Bavaria and surroundings

I can't help but notice the lack of graffiti and how clean everything is! Very different in the US- I see graffiti everywhere, even in small towns far, far away from the big cities. It makes me sad and angry at the same time.

Thanks - so hers a "special". Naaa - not realy. But..... let's see it.

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Autumn is comming - so it's a good idea to visit the "Eng-Alm" at the "Großer Ahornboden". It's a part of Austria, which can only be reached by Germany. That means the only road to the eng alm is comming from Germany - there is no road to other Austrian parts.

So let's see it.


this was one km ilegal. This track is closed for public travel. (near Bichl).


so back on normal road - to view the little river


the other side


fire-fighters in the back -- in front - a quite new thing -- sit down here if you want to be a passenger. Car drivers can stop and take you with them.


at Lenggries - Brauneck mountain - Trees get color.


Sylvenstein lake - send some time here. Looked at all the bikers and had a very nice talk with an 85 year old guy. We talked about Bikes (he had a Maico), Covid, being fit in high age and how expensive modern bikes are. He was smiling then we talked about heated seats, heated grips - he never had this. Even he had no warm clothes in his biker time.


other side of the dam


lot's of bikes on sundays here.


way up to Eng Alm


nice colored trees


Karwendel mountains - even a huge mountain-bike trail here in this area.


close to the top


first set of maple trees.


at the end of the valley - Eng Alm


next set of trees (that's why the tourists come)


closer to the maple trees


next set


the trees are quite old


much older than KTM


yellow is the main color this weeks


only for a short time before winter is comming.


the end of the valley


a huge parking and some bars - from here you can walk and do some mountain-biking for the next 50 km.


the way to Eng-Alm (1 km to walk)


the tourist hotspot


get some selfmade cheese - a Kaminwurzen and some fresh made bread. yummy


same way back than


Ahornboden (maple trees)


down from here


mountains quite close


wild river near the road


fast and cold


valley to the left - into the Karwendelmountains


still the river close to the road.
Passed the Toll-station (to Eng-Alm is a toll road)
Back to Sylvenstein and then on to Achensee. Close before Achensee left to Steinberg am Rofan


a small road - to Kaiserklamm


with great views.


and easy to ride gravel - on of the less legal gravel roads in the area.


sometimes a bit more steep


river to Kaiserklamm


a KTM


behind the guesthouse Kaiserklamm you can do some short gravel highway. (a dead end)


back to Steinberg - the way i came down (very small way here)


you have to take care about cars and mountainbikers


and waterfalls


even steep down near the road


more space here


and good views


close to the end of gravel





Steinberg am Rofan as last pic.
So than - back to Sylvenstein, Bad Tölz and home.

A colorful day.

to be continued...

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Andreas

Thanks for updates Andreas. I would love to see this part of the world some time. Keep posting!

Who needs a magic carpet when you have Adventure Rider? I feel like I was along for the ride.

@GHanson: thanks for your reply - so it was one of the good reports.
@BrockEvan: feel free to contact me if you are close - so we might ride a small tour together. I'll keep on posting for sure. At the moment not here - in epic rides - my Finland tour -- here

a small one from last weekend - days get shorter and colder

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out of Penzberg - colors of autumn


found more gold at the road from Antdorf to Weilheim
Passed Weilheim and went direction Landsberg -- short after Weilheim i went left and had a look at


Raisting - this time from the other side


space and alps - what a combination


at the right - Zugspitze (germans highest)


Karwendel mountains


GSOC - German Space Operation Center. --- That was shown wrong in the movie Apollo 13 - Correct is "Raisting, we have a problem" ;-)
Next stop was Schongau, when on to Lechbruck


a lot of ballons this day - saw round 10. Here one near Bernbeuren


Swan lake -- near Burggen


4 more ballons in this pic


and a bit finish feeling on a bit gravel between Kirmesau and Kalkofen.
some km later it was dark and i was soon back home

to be continued...
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Andreas

Close to the next shutdown - Austria will close the border in 2 days.
Yesterday - saturday -- i had to stay at home because of work and study. Was a warm day.
Had this on the balcony in late afternoon ...



so here we go ....
next short tour at short days.

