In January 2017 winter finally arrived in Bavaria with a big dump of snow (sorry Scots!). So after a day on snow canon-prepared pistes Ana and I went to Bad Toelz, which is roughly 50 km from my new place. We aimed to ski tour up Zwiesel, which is a minor hill roughly as high as the Ben. Winter wonderland at last! here is Ana during the start with Zwiesel behind.
A key difference between Scotland and Germany is that the lower German hills have frequently large forests. They are beautiful esp in winter but unfortunately mostly no views...
... apart from the ood break in the cover. Here we finally have a view towards the valley of the river Isar which runs through Munich.
Here the end of the forrest...
... and on the top not a cairn but a cross plus plenty of folk.
The first part we mainly walked down with skins...
... and only after this image did we take the skis off to ski at dusk...
... to reach the car at night. On the way home the thermometer showed -19 degrees, so proper winter!
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