Wed., Aug 17: climbed Vorder Glarnisch

Post date: Aug 21, 2011 7:58:14 PM

Drove to end of lake and up narrow road to plateau, locating the trail head at the end of a farmers field at the base of the mountain.

• Parked car at Hinter Saggberg (1056m) : 3440'
• Trail head predicted about 4 hours to summit (2327m) 7634'
  • Took us right at 3 hours, as we're pretty fit at this point of time.
  • Interesting trying to predict the climbing route.
  • Ascended alongside of 10 sets of water falls, as the trail paralleled them to the summit ridge.
  • Several sketchy rails/steps with large drop-offs, but weather cooperated, so no issues.
  • Wonderful views at top looking down at Glarus and all the way down the valley, as well as the full Glarus mountain range and our lake below.