Header image: Camp at Unterer Gerlos See with Reichen Spitz (3303)
Page image: The party on the summit of Schwarzenstein (3368)
Leaders: Allan Witton, Gerry Leversha, Bill Souster, Adrian Dobson, John Willson, Steve Adams. Coach Driver: Dennis Hughes.
The illustrated log contains a full party list, which includes a young Martin Boulton on his first Foreign Trek.
The Route was an east to west traverse from hut-to-hut across almost the whole of the Austrian flanks of the Zillertal range, and included ascents of five summits along the way: Am Horn (2647), Roßkopf (2845), Richter Spitz (3052), Schönbichler Horn (3134), and Schwarzenstein (3368).
The first 4-day section was from Gerlos Pass, through the Reichen Spitz group and then down to Mayrhofen for a free day. The main frontier ridge was covered in the following two 3-day sections and the final stage was a high level traverse beneath Schrammacher and Olperer.
Route Outline: Day 1. Gerlos Paß > Zittauer Hütte 2. Roßkopf > Richter Hütte 3. Richter Spitz > Plauener Hütte 4. Mayrhofen 5. Grüne Wand Haus 6. Greizer Hütte 7. Ginzling 8. Berliner Hütte > Am Horn 9. Schwarzenstein 10. Furtschaglhaus > Schönbichler Horn 11. Pfitscher Joch 12. Friesenberghaus 13. Dominikushütte.
Below is a slide show of a selection of images from the Zillertal Alps.
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