Federispitz - Vorder Federispitz - Schwanten (downhill)

Little known but very nice twist on the classic Federispitz vertical from Ziegelbrucke. T4- difficulty, feasible in both directions and pretty much in all weather conditions (maybe except waist deep snow...). The video was shot in November 2025. In the downhill direction like on this video the route finding is obvious. In the uphill direction there are few places where one can find themselves at the end of the nagelfluh step without any way down - in those cases it is necessary to go back few meters as there is always path that bypassess all obstacles on the left (north) side. Strava:   / strava   0:00 Start at the Federispitz summit 2:00 On the left side - trail to the Plättlispitz, we continue straight on the Federigrat 4:27 Start of a bit exposed part of the Federigrat 8:36 End of the marked trail. Left goes to Obernätenalp, right goes to Ober Federi and Federihütte 8:43 We stay on the ridge on still visible path that leads down through Vorder Federispitz 12:07 First real obstacle, path goes on the right side and it is generally easy, we chose the "hard" variant over the nagelfluh step 13:53 The place is not really exposed and the eventual fall would most likely end on the soft grass 16:24 Another nagelfluh step to be bypassed on the right 18:09 The path now goes very close to the cliff on the right side, but the trees on the left side make it less "scary"/airy 20:17 Summit cross which actually isn't Vorder Federispitz 21:37 There is an old, forgotten path that goes below... 24:37 True Swiss Tree 29:01 Burstrain, in the summer this area is usually taken over by cows 30:00 This is most likely start of the forgotten path that goes below the cliffs (~1400m asl) 31:11 Or this...