HILL AND MOUNTAIN HIKING

German and UK hikes

About This Web Site

Following a slight cardiac scare in early 2004 I started hiking again: and with my love of Germany decided to see if I could manage to hike up into the Bavarian mountains. So far so good! Now well into 2006 I am surprised at what I have achieved, and have hopes for many more summits. My hiking interest in Germany has rapidly become "4 Seasons", and three winter trips early in 2006 have seen progress with snowshoe hiking, an area I am very determined to develop in the future! All of my hiking trips are arranged in "trip order" on this site, as this web log, (blog), is primarily my record of each trip. But there is also a summit list on the Index page for anyone who wants those.

I thank those visitors who have E Mailed me about this web site.

My other main, (and very long term), hobby is German Steam Railway Locomotives: So please visit my germansteam.co.uk web site if that subject interests you as well. Bryan Benn, Kent , England, July 2006

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Key to Route Descriptions

Explanation of how the details within each hike's text table are arrived at.

Start and Finish   The locations from where the hike started and ended. The altitudes from the appropriate contour line or printed height from the relevant Topographische Kart 1:25000, Bayersisches Landesvermessungsamt München map.

Round distance in kms   A very broad estimate of total distance walked including any "excursions". Even using the 1:25000 maps. Frequent zig zags, height gains and undulations are the main problems in getting full accuracy here.

Vertical altitude gain   Not the height difference between starting and highest points, but an estimate from the detailed maps of the total metres ascended including all significant undulations and "excursions" off the route.

Total time from start to finish   Time from start point to finish point. My ascent rate is still slow, but getting above 300 metres per hour now, (Summer 2006), so many other people would complete the hikes quicker. I often have no stop lasting longer than a few minutes, but picnic stops and visits to huttes will be mentioned in the text.

Weather   A broad description of the weather conditions during the hike. Temperatures from the nearest weather recording site that I can find, (done on my return to England), or from local TV reports.

This Page Index     Useful Links

Useful Links

Servus aus Bayern has some very good German mountain hike descriptions in English, with photos.

Tom's Mountain-Homepage Gives a good list of hikes in German from half day to several days. Easy to understand table format.

Stanfords Maps On-Line Navigate this site to find German hiking maps from a world famous London shop.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Is the Home page of the local Tourist Office, with an English language option.

WebCam 1 Is an interactive WebCam that rotates through 360 degrees.

WebCam 2 This is a WebCam at top of Wank Mountain, overlooking some of the mountains at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Harz Area Tourism A useful starting site covering tourism in the Harz Region

Ramblers Association The UKs biggest and best known walking association.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

Only those visitors to any part of this web site who fully accept the following disclaimer are permitted to view any part of this website:-

Viewing and any subsequent use of the information shown on every part of this website including any links is on the condition that liability for any type of loss, damage, injury and death suffered directly or indirectly by anyone as a result of viewing and or using the information on this web site is not accepted by myself, Bryan Benn, (the webmaster), and liability is not accepted by anyone else who helps with and or contributes to the content of this web site.

Alpine Challenge

Alpine Challenge

A good friend, Judy Armstrong, (right), is currently well advanced with her extensive preparations to walk right around the European Alps in 2007. She may well be the first person to attempt this incredible hike. I am hosting a web site, (designed and built by my daughter Tracy), that sets down a great deal of background, in Judy's own words, to her planning, preparation and many other areas of related interest. That web site will also have regular reports as Judy makes progess with her hike in 2007. A hike she is undertaking entirely at her own expense, and for which she is seeking to see substantial sponsorship donations to Cancer Research UK, made through a recognised and secure route that ensures all payments get to that very worthwhile charity.

So please visit the Alpine Challenge web site to read about this amazing hike that Judy will undertake in 2007. And maybe also choose to make a sponsorship donation to Cancer Research UK using the secure route reached by following the "Cancer Research" link on the Home Page of the Alpine Challenge site.

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