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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (dpa / lby) - Full mountains, wild pinks and park chaos despite closed lifts: There is great concern about such scenes during the vacation in Bavarian ski areas.
After the experiences over the Christmas holidays, mountain railway operators in the Alps see themselves well prepared for the turn of the year despite different strategies.
In the Bavarian Forest National Park, on the other hand, there is fear of another rush of visitors.
Contrary to initial fears, the situation in Garmisch-Partenkirchen remained calm.
The parking spaces on the slopes were "definitely well attended," said a spokeswoman for the Bavarian Zugspitzbahn.
“But there were no traffic jams or parking chaos.
That was very far from what was feared. "
After the first rush of ski tourers in mid-December, the municipality and the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn decided to pay new parking fees there during the Christmas holidays.
In return, the parking spaces on the slopes are cleared when it snows, toilets are opened for visitors and rubbish bins emptied.
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The slopes are also not generally closed to tourers.
"We only use signs to indicate that we do not operate any safety measures," said a spokeswoman for the Zugspitzbahn.
You drive well with this “constructive approach”.
Other mountain railway operators had completely blocked their parking spaces in view of the closed lifts - and were also satisfied with the situation on the holidays.
The Bergbahnen Oberstdorf Kleinwalsertal in Allgäu will therefore keep their parking areas closed for the time being, according to a spokesman.
The rush of ski tourers and snowshoe hikers was therefore “limited” during the holidays.
One now hopes “that people will continue to deal with their responsibility in a sensible way,” said the spokesman on Monday.
The police also reported “no serious violations” by illegal parking in the region.
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The situation was different in the Bavarian Forest National Park.
"The situation at the parking lots can only be described with the word catastrophic in many places," said deputy head Jörg Müller on Monday.
Individual day trippers had walked "all over the central area" of the national park and thereby endangered animal species such as the capercaillie that were sensitive to disturbance.
For the turn of the year, the national park wants to use more rangers and point out the rules of conduct to visitors.
If the weather is good, many day trippers can be expected again on New Year's and the following weekend, said a spokesman.
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