Ski areas in Bavaria: “We are being overrun” - parking spaces are already full at the start of operations - traffic chaos in the evening
Created: 01/08/2022, 06:31 AM
From: Verena Möckl
The Bavarian ski areas experience a great rush.
(Symbol picture) © Dietmar Denger
Despite Corona, there is a lot of rush in the Bavarian ski areas - especially at Spitzingsee and Sudelfeld.
The parking lots are full, the streets are congested.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Sudelfeld / Spitzingsee - During the Christmas holidays, many winter sports enthusiasts were drawn to the slopes in the Bavarian Alps.
Ski areas such as Sudelfeld or Spitzingsee are currently being overrun by visitors.
"We are being overrun," reported Antonia Asenstorfer on Friday when asked by
Merkur.de
.
The press spokeswoman for the Alpenplus ski areas expected a large number of visitors.
"But we didn't think that there would be so much going on."
Big rush at Sudelfeld and Spitzingsee: parking lot full shortly after the start of operations
Asenstorfer reports that the parking spaces are already full at around 10 a.m.
The parking spaces at Sudelfeld were already full on Bridging Day, January 7th, at 9 a.m. - half an hour after the start of operations.
Long queues form in front of the cash registers.
“In normal winters, a family member or a person would pick up the ski tickets for a whole group.
Unfortunately, this is no longer possible with the 2G controls. ”But that doesn't seem to bother the winter sports enthusiasts.
But the ski companies are well prepared.
In order to cope with the storm on the ski slopes, the Alpenplus ski operations have hired additional staff for the 2G controls.
"The fastest way is when the guests in the queue already have their documents to hand and don't just unpack them during the inspection," recommends Asenstorfer.
According to her, the large number of visitors is due on the one hand to the entry regulations for Austria.
On the other hand, people are "just happy to be able to go skiing again."
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Ski operation below the level of the years before Corona
Things are a little quieter in the Garmisch-Classic ski area in Garmisch-Partenkirchen *.
It is true that there are sometimes long waiting times at the ticket offices and valley stations, as every guest there has to be checked for 2G and the capacities of the railways are also greatly reduced.
"In the ski area itself, the operation is normal," said the press spokeswoman for the Zugspitzbahn Verena Altenhofen
Merkur.de
when asked .
The number of visitors is still below the level of the years before Corona.
Ticket sales at Garmisch Classic
Online tickets can be booked in the shop by 8 p.m. the evening before at the latest
If the online ticket contingent is no longer available, advance sales will be discontinued earlier.
Also read: Zugspitze is starting the new ski season.
Due to the corona pandemic, the 2021 ski season fell through.
In November 2021, the cable car operators were still worried about the coming winter.
They feared that the 2G-Plus rule adopted at the time could keep visitors away and give the industry the fatal blow, whereupon Söder relaxed the corona measures for winter tourism. *
Full closure of the A8 in the direction of Salzburg: Accidents and day trippers cause huge traffic jams on the motorway
Anyone traveling on the A8 in the direction of Salzburg had to be patient on the bridge day, January 7th.
Because around 10 a.m., a serious truck accident * occurred between the Irschenberg and Bad Aibling junctions.
There was a total closure of the motorway to the south and a large backlog from day trippers and winter sports enthusiasts who wanted to go into the mountains.
The country roads in the Miesbach district are full.
The clearing and rescue work is dragging on according to the current status (4.30 p.m.) in view of the three trucks and five cars involved.
Cars and smaller trucks are diverted from Weyarn.
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