Hikers are horrified by deep ruts and felled trees in a pasture area on the Schronbachalm near Lake Sylvenstein. Forestry company as the landowner and the alpine farmer, who holds the grazing rights here, are open about what is happening.

“Yes, mistakes happened,” says Tölz forestry manager Robert Krebs. When the area was being repaired, there was “jerking and rumbling – but it can be repaired”