The early start gave me the mountain to myself for hours and a superb view down to the valley as dawn broke.

As the sun rose the track climbed along a ledge, with a small wooden bridge to cross at one point.

Not long after the bridge was the small viewing platform at Felsen-Kanzel, with the Zugspitze now in view.

But it was maybe the superb weather and lovely views from the Kramersteig that also helped my recovery!

The higher I went the better the view! To the South the entire Jubiläumsgrat from Alpspitze to Zugspitze.

Above me, and with still a way to go, was the summit of the Kramerspitze, (left of center).

Zooming in shows the Kramerspitz summit cross, (left), plus another cross, (right). Also just visible is the final part of the track up to the summit.

After a number of undulations the track climbed fairly gently to the top of a small kopf, (top right).

And the summit was still in view at times, looking not that much above my current position. But not so! There was one very significant and very steep descent soon to come.

It was on getting to the top of a small kopf I thought I had lost the path, until looking over the edge I could see a very steep descent to a small saddle, (third in from left, very bottom.) A descent I part scrambled and part walked down.

In rugged terrain the Kramerspitz summit is background left: the track below and right, crossing a scree field.

Crossing the steep North facing field of scree, loose stones and a small amount of low vegetation.

This was superlative mountain hiking terrain and I was enjoying every second of it on such a superb day.

Rounding a corner the summit, with the cross just in front came into view. I was not far from my best summit yet!

On such a day the views from the summit area were outstanding. So we'll have an almost complete 360 degree look! Starting by looking ENE over part of the route up and then onto the Estergebirge.

The view past part of the Kramer Massive and then just East of North into the Amergauer Alpen

Due North in the middle distance is the long ridge from the Brunstelkopf to the Voderer Felderkopf and further West, with a glimpse of the Notkarspitz behind. Middle foreground, the final part of the track to the Kramerspitz summit over the last ridge can be seen.

Looking WNW, with the Kramerspitz summit in the right foreground, and the 1935m high Hirschbühel adjacent and to the left. A mountain definitely on my future plans!

WSW with the twin summits, (joined by a short ridge) of the Vorderer Ziegspitz and Hoher Ziegspitz not too far away. Another mountain hike on my future list.

The view South to the Jubiläumsgrat and Zugspitze had been captured on the climb, as they were now directly under the low autumn sun. But SE from the actual summit showed the Wetterstein range behind Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The steep walk, (scramble for me), up to the summit cross from the left is obvious here.

It took an effort to leave such a lovely place, but I was soon heading down and across the scree field. With the very steep track up to the un-named kopf in front of me.

It was a partial scramble for me, and considering how unwell I was earlier I was surprised at the energy I still had.

Over the steep climb I dropped down towards the saddle, and the short extra climb up to the summit of the Katzenkopf, (East end of the Kramerspitz massive), seemed within my capabilities for a last uphill slog of the day.

The effort was well wothwhile, with a superb view to the Estergebirge, and in the center Farchant, that I had left many hours earlier that morning.

And to the South East a lovely view down to Gamrisch-Partenkirchen with the Wetterstein range behind.

From the Katzenkopf it was all downhill, with none of the significant undulations and my wandering up and down at the summits and saddle that had given a new personal best for a day's height gain. With one last look to the Wetterstein range near Felsen-Kanzel on a most wonderful day in the Bavarian mountains.