Category: Hiking
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Hermitage upper VGR
Another inevitable bench hub in the Valle Gran Rey are the benches around the Hermitage in the upper VGR. On several tours you have to pass by at this church either when ascending to the mountains or when returning back from a tour. In any case it is a distance which is good for a…
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La Vizcaina
A resting place after a long hike on La Gomera is traditionally the Bar La Vizcaina. It is in the upper part of Valle Gran Rey (Retamal). A Garbanza or Carne di Cabra or just a beer for refreshment outside on the bench in front of the bar.
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Highgladly (Hochgern)
Hiking in the Bavarian Alps is a challenging exercise for a bencher. There are so many benches on the way up to the hill. You can’t post them all. You need to make choices. Select which ones gonna make it to the blog. Which ones do have it, comfort and view and/or something special. Roughly on half way…
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Alpe de Siusi X – Yoshiatsu Nagatani
Finally, the last bench of the Alpe di Siusi bench series. It is another bench dedicated to a person. Also this one is pretty close to the cable car station in Compatsch on Alpe di Siusi. A nice wooden bench with a traditional wooden crox behind. The thing which made me really curious was the name…
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Alpe de Siusi IX – Kathy Reno
It is not unusual that names are officially graved in benches. Very often it is that someone donates or “buys” a bench and his name is then mentioned on the bench. Or someone else dedicates a bench for you. At the end of one of our hikes on Alpe di Siusi, not far away from the…
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Bench disappeared at Kampenwand
Here ist a picture of a bench on the “Kampenwand”, a well known place for hikers in southern Bavaria. The bench invites us to look toward the Austrian Mountains. The funny thing with this bench was, that we hiked a little further and when returning back to this bench an hour later, it was gone. This was…
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Elbigenalp
What a coincidence to come around the corner, tired from hiking along the Lechweg in the hot sun since some hours and suddenly finding a place to rest in the cool shadow. Shadow that didn’t last for long – it even seemed to wait for us….
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Formarinsee
Then of course the exciting bench above the tiny lake “Formarinsee”. The place the Formarinsee connects a little creek running out of another lake, the Spullersee, is called the “source” of the river Lech. Here you see the bench that let us rest and enjoy the beautiful panorama above the Formarinsee on 1793m altitude.
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L for Lechweg bench
Another bench grabbed my attention. It is a boring typical wooden bench you can find everywhere in the mountain area. Except that something very small, an attached metal sign made it to a very special proud bench. It is the little sign of the “Lechweg”, a letter “L” that you find on trees or stones…
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Lechwoodswing
There is a fairly new constructed hiking path in the “Allgäu”, in the south of Germany. The hiking route leads 125 km through a beautiful mountain area. The path leads from the source of the river Lech, upon 1800m of hight, to the waterfall in Füssen, close to the Forggensee, a huge lake into which…
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Alpe di Siusi VIII – Via Crucis last cross
Following the Via Crucis further towards the Plattkofel you will naturally get to the last cross of the via crucis. As with other via crucis, the last cross is the biggest, highest, most beautiful etc. Same here. However, as the earlier one with the really basic bench already indicated – the stations were not very colorful…
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Alpe di Siusi VI – Horseteethpass 2490
One possibility to get back to the Alpe di Siusi plateau from the Schlern House is via the Tierser Alm and descending from there. To get to the “gate” for the descent you pass by the Tierser Alm (of course you will have a stop inside and by the way, the Tierser Alm is a…
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Alpe di Siusi IV – The fallen trees
Continuing the trail from Compatsch to the Schlern House, gaining some hight, in one of the turns of the trail you see something, which in the first view just looks like two fallen trees. Well, of course you can use a fallen tree to sit on, but you would not call it in the first instant…
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Alpe di Siusi III – Dragon-Water-Bench
On the way from Compatsch, the village on Alpe di Siusi where the Cable Car ends, to the Schlern House, on top of the Schlern Moutain Group, you find many benches beside the trail. Especially on last part of the hike when it is going steep uphill, you appreciate to take a comfortable seat on…
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Alp di Siusi, II – Gostner Schwaige
Again, it is about the view. Mentally I was dragged back and forth whether I should post this bench or not. I nearly felt a bit sorry for this bench. She is located pretty close, only a couple of meters above the Gostner Schwaige. So, if you come from the mountains from a hiking tour, exhausted, thirsty and…
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Alp di Siusi, I – Luxury
This is the first of a series of benches discovered on a weekend trip on the Alp di Siusi in the Southern Tyrolean Dolomites in Italy. Alp di Siusi is the largest Alpine meadow on an altitude between 1650 – 2350, with mountains around, reaching more than 3000 m height. To give you an impression with what luxury…
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Sunny & Shady
Some hikers might like more the sun, some might like more the shade. Here is the alternative. Usually one of those two benches is blessed with sunshine while the other is always covered by shade. During the summer 2015 it was so hot, that we preferred the bench in the shade. In winter times I…
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The bench and the fountain
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Near Lake “Koenig”
This little bench crossed my path while making a walk at Lake “Koenig”. It looked nice, it’s feet were made of tree logs, but I didn’t sit on it. A bit too low to get up easily considering my back pain. And the view was not great either as it was in the middle of…