Our last morning in Ehrwald (I'm reporting from Munich airport) was spent on this easy stroll from Hotel Sonnenspitze up to a view of the Seeben waterfall, which is in a quiet phase.
From the hotel, the route soon leaves the road and heads steeply up to the meadow in which Sue is pictured above.
The path slowly climbs, crossing and re-crossing the Geissbach stream.
Autumn colours are just about in evidence, certainly more so than when we arrived ten days ago.
The forest paths lead to a meadow from which the waterfall is seen in the distance.
We didn't go much further than the next picture. We had been advised not to get too close as climbers on the via ferrata have a tendency to accidentally dislodge rocks.
After watching the climbers for a while we returned on a different path that gave the profile of the walk a lollipop appearance.
There are lots of information boards and playthings to entertain children who enjoy the short walk from the nearby cablecar car park.
On the descent, near the car park, the woodland was full of small birds. A goldcrest came within a few metres, and there may also have been firecrests. Crested tits and their relations - coal tits, great tits and more - also came very close to us, ignoring us as they flitted about looking for food. A dipper was foraging in the stream.
There were lots of different fungi on view, including this Coral fungus.
Our 'flowers and fungi' page will be updated later.
We passed a sign encouraging walkers to pause and paddle knee deep in the stream. They even provide a handrail.
We were back in plenty of time for our bus at the start of the journey home, having walked about 7.7km and ascended about 250 metres. Here's the route, it took us two and a half hours.
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