This is another southern German town, very popular for skiing and only a couple hours train ride from Munich. 

When we arrived in the town, there was news of a possible Corona outbreak, so truthfully, I can't say too much about the town since we avoided it a little. But, is it beautiful? Yes. Good hiking? YES. 

Round the Wank mountain to Tannenhütte

Eibsee

After the Alm, you follow the signs to Gschwandtnerbauer which is the next hut. This next section is through a lot of woods, which is nice, and there's a little stream which you can dip your feet in for a little refreshment.

The Gschwandtnerbauer hut was a close second-favourite. It feels fairly secluded, but also was the point where we saw the most people. It looks out over an amazing view of the fields and the mountains. After a drink and a rest, it's back up in to the mountains - this was the hard part, since you're sort of equidistant from the start and finish, and I lagged a little.

Not long after we reached the top of the hill, we reached an open meadow with grazing cows. No problem, we thought - just as long as it's only a couple cows and there's no calves. 

Unfortunately, as we rounded the corner, we saw the entire path was covered in cows, and there were calves.

After an ill-feated attempt to go up the sides of the sloped hill and around the cows which led to a lot of mud in our socks and shoes, we decided to just go slowly down the path past them. They didn't seem to mind too much, though they were watching us very carefully as we inched past the calves, but we sped off pretty fast. Thankfully that adreneline rush powered us round the last little section to my favourite hut - the Tannenhütte. 

This hut is relatively new, and just stunning. The view is great, but the hut itself is so impressive. It's entirely wood, and still has that new wood look to it. It's modern and architecturally fits so well into the background of the forest. 

It's also a relatively short walk up from the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, so you could easily just climb to the hut and enjoy the view (above). 

The final walk back in to town is also worth taking time to admire. You'll pass through a small waterfall, and a big golden monument, and then you'll end in a spectacular part of town full of traditional houses. You know when you think of stereotypical wooden, painted houses with flowers hanging off them? This is what you'll see at the end.

After this, the only logical next step was to buy takeaway burgers and eat them on the balcony of our flat. This was also the final outing for my terrible, non-supportive walking boots, and they were dumped the next day as I hobbled back to the train.