Garmisch: Rain and ski touring

My weekend started with catching the train out of Weiden at 8:30pm which put me on track for a 1am arrival in Garmisch. I made all my connection with one scare that had me running to my track but luckily it was only one track over so I made it with time to spare. Once in Garmisch I was picked up by my parents who were already down there due to job stuff. I quickly fell asleep in my bed around 2.

The Hohe Munde

The next morning my mom had a ski instructing clinic and dad had work so after delivering her to the ski bus and dad to work I was giving the car to go do some ski touring at a resort around Garmisch. I chose to head to Seefeld because it didn't really matter where I went, chances are it would be rainy. Once at the resort I toured the runs once before heading back to the top to enjoy a nice meal at the restaurant. After enjoy some goulash soup i took one more run down to the parking lot and decided to go check out a mountain that I want to tour later in the year, the Hohe Munde. The book I have says the tours all start at a ski lift so I found the signs to the lift and followed them. When I arrived I could see where the the lift should have been because of the straight line of trees cutdown but there was no lift in site. It turns out the lift had been shut down years ago and all that was left was a restaurant at the top and a restaurant at the bottom. The resort had turned into a touring paradise with nice easy runs as well as a pretty steep top section of the mountain. I will be coming back in the future. Once done with checking out the area I got back just in time to pick up mom and head back to Garmisch.

First time on her new AT setup

The second day after mom had headed to her clinic I went to sport-conrads to get her skins fitted to her new touring skis and headed back out to Seefeld to do one tour to the restaurant followed by a nice walk back the the car through a forest. After she had finished up with her clinic we went to a small resort just outside of Leutach for her first ski touring experience on her new setup. The snow was pretty crusty so we just followed the cat tracks up for her to get use to the new boots, bindings, and skis. Good times! On the way down she skied her new skis great even though they are a lot softer than her alpine skis. One tour up and one run down and it was almost dark so we got back in the car and headed back to Garmisch to pack bags for are departure the following day. Once all packed up we picked up dad from work and made our way to the Cure bar for dinner. Always love the bacon-cheeseburgers there so I got one and devoured it promptly. Parents left but I stayed with some new friends to have one more beer before walking home on the iciest road ever! I almost fell a few times and tow a car skid right though a red light as people were crossing the street, sketchy! I made it home without injury and quickly fell asleep.
In the morning we packed the car so leaving in the afternoon would be easier and drive to Ehrwald alm for some rainy ski touring. Needless to say we decided against it after 30 minutes of going up in the pouring rain and drove back to Garmisch. While in Garmisch we got word that the Grafenwoehr post was closing due to bad weather. Sure enough when I arrived back home I checked the answering machine and the commissary had left a message saying that I would need to come in at 1 if I wanted to work today. I don't think they realize that I don't just sit around on my days of trying to think of stuff to do...I already have planned stuff to do and chances are they involve snow 400km from Graf. Coming in at 1 in not an option when I get back at 6.
After clearing out the car I fell sound asleep until 8 this morning. Good weekend but snow and colder temps are much needed!

-Owen