Ever wanted to sleep at King Ludwig II of Bavaria’s place? Well, somehow, you can. In the mountains, not easily reachable and thus with little tourism, is one of his rather unknown „castles“. Well, it’s not Neuschwanstein, rather a lodge. Still, this mountain area is probably one of the best places he could have chosen – again.
First, you walk through a very narrow gorge (0:10), which in itself is an experience. Right at the end of it, there’s a trail formerly used to transport cows up to the Alpine meadows. Unbelievable nowadays, how any animal could have walked that path (1:45). King Ludwig hasn’t, of course. He was carried by his servants. We don’t. Pweh!
After endless stairs, you’ll reach the meadows area (4:00). The green is amazing towards the grey walls of stone. The castle/lodge is amazing, too (5:00) and luckily there’s also a place to eat. And sleep. Before the night falls, we stay at one of the best viewpoints of the „Wetterstein“ mountain area, a pavilion once built for the King (5:30).
The next day, it drives us a little higher (7:00) towards another alpine lodge that is constructed boldly in a wind gap and right at the Austrian-German border (8:30). At the side is a mountain top called „Törlspitze“, which, I believe, was the first top over 2000m we did as a „BastiTour“ (9:00). The way back leads through a alpine garden (I think the highest in Germany) and down a very steep and spectacular trail (10:40), called „Devil’s buttocks“.
This will not yet conclude the week of tremendous trails as I have one more extra video to include for some last words.