Tag Archives: Bavarian Alps

Ouch – an unexpected Easter break !

Posted on May 6, 2022 by moselman

When you go out for a straightforward hike with your family, you don’t expect to have to be carried out on a stretcher by the local mountain rescue team, bundled into a waiting ambulance, undergo emergency surgery and then spend … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged Bavarian Alps, Garmisch, Karwendel, Krün, Mittenwald | Leave a comment

Around the Tannheimer Tal & Pfronten

Posted on January 14, 2019 by moselman

Gosh, it’s surely one of winter’s bleakest days – dark oppressive skies, rain in sheets, impending Brexit doom and no light at the end of the tunnel; meanwhile the Allgäu, where we recently spent a few happy snow days over … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Austria, autumn, bavaria, Bavarian Alps, Burg Falkenstein, Füssen, Ludwig II, Nesselwang, Neuschwanstein, Oberbayern, Pfronten, Starnberger See | Leave a comment

Alps at the Crossroads: Green Utopia or Developers Paradise ?

Posted on September 3, 2015 by moselman

It all looked great; a traditional apartment in the alpine village of Oberjoch, located at 1200m in the Eastern Allgaü region of Bavaria and close to the beautiful Tannheimer Valley in neighbouring Tyrol. With Germanic diligence I scanned the latest version of Google satellite maps for any items … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Allgäu, architecture, Bad Hinderlang, bavaria, Bavarian Alps, climate change, farm tourism, forest education, Green Tourism, Hintersteinertal, local distinctiveness, Oberjoch, Schattwald, ski developments, Slow tourism, Sustainability, Sustainable tourism, Tannheim, Tannheimertal, timber constructure, Vilsaplsee, wellness resorts | Leave a comment

Summer on the Schöttlkarspitze

Posted on November 4, 2014 by moselman

Nights are drawing in and the first serious gales and rain of autumn announce that winter is not too far around the corner. Although there has been a bit of an Indian summer here, in general July and August were pretty unsettled months here in … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Alpenpark Karwendel, Barmsee, bavaria, Bavarian Alps, Canoe Trips, Fischbachalm, germany, Isar, kayaking, Krün, Ludwig II, mountains, nature, outdoors, Schöttlkarspitze, Soienern Seen, Soiernhaus, Walchensee, Wallgau, woodlands, Zugspitz | 1 Comment

In the Allgäu Alps

Posted on March 11, 2014 by moselman

Whilst very popular with German holidaymakers, the Allgäu region by Obersdorf in SW Bavaria, is virtually unknown territory to British visitors, who instead head off in droves to “bigger name” alpine resorts such as Chamonix, Grindlewald and St Moritz (perhaps pausing … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Allgäu, Bad Hindelang, Balderschwang, Bavarian Alps, Bergbauern museum, Bolsterlang, Diepolz, Fortingall Yew, Güntlespitze, Grasgehrenalpe, Großer Widderstein, Hörnerbahn, Hörnerdorfer, Hinterstein, Illertal, Imberger Hornbahn, Immenstadt, Kleinwalsertal, lederhosen, Mittlere Spitalalpe, Nebelhorn, Neuschwanstein, Oberbayen, Obermaiselstein, Obersdorf, Riedberger Horn, Sonthofen, Walais, Weiherkopf | Leave a comment

Summer Alm Adventure

Posted on September 9, 2013 by moselman

We spent the last couple of weeks of August exploring the alpine valleys, forests, lakes and villages around the Karwendel Alps on the border between Bavaria and the Austrian province of Tyrol. The alpine meadows in this part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History & Culture, In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Alms, bavaria, Bavarian Alps, bike trips, germany, Isar, Kawendel Alps, Krün, Leutasch, Mittenwald, mountains, nature, outdoors, Tyrol, walking, Wallgau, Wetterstein, woodlands | Leave a comment

Around Salzburg and Berchtesgaden

Posted on August 12, 2013 by moselman

I first visited Salzburg twenty years ago on an icy, monochrome January day. I was on a ski holiday in nearby Zell am See with an old school friend and we had opted for a day’s break from the pistes to go by train for look around the world-renowned baroque … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, Mountain Treks, Urbanism, Wild Places | Tagged alpine meadows, Austria, bavaria, Bavarian Alps, Berchtesgaden, Eagles Nest, ECONNECT, Hohnensalzburg, Jenner, Kapuzinerberg, Königsee, Kehlstein, Mönchsberg, Obersalzburg, Obersee, Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Sound of Music, St Bartholoma, St Gilgen, Third Reich, Untersberg, Watzmann, Wolfgangsee, Zwölferhorn | 1 Comment

Seeking the Good Life: In the Karwendel Alps

Posted on February 13, 2013 by moselman

It used to be that virtually all my “holidays” involved being on a mission of some kind or other; whether it was exploring a new part of the world by bike, going on a mountain trek or on a badly planned kayaking adventure in hostile weather conditions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Alpenpark Karwendel, Alpine trails, Alpinewelt Karwendel, Bavarian Alps, family holidays, Innsbruck, Krün, Mittenwald, mountain walks, Tyrol, Wallgau | 1 Comment