KANDERSTEG SUMMER CAMP

OSCHINENSEE HIKE - THE MAD BUNCH CLIMB BIRE - 2502m

PHOTOS BY MARK H, MARK N, JON G, DAVE, JON W, SARAH, ANGE & OTHERS

BIRE FROM THE TOWN

Whilst the Scouts, Explorers and Networkers played in lake Oeschinensee, some of our more experienced walkers decided to start the camp with a more adventurous hike.

Dave had rekkied the "blue route" up Bire a few weeks earlier and along with Andy L led two small groups to the summit.

Blue routes are not for the faint hearted. They are guaranteed to include sections where the use of your hands is essential. Not what we British regard as a footpath. The section in the picture on the right is just as precarious as it looks. The lake in the background is Oeschinensee.

ROUTE MAP

THIS IS A PATH?

THERE IS A CHAIN TO HOLD ON TO BUT WOULD YOU TRUST IT?

NICE VIEW FOR LUNCH

This particular "path" also requires the use of a rope for short stretches.

CLIMBING UP TO THE RIDGE

LOOKING EAST ALONG THE RIDGE TOWARDS THE ZALLERSHORN

NEAR THE TOP

The final bit of walking and scrambling was along a ridge to the summit. From here our intrepid hikers could look down on lake Oeschinensee as well as across to the Bluemlisalp.

HOLD ON TIGHT ! ANDY (NOT LOOKING HAPPY), SARAH, STEVE & ANDY

The Scouts and younger Explorers were swimming on the far right tip of the lake at this point.


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