Category: Alps 2020

Relaxing last day in Ruhpolding before heading west.

The Hirschwieskopf lies directly to the south of Germany’s third highest mountiain, Watzmann, and offers a great viewpoint onto the southern wall of the Watzmann.

Königssee, the fjord-like lake in the extreme southeast of Bavaria, is one of the areas top tourist attractions. It must attract thousands of people each day, most of whom take one of the (electric!) ferries along the lake and get out to walk and visit the restaurants or mountain huts (alms).

Despite the weather not being greatly improved, we made an attempt on Hörndlwand, a 1684m-high peak not far from our base in Ruhpolding

On arriving in Ruhpolding in Bayern, we decided on a quick day trip to Salzburg, over the border in Austria, as the weather was somewhat overcast and not ideally suited for hillwalking

On our way to Bayern we stopped off at a friend’s for a couple of nights, just outside of Gera