Lechquelle Gebirge (1977)

In 1977 we (Corrie, Jan) went to the west Lechtaler Alps, of which the most western part is also known as the Lechquelle Gebirge. The first days my brother Geert joined us. The last days we joined a group from Limburg. The route ended premature in Oberlech, where I had an accident. This meant that for the last days we went to Feldkirch (even to the hospital).
This tour we suffered several days from rain, so sometimes a valley walk was necessary, while there was also a nice `highway' alternative.
In 1997 I (Jan) visited this region again under much better conditions with my son Walter.

Our Route

The precise route:

• Leutkircher Ht (2261m), by lift to Kapall from St Anton am Arlberg. From the Almajurjoch one has nice views to the south-east.
• Ulmer Ht (2279m), via the Valluga (2809m), where we had a splendid view to the Ferwall and to the Otztaler Alps.
• Stuttgarter Ht (2305m), via the Tritt Scharte (2580m) and the Boschweg. In the evening it started to rain ...
• Lech, via Zürs. There was snow! We all descended to Zürs. Here Geert went to St. Anton, while we went to Lech (by bus).
• Ravensburger Ht (1947m), via Stierlochjoch (2011m). From the Spullerschafberg there was a nice view to the Rote Wand.
• Freiburger Ht (1918m), by the valleys (!) along the Spullerbach and the Formarinbach. Here we stayed several days. One day we were able to go around the Rote Wand, by Johannes Joch (2055m), Klesenza Alm (1737m), Sattele (1737m) and In der Eng. The other days it rained very hard. In the end we even returned to the Ravensburger Ht, again via the valleys.
• Göppinger Ht (2245m), also a kind of valley walk, but the weather slightly improved.
• Biberacher Ht (1862m), after climbing the Hochlicht Spitze (2600m) near the Göppinger Ht. On the way to the Biberacher Ht some brooks had to be crossed very carefully.
• Lech, via Furggele (2146m), Korbersee and Oberlech. From Lech we went to Feldkirch.

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