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pilots alike. Flying is possible all year round but the months between June and September offer the
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best conditions. The panoramas from the launching sites are vast and sweeping; on the south side
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you can see all the way to the Central Dolomites. Speikboden is located directly to the south of
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the Zillertal Alpine Divide which means it is poorly shielded from the wind from the north and
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flying is not recommended if this wind is too strong. The towering Durreck range behind Speikboden
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does, however, protect the launching areas from moderate north-winds.
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Hiking
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The development of Speikboden as a hiking area began as far back as the 1870s. Founded by Josef
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Daimer in 1873, the Sand in Taufers section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club constructed the
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Sonklarhütte refuge and, leading up to the hut, the "Herrenweg" track which was renamed "Daimerweg"
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in 1903 in honour of Josef Daimer. The construction of the Chemnitzer Hütte mountain hut by the
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Alpine Club Chemnitz section in 1895 can also be credited to the initiative and untiring efforts of
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Josef Daimler. The high-altitude trail "Kellerbauerweg" was created in 1906 with the purpose of
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connecting the two mountain shelters Sonklarhütte and Chemnitzer Hütte.
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In the 1990s efforts were rekindled to improve and expand the network of hiking trails centred
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around the Daimerweg and Kellerbauerweg trails - a process that is still on-going today. The
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Speikboden massif now boasts 90 kilometres of hiking tracks. The maintenance and further extension
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of this network are carried out by the employees of the lift company.
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Sonklarhütte
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Located to the south of the summit at an altitude of 2,420 m, the Sonklarhütte refuge was
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originally constructed back in 1876 by the former Sand in Taufers section of the German and
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Austrian Alpine Club and was named after Carl Sonklar. The hut was built in the space of just a few
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weeks and was one of the first of its kind in South Tyrol. Initially offering overnight
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accommodation for just 10 people it quickly proved too small and a new, larger hut was built in
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1899. During the First World War the hut remained unmanaged and fell into disrepair after the end
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of the war. In 1926 the new owner, the Bruneck section of the Italian Alpine Club "CAI", made plans
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to restore the mountain refuge. This, however, never took place.
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Via ferratas
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Speikboden via ferrata
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The via ferrata on the Speikboden offers a moderately graded yet challenging climb with 350 meters
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of vertical gain up to the Speikboden summit cross at an altitude of 2,517 m
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Level of difficulty: B/C (moderately difficult)
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Start/finish: Speikboden Alm at 2,000 m, accessible via the Speikboden gondola lift
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Total ascent: 500 vertical meters| walking time: 3 hours
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Access track to the via ferrata: 150 vertical meters | walking time: 40 mins.
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Return walk to the Speikboden Alm lift station:
Via trail no. 27 | walking time approx. 1 ½ hours
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Via the panorama trail | towards Sonnklarnock: 3 hours or towards Großer Nock: 2 hours
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Using the Sonnklar chairlift | walking time: 30 mins.
Total time required: Min. 4 hours
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Last descent with the Sonnklar chairlift: 4.30 pm
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Last descent with the Speikboden gondola: 5.00 pm
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Safety and securing aids: Steel ropes, clamps, rope bridge, hanging bridge
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Best time of year: June–October
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Views: Dolomites, Rieserferner Group, Venediger Group, Zillertal Alps
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Equipment: Climbing harness, via ferrata set, helmet, sturdy footwear (rental equipment is
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available from the Speikboden Alm gondola station)
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Speikboden via ferrata for children
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The children’s via ferrata on the Speikboden was specially created for kids between the ages of 6
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and 12 years. Based on a pirate theme, it offers a child-friendly route for practicing the art of
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climbing.
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Level of difficulty: A (easy)
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Start/finish: Speikboden Alm at 2,000 m, accessible via the Speikboden gondola lift
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Access track to the via ferrata: 50 vertical metres, 20 mins.
Ascent: 70 vertical metres, 1 hour
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Total time required: min. 2 hours
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Equipment: Climbing harness, via ferrata set, helmet, sturdy footwear (rental equipment is
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available from the Speikboden Alm gondola station)
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Ski pass association Skiworld Ahrntal
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The two ski arenas Speikboden and Klausberg including the two town lifts Weißenbach and Rein in
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Taufers form together the Skiworld Ahrntal. The ski pass allows to use 21 lifts and 74 kilometers
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of slopes (from 950 to 2510 meters sea level). In the summer season the association Skiworld
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Ahrntal exists too. The tickets in summer can be used in the areas Speikboden and Klausberg.
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Panoramic view
See also
List of ski areas and resorts in Europe
References
External links
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Website of the Speikboden Ski Resort
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of South Tyrol
Zillertal Alps
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USS Lynch was a schooner acquired as part of the Continental Navy in 1776. She served for over a
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year on the New England coast, interfering with British maritime trade when possible. In 1777 she
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was assigned dispatch boat duty and, after delivering her secret dispatches to France, set sail for
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the United States with French secret dispatches. The British captured her, but not before she could
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destroy the French dispatches.
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Chartered by order of Washington
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The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Lynch, a fishing schooner chartered by order of General
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George Washington 26 January 1776 from Col. John Lee of Marblehead, Massachusetts, was commissioned
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1 February 1776 at Manchester, Massachusetts, Comdr. John Ayers in command.
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Continental Navy service
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Lynch eluded fire from HMS Fowey when she sailed 7 February 1776 from Manchester, Massachusetts, to
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fit out at Beverly, Massachusetts. Shortly after midnight on 2 March, Lynch slipped out of Beverly
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and dodged Fowey and Nautilus to make her way to rendezvous in Cape Ann Harbor with three other
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ships in the little American fleet commanded by Commodore John Manley.
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On the night of the 4th, Manley’s schooners drove off British brig Hope in a spirited engagement.
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The next day they took their first prize, Susannah, a 300-ton English merchantman laden with coal,
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cheese, and beer, for General Howe’s beleaguered army in Boston, Massachusetts.
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After escorting their prize to Portsmouth, Manley’s squadron returned to Cape Ann, where on the
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10th he captured a second prize, Boston-bound transport Stokesby, a 300-ton ship carrying porter,
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cheese, vinegar, and hops. Lynch and the others escorted the prize toward Gloucester,
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Massachusetts, but Stokesby ran hard aground. After much of the prize’s cargo had been removed,
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British brig Hope arrived and put the torch to the hulk.
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Howe evacuates Boston
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While Manley’s squadron was at Gloucester, General Howe evacuated Boston and Washington ordered his
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ships to dog the British fleet and pounce upon any stragglers. The patriot schooners departed
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Gloucester 21 March and sighted a merchant brig off Boston Light that afternoon. They chased their
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prey and by evening were close enough to open fire. Their quarry then hove to, but two English men
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of war, Savage and Diligent, arrived to compel the American schooners to abandon their prize.
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Soon afterwards, Manley divided his fleet, keeping Lynch and Lee with his flagship Hancock. On the
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afternoon of 2 April they sighted brig Elizabeth. This prize, an American vessel captured by the
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British the previous October, was full of loot plundered from the warehouses of patriot merchants
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just before the evacuation of Boston, and carried a goodly number of Tory refugees. Many of the
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Tories were transferred to Lee, their leaders were taken on board Hancock, and the captive crew was
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imprisoned in Lynch, which accompanied Hancock to Portsmouth, arriving 4 April to refit and
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recruit.
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Underway again 13 May, Lynch joined Lee and Warren in Cape Ann Harbor. A fortnight later HMS
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Milford pursued the schooners but they escaped in the fog. On 7 June they captured British
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