Ascents in Mostviel - Affalterthal

Interesting dihedral climbing; the rock seemed to sweat a little even though the rest of the crag was perfectly dry.

As the name suggests, a nice climb along the arête at the right end of the crag (in the upper half, it's more in the slab to the left of the arête). Only two bolts, but you can add a small nut before the first and a sling afterwards.

Climbed it with almost all quickdraws extended with slings.

Slipped off the sloper in the boulder, then checked out the holds; worked out nicely after two or three tries.

Slipped off the small foothold in the boulder, then lowered to the ground again.

Relatively easy to the ledge (bolt above can be clipped easily), then about 5 hard moves into the upper wall. Easier to the top.

Good climbing to the ledge. The climbing from there is nicely protected; unfortunately, it's only a few moves to easy terrain.

A few hard meters from the ledge; uses the anchor of the routes to the left.

Scarce but sensible protection, nice pockets in the harder section. Probably the best route here.

Nice little boulder and easy finish.

Short bouldery route, basically three dynamic moves (maybe unnecessary, but cool).

Followed a different line, supposedly 7-. See same ascent logged by Christoph Rauch Had to pause at the first bolt to warm up my fingers, then onsighted the rest of it.

Great route, exactly my style. Few and small holds (crimps and surprisingly rough pockets) in the compact lower part, then a bulge with a mono pocket. Joins the easy terrain of "Schöne Kante" on the ledge above the third bolt.

The upper part is more or less unprotected if you don't clip the third bolt (probably climbed in two pitches in the old days) to have manageable rope drag. Nuts and slings possible, but be careful with hollow flakes. Otherwise nice climbing. Exited via the last two bolts of "Finderlohn" which makes it a (not too easy) 6.

Originally wanted to climb "Finderlohn" but the bolts in the upper part were occupied so I decided to climb the finish of "Ostkante".

Traversed in from the right via the first bolt of "Südwand" because the beginning of the crack was iced up. Great crack climbing, felt way harder than 7-, but who am I to judge.

Took a direct exit from the third bolt via "Schwefelbrüderweg". Really good combination, going from the hand crack into a layback dihedral; around 7- and leaves out the slightly chossy and awkward traverse at the end of the original line.