Lakes are the gems of the Alps. Most lakes have been carved out by glaciers during the last ice age, around 10’000 years ago. Their beauty depends on the view-point, angle and position of the sun during the day. So here is a view collection of wonderful lakes from this week:

Seebensee

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The weather cleared up, after some rain in the morning. Getting up early for hiking on beautiful trails, including climbing parts in the southern Zugspitz mountain area. My training level is very low as I had no practice this year yet due all the work load. With the result that at the end of the day, I’m very tired with my muscles burning. But I’m full of memories from this wonderful day in the mountains. And this got topped with a beautiful golden sunset. Instead sharing pictures from the tour, I share pictures from the end of the day…

Zugspitze Sunset

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It was a day with rain and clouds in the mountains. In the evening, when we returned to the bottom of the valley, the clouds broke up and a wonderful rainbow marked the end of that day.

Zugspitz with Rainbow

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Hiking through the Austrian Alpine regions let me believe that each valley has its own species of butterflies. So I apologize that I don’t know them by name, but I can share pictures:

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Hiking through the Alps means watching beautiful mountains. But the small and tiny wildflowers are even more beautiful. So here is a small from today…

Wildflower

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Zugspitz Arena (click to enlarge)

The Zugspitze mountain on the left with the Sonnenspitze mountain on the right builds a beautiful natural arena.

Wild Bee

Hiking in the Austrian mountains, and with the first sun beams wild bees are around us …