On the 28th and 29th of August Ana was busy. This meant that I had a weekend for myself but unfortunately the weather forecast was rain, rain & rain. So I checked my mountain books for a 3000 m peak because above 2000 m rain would be snow and snow is much nicer than rain. I decided to attempt the Hoher Riffler in the Zillertal, described as a walking mountain.
The walk starts at the Schlegeisspeichere, a reservoir surrounded by 3000ers at the end of the Zillertal. There is a 14 EUR Mautstraße up to it, parking included. The first part of the walk goes to the Friesenberghaus.
Lovely pine forrests and the grass and vegetation on this misty day reminded me of bonny Scotland.
This is just around 2000 m.
Here some of the ubiquitous cows...
... and here a view to the other side of the glen with a first dusting of snow.
At around 2400 m of altitude, things turned white and again it all reminded me of Scotland. 
I reached the large Friesenberghaus...
... which was built in 1928 by the Berlin section of the German Alpine Club.
I went past and brewed some Korean noodles under an overhanging boulder.
The ascent to the Hoher Riffler was a long, long, blocky ridge under 20 cm of snow with little visibility.
After several hours of scrambling I reached the summit of the hoher Riffler.
After a long slippery descent I regained the snowline and as temperatures had risen, the snow melted and a lot water cascaded into the glen.
Again, the misty, green glen reminded me of Scotland.
An awful weather weekend but a great, challenging 3000 m peak that from time to time sent me down the Scottish memory lane.
HW
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