Rosenlauischlucht & Engelhörner Day Tramp (12th August 2007)

Team: Andy, Thomas, Anna, Marcel & Magdalena

On Sunday, 12th of August we set out to explore the Rosenlauischlucht and the area below the Engelhörner. The Rosenlauischlucht is a narrow canyon with a trail running along the sides, sometimes even leading through tunnels. It is certainly worth the little entrance fee as the rock faces are just beautifully carved out by the water. Also the area above the gorge is stunning with a glacier retreating and leaving smoothly polished rock behind. The track brought us up to the Engelhorn hut where we had a snack. After some descent we stopped in a clearing, lit a fire and started to grill some snags. This was a novelty for Anna and Thomas who both had never grilled on a camp fire!
We then descended further and discovered heaps of wild raspberries (Yum!). In order to keeps things interesting a bit of off trail travel was added, including some bushbashing.
This was a very worthwhile little outing and we can thoroughly recommend it.


GPS trail mapped onto a Google Earth 3D view.




Long exposure shot in the Rosenlauischlucht.




View on the way to the Engelhorn hut.