Tirol, Austria Near Sölden (Soelden),     Ötztal Arena (Oetztal Arena) Height: 2920 m      Guided glacier tour. I'm not sure whether this tour still exists. Back in 1992 when I was there we were told the glacier is melting very fast, which would make this tour too dangerous in the near future...

[VIEW] 936x601, 130KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3745x2405, 793KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 937x603, 155KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3748x2414, 1079KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 937x603, 96KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3748x2414, 662KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner. This was a big step over a large cleft... And the other side was much higher... So our guide used his pickaxe to create a step. [VIEW] 936x601, 110KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3745x2407, 706KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner. I had to take this picture from a distance, since our guide did not allow us to stand still as the improvised path lead us right under this ice wall... Apparently, pieces of it were falling down all the time! [VIEW] 603x936, 144KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 2414x3747, 890KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Gletschertour / Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 603x937, 115KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 2414x3748, 792KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Gletschertour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner. Hmm... Any volunteers? [VIEW] 603x937, 106KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 2414x3748, 673KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 932x603, 175KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3729x2414, 971KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 925x603, 86KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3701x2414, 713KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 936x598, 67KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3745x2393, 495KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 934x598, 157KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3737x2393, 1054KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 881x560, 63KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Rettenbachferner. The spaltentour (glacier tour) takes place right here!. (Low quality photo scan) [VIEW] 885x580, 99KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Start of the spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner. (Low quality photo scan) [VIEW] 936x603, 170KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3747x2414, 966KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Start of the spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 930x603, 174KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3720x2414, 975KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Start of the spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner [VIEW] 875x582, 70KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner. (Low quality photo scan) [VIEW] 932x603, 146KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3729x2414, 854KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Spaltentour (glacier tour) on the Rettenbachferner. Our lesson here: Never trust a guide who says that 'you can make it on your own from here'! Yeah, right! It turned out that every slope that we could use to get down was covered with ice! We had to slide down on it. One man's leg was bleeding everywhere! Yeah, and below, a lot of people were looking up, pointing cameras at the people who were coming down and saying 'It's easy, you can make it!' Anyway, I made it, squatted down and with one hand on the ice... [VIEW] 934x600, 142KB [IN NEW WINDOW] Also available: Very high resolution scan: [VIEW] 3736x2400, 801KB [IN NEW WINDOW]

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