Sulzfluh cave path
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Description
From Partnun you walk over green meadows up under the brightly lit limestone walls of the Sulzfluh. Over some rock steps secured with wire ropes, you reach the barren, scree-filled Gemschtobel. Some exposed places require surefootedness. Keeping the distinctive summit cross firmly in sight you climb steeply up to the ridge. The detour to the summit of Sulzfluh (2817 m) rewards you in good visibility with a spectacular panorama to the Valais Alps and Lake Constance. Over the Karrenfeld, a vast limestone landscape of slabs and pointed ridges, you hike along the border to Austria in the direction of Tilisunahütte. Further on the alpine section of the path - good orientation is a prerequisite, as stone cairns and only a few markings indicate the way. Before the ascent to point 2446, turn east through a hollow. Back on Swiss ground you soon reach the first caves. The Abgrundhöli is reserved for cavers as it drops immediately down. But the Seehöli and Chilchhöli can be explored a little way at your own risk (don't forget your headlamp!). Past the caves the route leads steeply zigzagging down to the Tritt (2043 m). From here it goes on the mountain hiking path (white-red) past the Partnunersee and back to Partnun.
Variant: For more rock contact, replace the ascent through Gemschtobel with the Sulzfluh via ferrata.