07/09/2026
Famous last words: „Just trust me on this one, if it held me it’ill also hold you“ 😅 I remember a few years ago we still had pretty good mountaineering conditions in September. After the record heat summer of 2026 the glacier conditions are subpar to terrible and everybody should think twice about crossing one.
We did think about it twice, but we wanted to climb Obergabelhorn (4063m) via Arbengrat (IV) yesterday and decided the traverse via Wellenkuppe (3901m) would be the better option for the descent despite the bad glacier conditions. In the end it was a beautiful traverse but the Trift glacier on the descent did challenge us a few times as seen in this clip. Definitely not doable for long anymore as some of the last bridges are close to collapsing. [06.09.26]
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