Since the Martina Ertl & Co era, Lenggries has been famous not just among the natives of Munich and Upper Bavaria. As a result of their international success at the Winter Olympics and at the World Cup, the German alpine skiers made the small community south of Bad Tölz popular far beyond national borders. The ski-circus at Brauneck not only boasts a beautiful alpine ski resort, cross country skiers will also get their money’s worth in the Lenggries/Brauneck area.
Brauneck is one of the more traditional Bavarian ski resorts and has a multitude of 20 alpine lodges and as a result holds the Bavarian record. The less-than-modern ski lifts have a capacity problem, not least during busy times. The old gondolas haven’t expanded to accommodate the weekend rush and the alternative destination, Wegscheid, is unfortunately no longer an insider’s tip. There’s only one way to get around this problem… wake up early!
Once you have been up, though, any time spent waiting is soon forgotten. Skiers and snowboarders disperse over three big, sunny alpine valleys between Brauneck and Latschenkopf. The end of the ski resort is marked by a broad and perfectly prepared slope which goes by the seemingly appropriate name of ‘Idealhang’ (Ideal Slope).
There are plenty of different slopes around the Bayernhütte, Florihütte and Kotalm lodges. The three cabins share a mountain which is just as popular with hikers as it is with winter sports folks. A nice little family slope leads from there down to Wegscheid. The individual sections of the slopes have amusing names. Skiers and snowboarders glide from the ‘Stopselzieher’, ‘Neuhauser Straße’ and ‘Milchhäuslhang’ slopes to the ‘Jaudenhang’ and ‘Draxlhang’ slopes, which, just like the ‘Streidlhang’ slope, is a popular practise ground for ski schools.
In Garland, the more ambitious sportsmen among us are in their element. The once fearsome Steilhang slope has twice been made easier, but the harder version is still number one among mogul lovers. There is always plenty of snow, so the holes are well over a metre deep and the bumps are a real strain on your joints.
You can go back up Brauneck in a three-seated gondola, and supposedly it is then that you should take the World-Cup slope down to Tal, only to return to the summit via the gondola once again. This four km-descent covers around 800 metres in altitude. You can recover afterwards – either on the fifteen minute journey back to the top or in the pub under the lifts.
The area around Brauneck is a much-coveted destination for ski hikers. Aside from the slopes, there are plenty of places worth visiting that are simply waiting to be discovered. For cross-country skiing fans there are plenty of tracks available, the longest being 70 kilometres long and stretching from Leger to Jachenau and back again. There is also a floodlit track at the Tennishalle in Lenggries.
The easiest way to get to Lenggries and Brauneck from Frederics Serviced Apartments is by car. Take the A8, exit at Holzkirchen and then follow the signs for Bad Tölz and carry on in the direction of Lenggries thereafter.
Von Dietmar Stanka
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