After the bouldering hall is in front of the climbing hall: one was opened by the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Alpine Club section on the local mountain. She continues to strive for the other one. However, it's no longer as pressing. There is also a major obstacle: cost.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Martin Willibald likes to grumble. If there's something to grumble about. He currently sees no reason. He has achieved a lot with his team. Above all, the new bouldering hall on the local mountain, which opened a month ago. A day of celebration for the climbing scene and beyond. “The hut was full,” says Willibald about the first weekend. Things have been going well since then. Now the whole thing has to settle in, develop and establish itself. “And then let’s see what happens in a year or two.”
In a year or two? That doesn't sound like the impatient Willibald. He persistently showed up at the town hall again and again to push forward the actual major project: a climbing hall with 16 meter high routes at the ice stadium. But the section chairman is not planning any further visits to the building authority, the mayor's room and the like in the near future. The construction of the climbing hall has "decreased somewhat in its urgency".
Climbing hall for Garmisch-Partenkirchen: property remains the sticking point
To make one thing clear: it remains the goal, Willibald and his colleagues are fighting for it. But with the state-of-the-art bouldering facility for just under 400,000 euros, they take things a little more relaxed. Regardless of this, the question arises as to how the community and the AV section will actually come to an agreement financially. The sticking point remains the property.
As is well known, the area under discussion is an area between the ice stadium and the Alpspitz wave pool, in the curve to the pool, on the southern part of the stadium parking lot. The section wants to build its climbing hall on an area of around 1,000 square meters. The administration has already removed hurdles to achieve this. She made planning decisions and laid the basis for the land-use planning. A feasibility study is available. “We are planningly prepared for the construction of a climbing hall,” says town hall spokeswoman Silvia Buyer-Schropp. “The ball is now back in the DAV’s court.” As soon as the section gives “the green light on the conditions for using the property,” the municipality will draw up the development plans.
The municipality only wants to lease the property - the price is too high for DAV
What Buyer-Schropp formulates in somewhat cryptic terms means nothing other than: It's about money. And the ideas are obviously far apart. If the market sticks to its demands, “it won’t be affordable for us,” explains Willibald.
An appraiser determined the value of the property. The results have been available for about a year and no one is supposed to reveal them. The Alpine Club section would have preferred to buy the area, but the community rejected this. Only leasehold is an option for you. She has now presented the conditions for this to the DAV board. According to Bayernportal, an offer from the Digital Ministry, the ground rent is usually between three and five percent of the property value annually. The interest rate the finance committee agreed on also remains secret. Willibald felt dizzy when he heard the buzz. “We can’t do it like that, we can’t do it.” “There’s still a lot of negotiating to do.”
Motto for the climbing hall project: Wait and see
There is scope, says building authority manager Jörg Hahn. He was not involved in any preliminary consultations or details; he has only been working more intensively on the topic since around the beginning of December. In principle, however, it is possible to stipulate terms of use for an area and thus reduce the value and thus the rental price.
He also explained this to hall supporters like Willibald. They exchanged ideas intensively. Hahn's conclusion: “The climbers are putting on the brakes,” and Willibald confirms that they first want to gain experience with the operation of the bouldering hall. “Nothing is pressing on you,” says Hahn. “And not us either.” The community has to take care of many projects, and the campus in particular keeps them busy. So the whole thing rests. For now. “We’ll stick with it,” promises Willibald. After all, the chances for a climbing hall in Garmisch-Partenkirchen have never been as good as they are now.