The Partnach Gorge

While we were in Garmisch, we took a day to hike the gorge. The gorge was declared what we would consider a national monument in 1912.  Loggers and hunters used this passage, and before it was deemed a tourist excursion, it was actually a pretty dangerous hike.

When we were here in the summer of 2010, we rode bikes up to the Gorge entrance, but never went in.

Here is a picture from that trip.....

But since we were out in the cold, we decided to hike in, the cold making it even more exciting!

Here is the same shot in the winter:

Hiking up the gorge was some work, but the pictures were well worth it.  Sheets of icicles hang from the cliffs and it is just amazing.  The pictures really don't capture the beauty of the ice. I have tried to put these in sequence, so that you can get a sense of hiking "up" into the gorge, to come out on the other side, and as you exit the gorge, the last picture is what you see. Click on the pictures to create a slideshow that is larger.

It was a fun trip, and we actually want to do this hike again in the summer to get a whole different view of the gorge, I bet the water roaring is beautiful.