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Category: Hiking the Alps
With or Without Camping
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Another Sunday enfolds with rays of sun and distant mountain silhouettes. Being blessed with quite some hike-able friends, all I have to do is place my cup of coffee in Sabine’s car and get moved towards Benediktbeuern. Destination of the day is the Rabenkopf, situated at the edge of the Bavarian Alps, 1.555m high. Forest…
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Rain and cold frame the last September weekend, but still Sunday enfolds with blue skies and sun – at least close to the Alps. Consequently, I have chosen another peak for today. With only 2°C and the utmost flexibility, I skip the foreseen trail from the North side and instead approach the Wendelstein from the…
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Oh tempting are the mountains… Another bright-sun-on-a-weekend occasion comes along, and not before long I find myself (again) heading towards the Alps. Barbara joins me today and brings in a charming tour, a chamois in disguise and good mood. Region of the day is Karwendel with the typical rough and rocky appearance. I suspect that…
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Why do I get up at 4:30 a.m. on a free Saturday? Because serious mountain tours might need a buffer for the unforeseen. Together with experienced hiking buddy Gunther, we start at 7:45 at the Plansee and make our way towards the Geierköpfe. The tour description says something about 1.240m altitude difference spread over 10,8km.…
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08 Allgäu Auerberg 2017 very harmless 55 Allgäu Iseler Via Ferrata 2022 challenging 50 Allgäu Pfänder 2021 harmless 31 Ammergauer Alpen Geierköpfe 2020 challenging 10 Ammergauer Alpen Hennenkopf 2017 challenging 59 Ammergauer Alpen Hochplatte 2022 challenging 42 Ammergauer Alpen Kofel 2021 challenging 40 Ammergauer Alpen Kolbensattel Skitour 2021 harmless 49 Ammergauer Alpen Notkarspitze 2021 mostly…
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Today’s hike has the aim to enable more hiking. I hope for splendid September weekends, black tours and appropriate companions, with “black” meaning more interesting in the sense of difficulty or vertigo aspects. Destination of the day is the Hirschberg, with 1.670m and full view over Tegernsee one of those tourist attractions that makes you…
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High season, rising heat and me aiming for touristic highlights like mountains and castles – all solved with shortened nights and lack of sleep! It is a Saturday in mid August around 6:00 a.m., when I turn towards the Chiemgau (once more), getting me on today’s hiking route by 7 o’clock. Heavy rain has wrecked…
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Here I go again, uphill on a holiday Tuesday! There is hardly anything more rewarding than a spontaneous free day in the middle of the week, with bright summer weather and beautiful mountains around. (Except for real travels, says a low voice in the back of my head, but I am willing to ignore it…
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It is amazing how my surrounding knows me. As soon as I head South towards the Alps, my favourite radio station plays Kate Bush with something about “running up that hill”, causing a blurred picture half way between dreaming, driving and anticipating today’s hike. In fact, today’s pathways are more grounded. I appear to be…
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