The mighty Grabspitze in the Pfunderer mountains

We start from the road by the farms and follow the course of the stream in a southerly direction until we reach a large wooden bridge, which we cross. We then cross the meadow to the forest, where we always follow the signposted summer path(please note: at the edge of the forest, do not follow the tractor track to the left into the ditch - dead end!) The forest soon steepens up in front of us and the ascent along the summer path is also steep and strenuous throughout. From around 1750 metres above sea level, the terrain becomes somewhat gentler at a small ruined stone hut. From here you can already see the first steep cirque, which we cross on the ascent, heading for the strikingly narrow and consistently steep trench. Before doing so, we cross the deep-cut stream and climb steeply through this incision on the orographic right-hand side. After a few hairpin bends, we reach the second wide, sweeping cirque. We quickly gain height in numerous hairpin bends, cross a somewhat narrower cut and now reach the third cirque. Steepening, we initially head directly southwards up to approx. 2800 metres. We now cross in a south-easterly direction out onto the extremely steep snow and summit flank, which is over 40 degrees at its steepest point. In the south-easternmost part, the flank is not quite as steep, making it possible to climb through on skis in good conditions. In spring in particular, however, the flank is usually as hard as a pickaxe and it is therefore advisable to take crampons as well as light crampons. The last few metres to the summit lead to a notch and over this, without difficulty, to the highest point of the Grabspitze in just a few minutes.