From Weissenberge via Fuggfurggle - Sonnenhorn Gulderstock 2510 m
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- Difficulty
- T4
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- Ascent
- 3:30–4 h, 1250 m
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- 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
Additional information
- Departure and arrival point
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Weissenberge, Bergstation (1255 m)
Informationen zur Seilbahn Matt – Weissenberge: www.weissenberge.ch/luftseilbahn/
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- Time
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Weissenberge - Stäfeli - Fuggfurggle - Gulderstock: 3 ½–4 h
Gulderstock - col at P. 2481 – Sonnenberg - Weissenberge: 2–3 h
- Difficulty / Material
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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
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Fuggenstock / Fuggstock (2370 m)
Summit of the variant
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- Neighbor summit
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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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