18^Dec Sun
06:55

Long and easy hike just before the start of Christmas holiday in order to enjoy the fresh snow of the last few days, some icy gorges and Christmas market

We start in Garmisch Olympiastadion and we cross Partnachklamm (http://www.partnachklamm-info.de/ ) hoping to find already some ice formation.

After the end of the gorge we keep straight direction Ferchensee and Lautersee, two pretty lakes with great views to Wetterstein and Karwendel.

Finally we take a detour towards south direction Leutaschklamm a deep gorge that runs through the mountains on the border between Leutasch (Austria) and Mittenwald (Germany). It is here that you can see the impressive result of millions of years of erosion up close. The most beautiful part of the route will lead us along the steel walkways and bridges high above the gorge.

We finally take our way to the historic town center of Mittenwald, one of the prettiest villages in Bayern, where we have the chance to go to the local Christmas markets ( https://www.alpenwelt-karwendel.de/en/christmas-market-in-mittenwald ) that are open only on that weekend and celebrate with a Glühwein together :)