Date: 22-06-2013 12:21-13:23 UTC
Not so promising WX when arriving, the Stockberg was hidden within a big cloud. A special permit is required to drive up to Risipass with a motor vehicle. This permit can be bought at a small (unmanned) booth on the way up. Be sure to bring CHF 10.- in cash, as there is no possibility for exchange. The way up from Risipass to Stockberg is rather easy and takes less than 1 hour. It gets a little steep once you reach the final ridge. There’s a new wooden cross on the summit (marked 2012). Visibility was down to about 50m, however later in the afternoon it cleared up a bit and it was possible to get some glimpses down in the valley and of the surrounding mountains.
QSO: 52 (30 on 40m, 19 on 30m, 3 on 12m)
S2S: HB9BCB/P (HB/FR-030), HB9BIN/P (HB/BE-144), MW6GWR/P (GW/NW-052)
Rig: KX3, 12W, Ant: 10m Vert.
Hiking distance: 2.1km
Hiking duration: 48min
Ascent: 340m
- Parking at Risi Pass. Stockberg is somewhere in the cloud behind.
- Warning about protective mother cows
- Up into the unknown…
- The summit is near
- Summit cross, 2012
- The fog is lifting
- Summit QTH
- Start of the ridge for the final ascent (200m to go)
- Lütispitz (HB/SG-062) – Will come back for you later
- After returning to the parking, Stockberg is now completely visible.