Totalp Hike – Day 1 | Totalp Wanderung – Tag 1
I’m back in the mountains. This time brother-in-law, nephew, and buddy are my hiking companions. We decided to check out the Austrian Alps, though we’re not far from the German border, and the Swiss border will be just the reach of an arm away as you will see.Our destination today will be the Totalp Cabin where we’ve booked lodging to stay overnight. (The Alps can be busy this time of year, and it pays off to book well in advance.)We get there by car, which we park at the valley station of the cable car.But we don’t take the cable car. As we have the entire day ahead of us, and taking the cable car will only save us an hour or so, we take to the trails right from the start. Ich bin zurück in den Bergen. Diesmal mit Schwager, Neffe, & Co. Wir haben uns dieses Mal für die österreichischen Alpen entschieden, aber befinden uns nicht weit von der deutschen Grenze. Und die schweizer Grenze ist mehrfach nur eine Armlänge von uns entfernt, …