Countries

  • 2024: Switzerland, Portugal, Madeira, Austria, Denmark, USA, Liechtenstein
  • 2023: Switzerland, Namibia, Botswana, Austria, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, UK
  • 2022: USA, Croatia, Hungary, Czech, France, Monaco, Poland, Austria
  • 2021: Switzerland
  • 2020: Turkey, Austria, Ireland
  • 2019: Greece, Switzerland, USA, Austria, France
  • 2018: UK, Austria, France, Malta, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, USA, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
  • 2017: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Lebanon, Netherlands, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Spain, France, Andorra, Bolivia, Peru
  • 2016: Peru, Turkey, Greece, Iceland, Spain, Canada, USA, UK
  • 2015: UK, Jordan, Israel, Italy, Spain
  • 2014: Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Thailand, Dubai, Morocco
  • 2013: Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Ireland,
  • 2012: Spain
  • 2011: Austria, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
  • 2010: USA, Spain, Portugal
  • 2008: USA
  • 2007:
  • 2006: USA, UK
  • 2005: UK, Italy
  • 2003: Australia
  • 2002: Australia
  • 1999: USA
  • 1998: Russia

Hiking Chronology

 

Hiking 2024

Osterhofen – Soinsee – Taubensteinhaus – Spitzingsee  – September

Bayrischzell – Speck-Alm – Sudelfeld –  Brünnsteinhaus – Hocheck Oberaudorf  – September

Liechtenstein (Balzers, Triesen, Triesenberg, Vaduz, Nelen, Mauren, Schellenberg, Schaanwald) – August

Riederstein (Tegernsee, Galaun, Riederstein, Schliersee) – Juli

Galaun (Tegernsee, Galaun – Tegernsee)  – Juni

Hocheck (Oberaudorf Hocheck – Wenger Stadl – Oberaudorf (Juni)

Brauneck (Lengriess – Brauneck – Lenggriess – Juni

Aueralm (Lenggries – Aueralm – Sonnenbichl – Bad Wiessee) – Juni

Lenggrieser Hütte (Lenggries – Kalvarienberg – Grasleitensteig- Lenggrieser Hütte – Seekar – Sulzer Steig – Lengrries) – May

Geierstein – (Lenggries – Geierstein – Lenggries) – (May)

Denkalm  – (Lenggries  – Tratenbach – Denkalm – Lenggries) – (May)

Tegernsee ( Tegernsee – Neureuth, Gindelalm, Huberspitz, Huber Alm, Hausham (May)

Tegernsee  – (via Prinzenweg  – Alpbachtal Hennererhof) – Schliersee (April)

Rathen – Amselsee – Schwedenlöcher – Bastei – Rathen (April)

Königstein – Lilienstein – Königstein (April)

Schliersee Umrundung (January)

Hiking in 2023

Garmisch  – Partnachklamm – Schachen – Elmau (August)

Hiking in 2022

Westweg (Wilhelmshöhe – Titisee – Hinterzarten – Feldberg – Belchen  – Wiednenr Eck – Blauen – Kandern – Lörrach) –  August

Hiking in 2021

Westweg (Pforzheim, Dobel, Forbach – Schwarzenbach Talsperre, Hausach- Wilhelmshöhe) –  June-August

Hiking in 2019

Eibsee (October)

Tegernsee – Wallberg (Mai)

Hiking in 2018

Austria (Achensee (Rofan – Streichkopf  – Dalfaz Alm – Steinernes Tor – , Walchensee) – October

Austria (Kufstein ) – September

Südtirol (Ceves(Tschöfas) – Gspoi Hof -Unterpulg Hütte – Heiligkreuzkapelle Raschötz – St Ulrich)

Germany (Schliersee – Tegernsee, Kochel am See, Ohlstadt) – June

Germany (Spitzingsee, Schliersee, Bayrischzell) – May

Germany (Schliersee, Schliersee -Streichkopf – Neureuth – Tegernsee, Mittenwald) – April

Austria (St. Johann in Tirol) – March

Hiking in 2017

Austria (Ehrwald) – Juni

Germany (Grän & Tannheim) – Juni

Hiking in 2016

Germany  (Wessobrunn) – Juni

Hiking

Hiking

2018

– Achensee – Rofan – Hochiss – Dafalzalm (Austria)

– Ohlstadt – Heimgarten – Walchensee

–  Kaisergebirge, Pfandlhof – Anto Karg – Haus (Austria – Kufstein)

