Solden, Austria, Sept 2013
Keith Lambley belaying, Kate Ross climbing, cow grazing.
Sadly only 9 members from the 4 Clubs turned up. The campsite was excellent with a palatial loo block, nice flat grassy pitches and a comfy lounge area with its own climbing wall. The weather was generally good enough for rock climbing on valley crags and hill walking until the last couple of days.
The climbers visited most of the crags in the Otztal Valley with mixed results, the grading seemed very inconsistent, not just between different crags but even on the same crag, leading to some confidence sapping incidents. Overall we thought it had been worth a visit but to get the best out of the climbing one would need to be leading F6a and above. Several of the vie ferrate were enjoyed as a break from climbing and the hillwalking was good with many peaks accessible from the valley in a day. No one sampled the mountain biking but some did do a road ride or two and we admired the collection of very expensive road bikes in the sports shops.