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went to Wolfratshausen and on to Dietramszell. When left the road - to take a small gravel road through a forest.


at the begin of the gravel


near the end of the gravel - a nice forest road


behind Holzkirchen - the alps in the background


relaxed horses


then reached Valley - and the Monastery brewery and a beer garden -- all closed at the moment - because of this virus


the monastery brewery


even there is an organ museum


one pice shown in the window


donw in the valley - 500 m behind Valley -- the river Mangfall


the KTM ist looking for the way up at the right top corner


River Mangfall - over direction


next view to the alps


still on small roads


mid of November - still cool flowers at the house


wood pellets - for heating. (next very small road near Feldkirchen)


Water wheel at Mangfall - at Bruckmühl


first small amount of fog at Mangfall river - still Bruckmühl


closer look


some km later - a goose farm. (survived St. Martin, waiting for christmas)


than up to Irschenberg - view to Rosenheim area


view to Kufstein area


view direction Miesbach


Top of Irschenberg


official view point of Irschenberg


the town Irschenberg
i went down to the church you saw some pics before


inside - a baroque church


Ceiling painting


back and organ


candels


a last look


parking - in the back Irschenberg - highway


Pilgrimage church Irschenberg - St. Marinus


next set of small roads waiting - sun deep down


on the way to Agatharied
get some gasoline in Bad Tölz then.

So the last set of pics before dark...


Bad Tölz


or good Tölz? -- Isar river


Klavarienberg Church ..
so - some more km to reach home.

to be continued....
have fun

Andreas

Stay safe my friend. Seems the whole world is going to shut down. Your pics bring beauty to a dark world. Thank you!! Cheers!

Ammersattel, near Plansee yesterday. Not by bike, too cold for me. So have to wait for the next warm wind from Italy. ;-)

Nearly no traffic in Austria due to covid situation. Hotels and Restaurants looked totally closed. Got some small food at gas station in Reutte.

to be continued...
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Andreas

Happy new year to all of you.
Traveling Germany is still restricted. We have to stay at home during the night.
Yesterday a did a small tour by car to Sudelfeld ski area. Was cool.
And today ... New years day ... i did what i never did before ...
I opend the Bike season 2021 with a small tour

Let's see it.

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Plan was to go round lake Starnberg, but weather skipped the plan. ;-)

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Started at sunshine and +2°C - went north direction Beuerberg.
After 6 km turned to the left and get up a nice hill with a view.


View from Faistenberg to the alps


Zoomed - the smoke in the forest is Roche Diagnostics factory. Behind Roche - Kochelsee and Walchensee area.


3 km later - view along the alps - direction Bad Tölz

I went to lake Starnberg and then north. Weather gets more and more bad. So i decided to go to Icking


Frozen lake in Irschenhausen (near Icking). Dark clouds in the background


view below Irschenhausen to the alps


Then went to Schäftlarn monastary. Saw this the first time. (view always was blocked by bushes before). Has a sign "Ave Maria"


behind Bruckenfischer beergarden in followed the Isar-River-Canal. (on of my bycicle tours). Was a dead end, because passing to Wolfratshausen is not allowed on sundays.


last nice view here. 1 km later at Aumühle i had to turn back.


dramatic light above Deining.


view direction Deining and alps


sun vs clouds - (we should have more snow at this time of the year) -- will get some snow the next days


near Beuerberg they create this little ice area every winter. Children have fun


the hole area. Also used for "Eisstockschießen" -- Wiki here
text in english is very short - much much longer is the german version.


short before home - i went up to Zist -- to get this view


freezing horse? view to Karwendel mountains (Kochelsee - Walchensee)


bad waether vs good weather -- impressive


a last look - 4 km before home -- Parking of Cafe Märzenhof - view to Blomberg (direction Bad Tölz)

and some min later back home into the warm.

In normal winter this is not so easy like today. Much more snow normaly.
But i had fun.

to be continued...
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Andreas

Very nice, thanks.

My brothers and I motorcycle toured Bavaria and the Czech Republic. Your photos are GREAT and bring back many memories. THANK !!!

Happy New Year! Enjoyed as always. 1-A !

near Dingolfing

View from Bavarian Forrest to the Flatlands arround Danube river

so - next one to come.
first longer tour in 2021.
Still not possible for me to cross the border due to Covid-restrictions. All shops, hotels and restaurants still closed. ... but enough pancemic talk .. let's see the tour.

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as you can see - went to Augsburg area.

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Passinng Seeshaupt and then on a small road to


near Haunshofen - look back to the alps. The green sign shows that the area is an protected area. The cow stands for "fair trade" (fair milk price)


zoomed


some km later - panorama-look at Monatshausen


zoomed to Zugspitze


Zoomed to Karwendel-Mountains


again some km later -- the road i came. Near Frieding


you find many of them in this area. Often with a place to sit down and a good view.


Grafrath - at Amper river


chappel St. Nikolaus


river Amper


near Mammendorf


found this near the road.


reached Augsburg -- ADAC Drive-training-area. Closed because Covid at the moment. Had a safety-training with my car here many years ago. was real fun.


main building


found this - after 500 m gravel road near Bonstetten


too big to get it in one pic. ;-)


a little chappel at the beginning of the gravel.
At Zusamarshausen i decided to go south and started my way back home.


a gravel - forest road. Was closed for public traffic -- so a little ilegal ride here.


ilegal, but nice


look to the other direction


the moon, the church St. Alban and the WWII Memorial at Walkertshofen.


still ice at the lakes -- sun is deep late afternoon - near Mittelneufnach


zoomed


chappel St. Antonius von Padua near Schnerzhofen


Pasing river Wertach at Ettringen


on the way to Landsberg/ lech


zoomed


behind Landsberg am Lech - then crossing the river Lech


alps view - short before Wesobrunn


zooomed


Zoomed 2 - Zugspitze and Hohenpeissenberg (with the houses on it)


"like a shaddow on the wall"


look down to Wesobrunn (and Weilheim)


zoomed


chappel St. Andreas at Etting in last light


sunset near Huglfing

some 15 km more to home.

to be continued...

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Andreas

Andreas, would you consider putting your photo titles at the top of the picture instead of the bottom??? I find myself scrolling down to see the next pic, then scrolling back up to see the description, then scrolling back down to see the pic in context. It would make a much smoother viewing experience. In any case, I enjoy these pics and dream of visiting Bavaria and other places in Germany some day. I would also love to visit the places up north associated with Martin Luther, along with so many other places of historical significance. Oh, and these places you show are soooooo clean!

Thanks for these great photos. You are having some great weather right now, I hope you can do some tours for us to see.

So, did a service for the KTM last week (37k) and get a new rear tire.
Did a small tour yesterday - started at sun and 16°C, went through heavy wind and ended in windy 10°C. (got some snow this morning).

So let's see:

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Was thinking the first 3 km where to go. Austria still not possible. So Allgäu or Chiemsee area.
After 3 km -- let's go Allgäu.

View from City border Penzberg to Zugspitze (Campground Penzberg near the lake)


Went direction Weilheim and then on direction Landsberg/ Lech.
Found this at Rott


so now you know how the milk finds it's way from the cow to the supermarket.
Next stop
Landsberg/ Lech city

still not much people arround because of Covid restrictions.

Leaving Landsberg to Erpfting, then found this - didn't know what they got Conzentration camps in this area.

more Info you find here (Wiki). Kauferning VII was part of KZ Dachau.

500m to walk - entrance is closed for public vistis.



sign is telliing the story of the camp (Left picture - red dot - "you are here")


this says that this are the last original Inmate accommondations in Germany

You can see 4 of them




Memorial stones in the center of the area




at the entrace at the parking also this stone


So i went on - on a very nice small road.
Found this (you can also walk into the water here (Kneip)) at Waal


Weather gets more bad - wind was very strong - but direction alps it looked better

nice small roads direct. Kaufbeuren


Alps in the background. Typical church.

Kaufbeuren, my last visits have been in dark. To support my Icehickey team (Bayreuth Tigers). So after a long time see this in daylight.

Erdgas Schwaben arena - home of ESC Kaufbeuren.

So i went down to Füssen and then real fast home - wind now in my back. Getting colder and colder.

So a last look to the Murnau-area and it's mountains.


Schöffau (Close to Uffing)


a last zoomed look -- snow still down to 1000 m alt. (+/-)

to be continued....
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Andreas

this time - 2 reports.

2 days ago - did a "afterwork" round to "Kesselberg" near Kochel am See. So let's see first.

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wasn't there a long time. Most time there is a lot of Police there and speed traps. But meet some friends at the parking.
Let's see the pics.


view to lake Kochelsee from the parking.


hole road is restriced to 60 km/h and has some other fun creations to reduce speed of bikers (and cars). Police controls nearly every nice day.


still lot of snow in the mountains


bikes go up and down - on weekends only down -- up is not allowed.


most of them go slow


some use BMW


some show their shoes


parking - talking -- when the police showes up - all have to leave


in summer is more traffic.


everybody on this pics went slow - (cold and wet road).


on the way home - looking back to Grossweil


and Kesselberg area.

so ....

Today i did a long tour. Direction Irschenberg, Chiemgau. .. So let's see this.

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a 300 km ride at nice weather with 10 - 16°C, was nice.
Let's see this now.


went quick to Miesbach and on to Leitzach. At the end of the Leitzach-valley i decided to check some small roads. And after the little church the fun get greater.


first small legal gravel road - view to Chiemgau


down there - Bad Aibling


Irschenberg - Highway


next gravel - private road - use on own risk -- nice


very steep - a lot of mountain-bikers here


half way down


next highlight is close


nice viewpoint - nice chappel.


Chiemgau. (flat earth before the alps)


next - crossing the farm on the way down, but first...


KTM and way down


Sign at the cross says: "Home, you my earth. You mother = only place! Home, you wonderful, you strong, good word" (by Google translate)
the middle sign -- "In eternal remembrance to Mr. ...". and the last the people who did this work.


Maria statue at the entrance


back to the bike -- and on down.


Wendelstein Mountain (you can go up by cable or by train)


Pased Brannenburg and Nussdorf am Inn and went to Samerberg. Should be full on days like this, but we still face Covid - All Guesthouses and Restaurants are closed


riding in all forms ;-)


bikers love this place


great view today


lake Trinning


view direction Samerberg


Passed Frasdorf, Aschau and Bernau am Chiemsee then. Went on to Reit Im Winkl and on direction Ruhpolding


toll road to Winkelmoos-Alm. Didn't go there this time. Lot of snow here


next km you pass 4 lakes - -clear water


2nd look


nordic skiing is still possible,


Ruhpolding - Biathlon stadium - Germany olypic center for nordic skiing.


nice wood hous there. (a restaurant in normal times)


the way on to Inzell


leaving the mountains - to Traunstein


closer look - Mill?


then reached lake Chiemsee. "the bavarian sea". ;-) -- very crowded.


view to north


view to south


west - along the alps


zoomed to the alps


2nd. zoom


at the parking - some info about the birds around.
Need some gas - so went to Rosenheim.


found this - close to Rosenheim - (sometimes it's dangerous to ride the alps)


last look near Bad Aibling direction Kufstein


Zoomed (blue sign in the middle - Autobahn to Kufstein)


a last stop and look at Miesbach - city


fountain? have to take a look in summer. ;-)

to be continued....
have fun
Andreas