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This photo shows how busy this trail is. I passed dozens of people on the way up/down. I think many people are lulled into a false sense of security because it's a relatively short trail. However, it's steep and rocky and a lot of people looked like they were finding it very hard going. I know I was.
It was around this time that I became a partial convert to the use of walking poles. I'd brought one with me (the one I bought Judith that she's never used), just to see. I was surprised at how useful it was for balance on steep rocky ascents and descents. It would certainly have been much harder getting up Oberrothorn without it. However, at no point did I find myself wishing I had two poles and it was more hindrance than help on the gentle gradients and flat bits.
The Rothorn cable car station is visible on the hill on the right. The Matterhorn should be visible just to the right of it, but it's still obscured by cloud.
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