Cragging at Gallerie Amden

Fresh snow in the mountains on a weekend in September. A perfect weather forecast for Sunday. So where does one go? Gallerie Amden is the easy to reach, go-to crag for folks from Zürich. So this where Björn and I headed. And what felt like half of the rest of the city as well. The atmosphere was almost like a day on the beach. People enjoyed just hanging out with beautiful views of lake Walen. We stuck to the easier routes in the 6a range. As is typical for crags with a wide range of grades the easy ones ended up being the most polished and in any case presented a good challenge for us. The gallerie is notorious for crimpy small holds and fairly long routes - we needed the full length of my 70m rope. Good times.

The views and atmosphere aren't too shabby - especially considering that we are literally right on top of a road (the routes start on the roof of a half tunnel built as avalanche protection).

Björn preparing to come back down.

A common theme: climbers in t-shirts, belayers in down jackets ;-P

Sören.