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From Weissenberge via Fuggfurggle - Sonnenhorn Gulderstock 2510 m

  • Difficulty
    T4
  • Ascent
    3:30–4 h, 1250 m
  • Descent
    2–3 h

On the move in the golden horseshoe

The sunbathed Weissenberge terrace above Sernftal is the starting and end point of this tour, which describes a larger or smaller circle. Depending on your fitness or the weather you can visit two or three summits along the way. On very clear autumn days the reason why the summit is called „Gulder“ (golden) becomes obvious: the rock on the summit is coloured golden-yellow.

Route description

Weissenberge - Skihaus Fitterenstäfeli - Fugboden
From the Weissenberge summit station follow the marked mountain hiking path to Skihaus Fitterenstäfeli (P. 1759). On a faint path ascend to Fugboden.
Fugboden - Fuggfurggle - Gulderstock - Sonnenhorn
From Fugboden ascend in increasingly steep pastures to Fuggfurggle (2283 m). Follow the ridge north-westward, bypassing rocky passages. Below P. 2480 descend a few metres on a faint path northward to traverse the steep west face of Gulderturm. Shortly before Gulderstock ascend to the ridge and in a few minutes you reach the summit. Descend on the ascent below Gulderturm, then go northward to ascend north of P. 2480 to reach the ridge. On a faint path branch off westward to P. 2432. Follow the ridge on a faint path and on scree (cairns) to P. 2246.
Sonnenhorn - Weissenberge
Above P. 2246 (the ski summit of Sonnenhorn) a good path begins traversing Sonnenhorn and leading down to the narrow road close to P. 1903. From there hike back to the Weissenberge summit station on marked hiking trails. From Abedweid continue either on the ascent route or (slightly faster) make an arc westward via Ochsenbüel–Engisboden.
Variant traversing Fuggenstock
The aforementioned oval can be extended by traversing Fuggenstock: from Weissenberge follow the mountain hiking trail until P. 1663, then turn right to take the hiking trail north-eastward. Via P. 1786 go to Scheberegg, follow the ridge via P. 2178 to reach the foot of the steep south face of Fuggenstock. Now overcome the escarpment on a narrow path to reach the flat summit area (T4). From the summit descend on the very exposed north-west ridge (T5–6, I) to reach Fuggfurggle. The cliffs are avoided on the north at first, then more on the south.) Add 1½ h.

Additional information

Departure and arrival point

Weissenberge, Bergstation (1255 m)

Informationen zur Seilbahn Matt – Weissenberge: www.weissenberge.ch/luftseilbahn/

Time

Weissenberge - Stäfeli - Fuggfurggle - Gulderstock: 3 ½–4 h

Gulderstock - col at P. 2481 – Sonnenberg - Weissenberge: 2–3 h

Difficulty / Material

In the summit area there are only faint paths or none at all. Undertake the tour only in snow-free and dry conditions. If you leave out Fuggenstock, the traverse below Gulderturm is the crux. The game trail is exposed, but undemanding in good conditions. On the variant with Fuggenstock the exposed NW ridge and the first metres below the summit are the most challenging passages (T5–6, I).

Since 2019, the descent from the Gulderstock towards Sunnenhörnli has been marked as an alpine hiking trail in white-blue-white (16th stage of the Via Glaralpina in the opposite direction).

Waypoints

Fuggenstock / Fuggstock (2370 m)

Summit of the variant

Neighbor summit

Gulderturm (2519 m)

On the latest swisstopo map Gulderturm is charted at 2519 m. Fairly demanding to climb, it is almost beyond the realm of alpine hiking, which is underlined by the fact that the summit book is hardly used. Those who have experience on brittle, exposed terrain (grade II) may try the challenging route on Gulderturm. Go to its south foot (T5). Then on steep rubble traverse north-westward below the first vertical escarpment to a slippery, hidden chimney. Climb up this chimney (II), and over a ledge you reach the south wall (exposed). Now climb a short V-cleft, and slightly keeping to the right you reach the summit on brittle rock, T6, II, 15 min. up and down.

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