- Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
BERNESE ALPS — WENDEN · LIMESTONE
Wendenstöcke climbing conditions
Poor — wet, too windy or closed
Right now
Assessment
7-day forecast
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- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
About Wendenstöcke
The 10km-long limestone chain rising SSE of Gadmen on the west side of the Susten Pass — 130 multi-pitch routes in a wall of Verdon-quality dark-blue limestone. The heart of the area is Pfaffenhut (the most accessible sport tower with medium-difficulty routes), Gross Wendenstock, and Reissend Nollen (home to Batman and other long testpieces). Wenden's grades run stiff — a Wenden 7a often feels like 7b elsewhere. The critical constraint here is not rain but altitude: meltwater strips from the up-to-3000m summits often disturb the walls well into July, and midsummer thermal fog can envelop the walls from midday. Best window is autumn until first snow. Seepage set to medium to reflect the seasonal meltwater; the drying model won't fully capture the snowline problem so treat spring and early-summer forecasts with caution.
- Region
- Bernese Alps — Wenden
- Rock type
- Limestone
- Aspect
- south-facing
- Altitude
- 2200m
- Exposure
- high
- Seepage
- medium