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A little history: Garmisch and Partenkirchen were 2 separate towns. But in the prep for the 1936 Olympics, Hitler made them combine into 1 town to be a bigger entity for hosting some of the winter sports. The bobsled run was used until 1966. There is a little museum there, which is open… 2 hours per week. We were not there during those 2 hours. The track itself now mostly just looks like a trail, but you can see a bit of the banked turns. Here’s a quick video I made from a foot bridge above it – looking uphill first, then turning downhill following a phantom bobsled as it passes and makes then next turns.
Anyway, these pictures will be about the valley, the forest, and the ski slopes, viewed up close, as that’s where the flowers were.
Here’s a view up the valley as we start the hike. bigger picture
On The Road – BigJimSlade – German and Austrian Alps, Summer 2023, part 5Post + Comments (15)