What a fantastic ride! I love the Zugspitz Arena, I love seeing that mighty mountain. And you can see it all the time while riding around the Caribbean-like Eibsee - a total treat. We parked 2km down from the lake, on the right side of the road (last possibility to park for free, before reaching... Continue Reading →
What was supposed to be a beautiful walk to Trainsjoch but turned out to be a hike to Wirtsalm Sattel 😎 (30.9.2017)
The moral of the story is: do not go hiking without a map, dear children! Even if you just want to follow a route described in a book (no.47, page 86), map will still come handy if you wanna end up were planned. We drove to Bayrischzell and parked (we thought) at the beginning of... Continue Reading →
Rotwand 1885m from Spitzingsee, 27.8.17
5 of us got in the car to drove to Spitzingsee to climb Rotwand, apparently one of the more popular mountains in the area - but it turned out not to be very busy at all! We parked at Taubensteinbahn and climbed at first steep up from there. It was hot&humid so not... Continue Reading →
Herzogstand&Heimgarten (1790m) round-tour (18km)
It's a quick ride from Munich, 1h on the train and you arrive at Kochelsee, 20 more minutes on the bus and you're at shore of turquoise waters of Walchensee. From the parking of Herzogstandbahn the route goes steep up and it continues like this through the forest for a good hour - there's occasional... Continue Reading →
16.4.2017: Mottarone, 1491m / Easter Sunday climb
Weather in Germany was anything but pleasant so we set off to spend Easter at Lago Maggiore and it turned out to be a perfect choice. We stayed in Baveno (well, basically in Loita already) at B&B Artelago and it was from there that we started the hike to Mottarone. It's a mixed route: first... Continue Reading →