Navigating Nordkette

I’m headed up the Nordkette mountain today, which is one of the mountains that looms over Innsbruck.

I head to the Markthalle, a small food and produce market in the city center, and pick up some German apples and a poke bowl for dinner.

Many accommodations in Innsbruck offer a free bus pass for the duration of your stay, so I take a bus that heads up to Hungerburg, where the cable car leaves from.

Unfortunately I’m here the week between the winter and summer seasons where they close the cable car for maintenance, so I have to hike up the mountain instead.

The hike up the mountain starts friendly and innocent, and I pass by a small park with a playground and a few benches.

After that, it becomes narrow, steep, and slippery. I nearly lose my grip a few times, but I keep on going, knowing the view can only get better from here.

Eventually it becomes such that the entire trail is covered in snow.

I have to turn back before reaching the top because it becomes too snowy and slippery, but I do get some good views.

I have dinner on a bench with a nice view.

When I return to the hostel, I spend the evening with 4 other people, chatting and playing card games.