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There is snow on the Großer Feldberg, the highest mountain in the Taunus.
After all, eight inches.
And since there isn't really much else to do at the moment, many took this as an opportunity for a little winter excursion on Tuesday.
Although there were a bit
too
many
for the streets and parking lots
.
Good for those who set off early on.
Marc Pohl
»We don't have too many opportunities to go anywhere this year to enjoy the snow.
That's why we got up early, together with the children, and today we simply use the opportunity.
We're trying to keep our distance everywhere, that's why we're so early, and as soon as it gets a bit full afterwards, we're already on our way home again. "
Norbert Hummel
»We left at 9 o'clock, through the forest, hardly any people.
Now it's getting full.
But now it's going down again.
Bye!"
Corona
seems
at least far away here.
Paul Pazera
»Here you can keep your
distance so far, the people spread out.
This is not a problem.
So I'm not worried about that. "
Thomas Heller
»Yes, for the children.
They have never really seen the snow, especially our little one, we were on a world tour last year.
And now we have the opportunity to go tobogganing in the Rhine-Main area. «
Only: at some point so many wanted it that the community closed several access roads.
Hartmut Müller, Deputy Mayor Schmitten
»The onslaught to that extent surprised us a bit.
But that all came about because we had new snowfall, that there was snowfall in the Feldberg area and then the volume of traffic was so great that we had to close the plateau at the top.
Not only the plateau but also further down it had to be closed because the parking lots were all full. "
The situation should not change for the time being.
Hartmut Müller, Deputy Mayor Schmitten
»I assume that this will continue into the next week because there are still holidays here in Hesse and the schools are closed anyway.
And then the onslaught will continue to be just as large, and we will have to cordon off large areas with the traffic watch, the Schmitten community and the police.
There is no way around it. "
The only thing that helps is to get up earlier.