– Neunerköpfle – Landsberger Hütte Vilsalpsee – Tannheim – Tannheimer Tal

–  Gspoi – Hof weg Nr35 – Unterpulg – Gipfelkruz,  – St. Ulrich, Laion, Südtirol

– Naturpark Puez-Geissler

– Walchensee  – Heimgarten – Herzogstand – Walchensee

– Schliersee – Tegernsee

– Wendelstein

Travel Chronology

Travel 2024

Liechtenstein August

Austria (Vienna), Switzerland (Zurich, Chur, Arosa, Scuol-Tarasp, Andermatt) September

Denmark (Struer, Kitmoeller, Lokken, Skagen, Arlborg, Aarhus, Svendborg. Thurö By, Brunsneaes)  USA (Nashville)July

Germany (Frankfurt. Berlin) June

Germany (Frankfurt), Austria (Vienna) – May

Germany (Meissen, Dresden, Pirna, Moritzburg, Frankfurt) April

Madeira (Funchal), Germany (Hanover, Augsburg) Austria (Vienna) – March

Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra) Germany (Regensburg) – February

Switzerland (Baden,) Germany (Frankfurt) – January

Travel in 2023

UK (London) – December

Switzerland (Zurich) Germany (Frankfurt) – November

Austria (Vienna), Germany (Nürnberg) – October

Switzerland (, Geneva, Lausanne – Halbinsel Au, Fiesliberg, Einsideln) Germany (Frankfurt) – September

Italy (Firenze, Siena, Val d’Orcia, Pienza, Montepulciano, Grosseto, Torino) – August

Cyprus (Larnaca, Aya Napa, Famagusta, Varosha, Girne, Paphos, Limassol, Nicosia), Portugal (Lisbon) – July

Switzerland (Zurich), Austria (Bregenz) Germany (Schloss Krickenbeck)  June

Switzerland (Lausanne) March

Switzerland (Lucerne) – February

Namibia (Windhoek, Swakopmund, Palmwag, Etosha National Park, Tsumeb RiverDance Lodge, Divundu, Gobabis, Kalahari, Sessriem, Sossusvlei, Deadvlei, Rehoboth) Botswana (Kasane, Maun) – January

Travel in 2022

USA (San Diego), Hawaii: Oahu (Honolulu). Maui (Lahaina) – November

Germany (Munich) – October

Germany (Frankfurt, Munich), Croatia (Zadar), Czech (Prague) Hungary (Budapest)- September

Germany (Triberg – Titisee – Hinterzarten – Feldberg  – Wiedener Eck – Belchen – Blauen – Kandern – Lörrach) – August

France (Marseille, Cannes, Antibes, Grasse) Monaco (Monte Carlo) – July

France (Paris, Tours, Blois, Amboise) – June

Poland (Warsaw) – May

Croatia (Opatija, Velosko, Krk, Porec Zagreb) Germany  (Bernried)- April

Germany (Freiburg) – March

Austria (Damüls), Czech (Karlsbad) Germany (Prien am Chiemsee)February

Travel in 2021

Switzerland (Interlaken,  Gstaad, Locarno, Bellinzona) – September

Germany (Bernried – Starnberger See) – June

Travel in 2020

Germany (Sylt) – September

Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir) Austria (Lofer) Germany (Tegernsee)- March

Ireland (Cork) Germany (Darmstadt)- January

Travel in 2019

Greece (Athens) – November

Germany (Berlin) – October

Switzerland (Zurich) – November

USA (Seattle), Austria (Salzburg, Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser) – September

France (Rennes, St.Malo, Quimper, Carnac) – August

Germany (Aurach) – April

Austria (Kaltenbach) – February

Austria (St. Johann) – January

Travel in 2018

United Kingdom (Windsor) – December

Austria (Achensee) France (Strasbourg)- October

Austria (Kufstein), Malta – September

Bulgaria (Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo, Sofia), Turkey (Istanbul), United Kingdom (Windsor) – August

Italy (Dolomites, Tschöfas) – July

England (Farnborough), Austria (Tannheimer Tal) – June

Spain (Madrid) – May

Austria – (St Johann in Tirol, Stubaital), Spain (Salou/Tarragona/ Barcelona) – March

US: North Carolina (Raleigh),  Florida (Orlando, St Petersburg, Miami, Key West)- February

Guatemala (Antigua, Lago de Atitlan, Tikal NP), Belize (Key Caulker), Mexico (Playa del Carmen) – January

Travel in 2017

Panama (Panama City, San Blas Islands, Boquete, Bocas del Toro), Costa Rica (Manuel Antonio, San Jose, Monteverde), Nicaragua (Granada, Isla de Ometepe, Managua, Leon), El Salvador (El Sunzal), Guatemala (Antigua)- December

Lebanon (Beirut, Byblos, Baalbek) – October

Netherlands (Amsterdam, Ede) –  September

Croatia (Zagreb, Plitvice, Split), Serbia (Belgrad), Macedonia (Tetovo), Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro (Budva) – August

