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Staying high: three weeks in the Berchtesgaden Alps

Stand in the valley and you see the wall. Stand up top and you see everything else. A route for people in no hurry.

Staying high: three weeks in the Berchtesgaden Alps

Redaktion GROUNDS·Published on August 6, 2026

The Obersee lies behind the Königssee and can be reached only on foot or by boat. That is exactly what keeps it remarkably empty on weekdays.