fockenstein, 1564m ~ hiking in bavaria, BY

my father visits me in munich for a week, so it's tme for hiking + drinking beer in tourists locations, isnt it? 

last time in we have enjoyed a winter hiking tour at lake spitzingsee. this time we have'd really good luck with the weather conditions as today it was sunny and +25 degrees celsius🌞. the next 2 weeks then again rainy & snowy with temperatures between +10 and -1 degrees ⛄

so we've targeted the auer alm 1270m + the fockenstein mountain (1564m) from the hikers' parking slot in the söllbachtal valley in bad wiessee at lake tegernsee for a total attitude of 804 metres. not bad for two that untrained fellows like us, wouldnt you say?

fockenstein, 1564m

way up: söllbach hikers' parking area at 760m in bad wiessee, söllbach creek valley (söllbachklause), auer alm cottage 1270m, fockenstein 1564m.

way down: fockenstein, auer alm, zeiselbach creek, sonnenbichl alm, söllbachtal parking.

söllbach creek

on the road ...

1st stage reached - auer alm (1270m)

we've had 1 hour break at the aueralm cottage

2nd stage started ...

a little bit higher there was still some snow out there ...

beautiful bavarian alps

fockenstein, summit cross, 1564 m

two of us up there and the auer alm + lake tegernsee far & deep below us

mr. bird (some raven or chough?)

zeiselbach creek

lake tegernsee as seen from the western waterside at bad wiessee

what about bavarian beer 🍻 this time? well, we have visited:

• the oldest guesthouse in the munich area - the alter wirt in obermenzing (since 1417)
• beergarden at lake langwieder see
• the augustiner cellar, 

=> so i'll update that pictures in my bavarian bavarian beer blog from last november, shouldn't i?

more pictures here.

more bavarian lakes? here 🐳

zugspitze, DE-BY, 2963m

there were plus 27°C in munich this early april and we have decided to feel the real winter at the snowy zugspitze (2963m), instead. just to close my above average skiing season accordingly, you know? btw, you still remember my sellaronda & plose experience in soouth tirol earlier this year? ☃

i've been skiing at zugspitze in early february, too. thus there will be few older pictures as well. will you call the difference? 😄

view from the zugspitze to the south. it is still in bavaria, but the

distant mountains on the right side behind are already in tirol (austria).

zugspitze, ski area zugspitzplatt (weißes tal, the white valley)

spring in garmisch-partenkirchen (GaPa)

the church of grainau => left to right: alpspitze, waxenstein, zugspitze.

waxenstein is in the front, so this massif looks even bigger than its

two much higher fellows. lets call it the wonder of perspective 😇

up there today

brunntal valley as seen from the old platter lift (schlepplift)

the weather forecast for today + the best of all wives?

two of us

mr. chamois (gams)

the small chapel out there

lunch time 300m below the summit (center) and the meteorological

station at the schneeferner mountain above the restaurant (left)

schneeferner mountain

the very top. here germany meets austria, you know?

bavaria = bayern, BY, germany DE

tirol, austria, AT

lake eibsee, bayern

mr. jackdaw aka hr. dohle (alpendohle = alpine chough)

the igloo hotel. ice cold ⛇

soooo nice up there, you know?

the snow covered top of the wetterwandeck mountain

wetterwandeck (right) + weisses tal (= the white valley)

skiing on february, 3rd ... i've checked the weather few days before, of course ...

good-bye, zugspitze 💖

more pictures here.

zugspitze, a year ago, april 30th, 2023.