Austria (Ehrwald) – June

Slovenia (Ljubljana), Austria (Wörthersee), Italy (Triest)- May

Hungary (Budapest) – April

Spain (Salou/ Tarragona), France (Pyrenees, Perpignan, Castelnou), Andorra– March

Austria (Vienna) – February

Bolivia (La Paz) Peru (Nasca, Lima)- January

Travel in 2016

Peru (Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Titicaca) – December

Turkey (Istanbul, Bodrum), Greece (Kos) – October

Iceland  – July

Spain (Salou/ Tarragona)- March

Canada (Toronto), US: North Carolina (Raleigh) – February

England (Farnborough) – January

Travel in 2015

England (Farnborough) – December

Germany (Neuschwanstein ) – August

Germany (Berlin) , Italy (Sicily) -July

Jordan (Amman, Petra, Mai in), Israel (Jerusalem), England (London) – March

Italy (Vicenza),  Spain (Montserrat) – January

Travel in 2014

Spain (Madrid) – December

Germany (Eibsee) – November

Spain (Gran Canaria), Austria (Ebbs) – October

Austria (Kitzbühel) – September

Spain ( Girona, Figures), France (Annecy), Switzerland (Montreux, Lausanne) – June

Thailand (Bangkok, Kho Tao, Kho Pha Ngan, Kho Phi Phi, Phuket) , Dubai – March

Morocco (Fez, Meknes, Casablanca), Spain – January

Travel in 2013

Morroco (Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tetouan, Chefchouen), Gibraltar, Spain (Madrid) – December

Spain (Madrid, Pamplona, Bilbao) – July

Spain (Madrid, Almansa) Turkey (Antalya)- June

Ireland (Dublin), Spain (Madrid) – May

Spain (Madrid) – April

Spain (Madrid, Valencia) – January

Travel in 2012

Spain (Alicante, Madrid) – December

Spain (Madrid) – September

Spain (Madrid, La Coruna, Santiago di Compostela, Ribadero ) – August

Germany (Königsee) – July

Spain (Madrid) – May

Spain (Madrid) – March

Spain (Madrid, Pyrenees – Cerler) – February

Travel in 2011

Austria (Vienna) – December

Spain (Mallorca, Madrid) – September

Italy (Dolomites, Verona), Germany (Neuschwanstein) – August

Austria (Vienna) – June

Spain (Madrid, Seguenza) – April

Argentina (Buenos Aires, Iguazu) Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, Paraty, Sao Paolo, Costa Verde), Paraguay (Iguazu) – March

Travel in 2010

Portugal (Porto) – October

Ireland (Kerry) – August

USA (New York, San Antonio, Houston) – January

Travel in 2008

USA (San Francisco, Los Angelos, San Diego, Joshua National Park, Las Vegas, Sacramento, 4 corners, ….)

Travel in 2006

USA (Austin) – October

UK (Lincoln) – May

Mittenwald – Wildensee – Hoher Kranzberg – Ferchensee

Tour: Start at Mittenwald station, cross the picturesque town and go uphill to cable car Kranzberg. From there, go to the right and follow the signs to Wildensee (Route 829). Pass hump meadows and a needle tree forest before getting on an asphalt. After a few hundred meter get into the forest and arrive at Wildensee. Behind Berggasthof Wildensee a hiking trail (route 809)follows up to Hoher Kranzberg peak. Return south to Ferchensee and pass Lautersee before arriving in Mittenwald again.

Hoher Kranzberg

Time:  4,5h

Highest peak: 1391m

Tour: 14km and 5450m altimeter

Best season: May – November

Spitzingsee – Hike to Taubenstein

The mountain Taubenstein (1693m) is located in Magfallgebirge belonging to Schlierseer Berge near Spitzingsee.

Tour:  After the church at Spitzingsee, cross the gate and walk 100m on Valeppostraße. Keep left and follow the asphalt road uphill.  It takes 55 min to pass Oberer Maxlrainer Alm and after 2nd curve enter a small path to the right.  From now on, it will be steeper and a rockier to go up to Taubenstein cable railway and its peak.

Return: From the peak go back to the cable railway and turn left ad go down the slope.

Time: 2h uphill to Taubenstein –  1,5 return to Spitzingsee. Alltogether the roundtrip takes 4,5h

Highest peak: 1636m

Tour: 11km and 800m altimeter

Best season: Mid-May til October

Spitzingsee - Taubenstein hike

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jordan

Jordan

Amman

Dead Sea

Ma’in Hot Springs

Petra

Kerak

 

North America

Florida

Washington DC

New York

California

4 corners

North Carolina

Texas

 

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La Fortuna/ Laguna de Arenal

drive to the lake

Monteverde

nightwalk

San Jose