Munich, October 2009
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Another extended weekend. I go to Munich to visit a friend of mine and his family. I was promised a day in the mountains. I expected to see some fall colors and have some nice views from mountain tops. And and I got a wonderful day in great weather with some little kids hiking around in marvelous scenery.
The morning starts promising. Sun and some fall colors in a Munich suburb.
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We go to Bad Kohlgrub to get on top of the Hörnle, a little Mountain with three peeks ("Vorderes Hörnle", "Mittleres Hörnle" und "Hinteres Hörnle"). The highest one is "Hinteres Hörnle" at 1548 m (4640 ft).
We go with a chair lift to our starting point. Patrick takes care of the little one, 2 year old Amelie
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View back to the mountain station of the chair lift while climbing "Vorderes Hörnle"
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View to Unterammergau
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Vicky and Konstantin approaching the first summit
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View to the Alps. In the center of the picture in the very back the "Zugspitze", Germany's highest mountain.
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Locals prepare for a big fire next year in September. The wood needs to dry for a year.
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Vicky, Frederick and Konstantin are watching
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Patrick climbs on with Amelie
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View to Lake Staffelsee and Murnau
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View from "Hinteres Hörnle" into the Alps
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Summit picture (Frederick, Patrick, Amelie, Tom, Vicky, Konstantin)
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Making a record in the summit log.
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