Date : 12.3.2019
Activity:  Hike to the Heiligenstein (776 m, JN77IV); Descent like ascent
Start and finish: Weyer / parking in the village
Total duration:  4; 30 hours
Way:  sufficiently well signposted / marked, traffic-poor side street (paved) with abbreviations (crates); last short steep climb to the church or on the actual summit rock
Weather: overcast, at first unproductive snow showers, plus degrees; some wind at the summit
Amateur Radio: Yaesu FT1XDE with flexible plug antenna (Diamond SRHF-40); Max. 5 W FM on 2 m and 70 cm
QRV on the Heiligenstein (776 m, JN77IV, SOTA / GMA): QSO on 145.500 MHz with Hubert, OE5GHN, who just can take me in with my 5 W; It is better to have the Sonntagberg repeater with Toni, OE3TAN.
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Parking in Weyer
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Here it goes up - see green signpost!
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The 2 hours walking time are extremely generous!
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Review of Weyer
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At higher altitudes there is snow.
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St. Sebaldus am Heiligenstein
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Up to this parking lot just below the church you could start up.
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Stairway to the church
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Rocky summit construction directly behind church and tavern
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Heiligenstein (776 m): view from above
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As the adjacent tavern-chimney begins to smoke, ...
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... I start the descent.
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Abbreviation over a meadow
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Back in Weyer
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Weyer and the Heiligenstein; the fire deck from the beginning of March is also included.