Grimming South East Ridge

We had a couple of weeks of warm weather here in Styria, which meant that going up Grimming without ice climbing gear should be possible by now. I got a chance to try and the south east ridge is still as rewarding! While I started in windy Untergrimming, the top was calm and the 360 degrees of surrounding mountains was stunning:

While most of the snow had melted, there's an area (Schneegrube) on the southern face that seems to maintain snow all year long:

Some of the trail is still below 2-3 meters of firn and you get to find a path between a wall of snow and a wall of rock:

Afterwards comes the most rewarding part in my opinion, where you get to scramble up the beautiful south east ridge:

With an occasional glimpse towards the summit cross:

Or you turn right and enjoy the view towards Ennstal and Gesäuse:

On the top the view west is dominated by Dachstein: