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A Sunday stroll.Sunny Sundays are busy on the slopes here. In addition to the holidaymakers staying in the village we get the locals, weekenders and day-skiers from Southern Germany. So we put the walking boots on today. It really is amazing the difference when you leave the main skiing area and take a winter wander path. Our walk today started at the middle station and we walked up alongside the piste for 10 minutes keeping a watchful eye out for any errant skiers or, more likely, snow boarders. On past the Aeroplanstube which at 11:30 was already surrounded by abandoned skiis and their owners nursing their coffees and beers. Then we turned off up a good track through the pines and it was like hitting the mute button, only our crunchy footfalls could be heard. Good views of the valley followed as we turned downhill back towards home about 2 hours away. After the forest, the walk took us past alpine huts, farms, then under the railway and into the village. Just the time for hot soup and a snooze!
A Sunday stroll.Sunny Sundays are busy on the slopes here. In addition to the holidaymakers staying in the village we get the locals, weekenders and day-skiers from Southern Germany. So we put the walking boots on today. It really is amazing the difference when you leave the main skiing area and take a winter wander path. Our walk today started at the middle station and we walked up alongside the piste for 10 minutes keeping a watchful eye out for any errant skiers or, more likely, snow boarders. On past the Aeroplanstube which at 11:30 was already surrounded by abandoned skiis and their owners nursing their coffees and beers. Then we turned off up a good track through the pines and it was like hitting the mute button, only our crunchy footfalls could be heard. Good views of the valley followed as we turned downhill back towards home about 2 hours away. After the forest, the walk took us past alpine huts, farms, then under the railway and into the village. Just the time for hot soup and a snooze!
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