After rain and snow the night before, we were happy to have a clear, gorgeous morning at Innsbrucker Hut. Steve returned from his hike up Habicht, we packed, had a simple breakfast, and were on our way to Bremer Hut. Despite this stage being only 9 km/5.6 mi (900 m/2953 ft ascent and 800 m/2624 ft descent), the book time is listed at 7-8 hours. Why so long? This trail traverses the mountainsides high above the valley with many ups and downs (so many that I've had a hard time reconstructing the hike - it kind of all blurs together!). There are also multiple "via ferrata" sections where there are cables and sometimes metal steps bolted in the rock. These sections require great care and added to the time of our hike.