Saturday, May 1, 2021

Day 16: National Park Bavarian Forest



It rained again at night. A bit more than the night before, so I was slightly concerned, if I will get wet. I'm still in the testing phase - my tent is dug-taped!

But it was all nice dry and only a slug had visited me at night in my tent.

The morning started with gloves and lots of fog. So I just wandered along the forest and got lost in my thoughts.

The first little peak of the day was the Haidl, which has a view tower. Of course I walked up, but no views. Interestingly there were 4 other people walking up and I just told them, that I think it's nice I'm not the only one walking up a view tower, knowing there will be no views :) 

The day got better, so I even took out my solar panel for a few hours around lunchtime. 

After Mauth, I entered the National Park Bavarian Forest. Sadly, the first part of the  Goldsteig trail was closed until the 16th of May due to wildlife protection, but the redirection via a forest road wasn't too bad. And I was surprised to see lots of beech forests, while the needle trees were dominating only at the very top. 

I walked up to the 1337 m high Lusen with its huge boulder field on top. The views weren't amazing, but it could have been worse. There was still a bit of snow on the trails and they were partly pretty wet, but nothing too bad. 

After passing the devils hole (Teufelsloch), another Boulder field, it started to drizzle, so I decided to call it a day and tackle the Rachel mountain the next day. 

However, I will have to see what tomorrow brings. According to the weather forecast, I'm going to have lots of rain, which might mean a tent day...




Hiking along a trift-channel

"View" from the Haidl viewing tower

Lake for swimming - I already passed a few but it's way too early for me ;) 



Lots of beech forests - not what I had expected! 



View from the Lusen (1337 m) 

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