OE/SB, OO and KT plus HB/? - August 2019

[HB9DIZ]

Hi Andrew

I suggest two popular ones for the Lake of Lucerne area resp. Central Switzerland:

1. Pilatus: Tomlishorn and Matthorn
2. Ridge hike from Chlingenstock to Fronalpstock.

You can find a summit report for the Mount Pilatus summits here on the reflector:

Doing the neighborhood: Mount Pilatus with Tomlishorn (HB/NW-011) and Matthorn (HB/OW-015)

Lucerne is located in central Switzerland and is a gate from the central parts of the country to the alps. One of my first questions when preparing for SOTA back in spring 2017 was: “Where are the next real SOTA summits?” The just installed SOTA Goat app provided some clear hints: Mount Pilatus (Tomlishorn, to be precise, HB/NW-011, 8 Swiss points) and Matthorn (HB/OW-015, 8 Swiss points). [SOTA-Goat_pilatus_matthorn] It took me more than one year to visit them – until yesterday, October 6, …

Check out the reports of Paul, @HB9DST/AA1MI in English on his page of the HB9SOTA website. Paul is a good writer, you will love his reports!

• HB9DST – HB9SOTA
• http://hb9sota.ch/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/SZ-017-Chlingenstock-SZ-018-Fronalpstock1.pdf

Paul advised also on Swiss cablecar summits on a further page:

• Bähnli-Gipfel – HB9SOTA

So liaise with your XYL and the weather god, hi.

Enjoy, and vy 73 de Markus, HB9DIZ