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Obersee

  • September 24, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by applejacks from Irvine, California
Obersee

Perfect for a short, refreshing morning hike!

The Obersee is a small lake approximatley 1.5 kilometers long and .5 kilometers wide. It is reached from Salet, the final stop around the Königssee. For information on the boat trip on Lake Köngissee, see my previous review. The Obersee was once a part of the Köngissee, but falling debris from the surrounding mountains seperated them.

The walk from the Salet station on the Königssee takes anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes depending on your pace and the number of pictures you stop to take. We visited in the spring and there was a beautiful, and fairly fast running stream, paralleling the hiking path. I was amazed at how clear the water in the stream was, but was even further astonished when we reached the Obersee. Not only could I see the bottom of the lake, I could also see perfectly the feet of the ducks swimming in the water. Quite a suprise for a girl who grew up in New Jersey!

There was also a small wooden buiding in the shallow portion of the lake. My guess is that the spring melt had filled the lake up beyond its usual dry weather level.

After stopping to take some pictures, we decided to hike around the lake. The path was fairly wide and free of debris. It was also close to the lake and we ended up with some great pictures of the Obersee with the cliff walls on the opposite side. About 20 minutes into the hike, we reached a 15 foot mound of snow on the trail! On one side of the snow was the mountain side and on the other was the lake so we climbed over the snow. It was very surreal to be sweating in jeans and a T-shirt and climbing over a mound of snow!

From there the hike proceeded smoothly until we reached a large patch of ice covering the path. We managed to get it across that without sliding into the lake and walked for another 10 minutes or so. We eventually came to a gate. We could see a man chopping wood in the distance so we assumed that the gate marked the entrance to his land and we turned around.

The out-and-back trip lasted about an hour and was well worth it!

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