up for a short while, then somewhat exposed along the grassy ridge into a small saddle and
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Mark Zahel
Mark Zahel hat als fleißiger Wanderer und Bergsteiger bisher mehr als 3000 Tage auf Alpentouren verbracht und schöpft aus dieser Passion seit über 20 Jahren eine intensive publizistische Tätigkeit. Die Liste seiner Buchveröffentlichungen umfasst inzwischen rund 80 Titel – in jüngster Zeit sind auch einige Wanderführer über norddeutsche Regionen hinzugekommen. Seine Kenntnisse reichen über weite Teile des Alpenbogens, besonders häufig aber ist er in dem breiten Streifen zwischen Bayern und Südtirol unterwegs. Zahel vergleicht seine Erkundungen gern mit einem Puzzlespiel, dem immer wieder neue Teile hinzugefügt werden, ohne dass es jemals »vollendet« werden könnte oder sollte. So bleibt die persönliche Entdeckungslust ungebrochen, während sich das »Gesamtbild« nach und nach immer detailreicher herausschärft.
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