Leonie and I drove out towards Bernau in the early afternoon. It was all a little grey and dull but we headed off on our skis anyway. We found some crusty spring snow and slogged up to Spiesshorn. Due to my premium map reading skills we almost mistook Herzogenhorn for Spiesshorn but by chance we discovered my mistake and ended up on the correct summit. As we neared the summit the sun came out and chased the dull grey away. Yay. We had a nice ascent through the last few trees to the rather flat top. After a brief pause we skied back down. The last part of the descent was truly awful. The snow had a crusty top and a smooth powdery base. Perfect if it were some sort of chocolatey treat but it was not. Instead it was half an hour of cursing, skiing in one direction, stopping, turning, skiing in the opposite direction. Nasty nasty.
The tour was according to my GPS about 8 km and took us 3.5 hours at a happy pace with break at the summit.
Above left: Leonie at the summit of Spiesshorn in the Black Forest. Above right: Leonie on skis.
Above left: At the summit of Spiesshorn… Above right: The sun was setting as we made the last descent of the tour.
Above: Skiing down.
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Above: A map of the tour. You can see the excessive zig-zags that I made on the way down.
