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Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Spitzingsee (dpa / lby) - plenty of sun - the winter weather attracted numerous day-trippers to the mountains on Sunday.
In the area around the Schliersee, a popular excursion destination for Munich residents, the parking spaces were well occupied at lunchtime.
There was also a great rush in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Since the lifts were in lockdown, it was time to walk up the mountain.
On the slopes, which are otherwise populated by skiers, snowshoeers, ski tourers, pedestrians and families with sleds were out and about.
Often on artificial snow, because so far it has only snowed enough in a few areas.
Ice skaters also made their circles at Spitzingssee - the lake is about 1000 meters above sea level and is frozen over.
Cyclists were pedaling further down.
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The police and mountain rescue services were satisfied: no operational records, on the contrary.
"The number of mountain rescue operations is numerically rather small compared to the people who are on the road," said the spokesman for the Bavarian mountain rescue service, Roland Ampenberger.
"The help of the mountain rescue service is always in demand in the event of falls or internal emergencies."
In other years there is sometimes even more rush during the Christmas holidays - it was unusually quiet on the streets in particular.
"There is actually still a bit of Christmas sleepiness," said a police spokesman in Rosenheim.
There are no traffic jams - and fewer other deployments are reported than in other years.
It seems that most of the people followed the exit restrictions.
Otherwise, the sheet metal avalanche rolls on the roads towards the ski areas during the winter holidays, as many head to Austria for the slopes.
Although the lifts are still running there, winter sports enthusiasts from Bavaria are denied this fun on the slopes: Anyone entering Austria must first be quarantined - so nothing for a day trip.
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In Bavaria, people enjoyed the snow on the artificially snowed slopes all the more.
Despite the dormant lift operation, the lift operators kept the snow cannons running - with a view to a possible start after January 10th.
«We still hope for January.
Then we need the snow, ”said Peter Lorenz, second member of the board of the Association of German Cable Cars (VDS).
«January is the month in which there is less going on during the week.
You could test it well, ”said Lorenz, who is also the managing director of Brauneck and Wallbergbahnen and Alpenbahnen Spitzingsee.
The concepts are, for example, with extended waiting areas and mask requirements.
Austria is one of the models.
Despite the new lockdown in the neighboring country, many ski lifts continue to run there.
"The guests are very disciplined," said the spokeswoman for the Hochkar and Ötscher ski areas in Lower Austria, Karin Munk, on Saturday.
"At the moment everything is going according to plan."
According to the APA, bright weather ensured good visits to the ski areas in many places on Boxing Day.
The corona rules with masks and distances are largely followed.
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At Christmas it started in many ski areas in Austria, but without Saalbach-Hinterglemm and Ischgl.
In Ischgl, the former Corona hotspot, the ski area remains closed due to its cross-border character.
Those who drive over to Switzerland have to be quarantined after returning to the slopes in Austria, it said.
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