On our second unplanned day in Brixen due to clutch issues we decided to climb the obvious peak which towers above the town, Plose (Telegraph), as it looked beautiful with its red flanks in the evening sun the day before.
We dropped the van off at a garage in Brixen, hoping that it was just the master cylinder which needed replacing as this was an easy job, unlike the slave cylinder. An easy bus ride took us up to the seilbahn before we walked along a traversing line to the north towards the Ochsenalm.
As we traversed around the mountain the views kept getting better and better as we emerged out of the forest and the path turned to face more into the Pustertal. From the Ochsenalm the main ascent really started and this meant that the views just kept getting better and better.
The final section of the route was up a lovely ridge to the summit of Telegraph, aptly named due to the infrastructure on the summit! Unfortunately the entire day was fairly cloudy which impacted the views, however we enjoyed the fleeting views in between the clouds which clung onto the mountains all around us.
From the summit there was a nice wind, so I took off to fly down into the valley, and enjoyed soaking in the views on my flight down. Eventually my thoughts turned towards the landing, as I had decided to land in a very small field right next to the garage. On approach this was a bit stressful, however it all worked out and I landed perfectly in the field, even managing to put my glider down on some grass which had been cut and was dry!
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