This page lists all popular snowkiting spots near Munich, including those up to four hours away from the city, throughout Bavaria, the rest of Germany, and Austria. Snowkiting is known in German as "snowkiten". The best spots closest to Munich are: Holzkirchen, Kufstein, Thalgau, Obertauern, Hochfilzen, and Kühtai. Details of these are given below. Map of snowkiting spots: Google Map. For latest snowkiting conditions, see: Kufstein, Thalgau. Latest conditions for others spots are not published anywhere online yet.
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Munich
Munich itself isn't very good for snowkiting, mostly due to lack of snow and wind. On the rare occasion when both conditions are right, some popular spots are:
- Kieferngarten, on the hill next to the Allianz Arena
- Panzerwiese - in winter kiting is tolerated, might be problems in summer though
- Unterbiberg
- Neubiberg - Former military airfield (same as unterbiberg?)
Up to two hours from Munich
Holzkirchen
Holzkirchen is 35 km or 30 minutes drive south of Munich. The spot itself is about 2 km SSW of Holzkirchen, on the #13 road to Bad Tölz, see Google Map. See the weather on: Yahoo!. Nearby school: FlyArt.
Sachsenkam - near Holzkirchen, exact spot not known
Farchant
In der Nähe von Garmisch gibt es eine Ort der heißt Farchant (ca. 6km vor Garmisch) da gibt es mehrere (3) große Wiesen auf denen immer was los ist (ca. 5 Kiter), wenn Wind ist. Garmisch-Partenkirchen www.snowkiteschule-gap.de
Kufstein
Kufstein - Kitearea, latest conditions. Weather: wetter-online, Yahoo!. Address is: Kufsteiner Straße 40, 6336 Langkampfen, Austria (Google Map). About 90 km, or 57 mins drive from Munich.
Thalgau
Thalgau (Flachau, Salzburg) - Austrians are planing to make this area a real dreamland for Snowkiter from all over the world. Austrian snowkitingschool Thalgau - snowkiting.at. 1 hour 37 mins from Munich. Snow kite area II is at Vetterbach bei Thalgau. 2/3.Feb.2008 Isuzu Snowkiting Open Thalgau. Info on austria.info. Latest kite park conditions posted here: snowkiting.at/forum
Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen / Pillerseetal - in Austria, near Fieberbrunn, just east of St. Johann. Google Map and photo album. 128 km from Munich – about 1 hour 41 mins. snowkite.eu. Der kiteplatz liegt in hochfilzen. Spot direkt neben dem Hotel Edelweiß und besteht aus einer gewalzten Piste für die ersten „Gehversuche“ im Snowkiten sowie aus einem unpräparierten Teil für genussvolles Powderkiten. Hochfilzen liegt auf 1000 Metern Seehöhe im Tiroler Pillerseetal nahe Fieberbrunn und Kitzbühel und bietet die erforderliche Wind- und Schneesicherheit. Mr. Sebastian Trixl, Hotel Edelweiss Hochfilzen, Dorf 29, 6395 Hochfilzen, Austria
Obertauern
Obertauern is in Salzburger Land, Austria - Place of a recent annual World Championchips. The resort has it own dedicated snowkite area. It's just upwind of a busy piste and is sometimes also used to teach total beginner skiers to snowplough. On one side there are some power lines (I assume they're not live, but can't be sure) and on the other side there is a road and some hotels. When I saw it, I couldn't believe that it was used to teach people to snowkite. 2 hours 15 mins from Munich. Drive past salzburg, past st. Johann. See also: obertauern.com, kiteschule.at, wind conditions, weather camera.
Kühtai
Kühtai is near Öztal, beyond Innsbruck. On forum.oase.com. 199 km from Munich, about 2 hours 7 mins. weather. Website: schneegarantie.at
Others
- Mondsee, Salzburg - Lake near Salzburg, needs to freeze first
- Inntal - includes Kufstein. Snowkiteschule Inntal based in oberaudorf. Schooling areas: Flintsbach, Erl, Oberaudorf, Niederaudorf, and Langkampfen (kufstein)
- Westerheim, 72589 Baden-Württemberg. wetter-online, kiteschule-skywalker. Wenn du bei der Webcam hinten/links das Bild anschaust, so sieht es dann auch am Spot aus. Conditions: oase forum
Unconfirmed
- Garmisch - In der Nähe von Garmisch gibt es eine Ort der heißt Farchant (ca. 6km vor Garmisch) da gibt es mehrere (3) große Wiesen auf denen immer was los ist (ca. 5 Kiter), wenn Wind ist. Garmisch-Partenkirchen www.snowkiteschule-gap.de
- Andechs - ist meist schon schnell wind wenn in herrsching noch keien liegt.
- Fischbachau - 4km vom Spitzing weg is Fischbachau, und da in der Nähe is ne Wiese auf der ich Kiten gehe, Schnee liegt, der Wind frei hin kann, nicht zu klein ist
- Irsee Kaufbeuren (Allgäu ?)
- Bayrischzell, snow kiting has been spotted near here, exact spot(s) unknown (weather)
- Murnau - Außerdem habe ich gehört das es Richtung Murnau auch noch ziemlich gute Reviere geben soll. Michael michael@capizzi.info xing article
- chiemgau
- nussdorf
Up to four hours from Munich
- Reschensee, Italy (Deutsche Snowkite Meisterschaft, 8-10.Feb.2008)
Reschensee Resia, Italy 2 hours 54 mins from Munich 2 hours 36 mins from Fischbachau http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=53276 webcam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aaehxXKd0 http://www.windfinder.com/wind-cgi/stationsbildseite.pl?STATIONSNR=it57 Reschensee: http://www.tirolkite.com/ - Google Map to Reschen
http://www.toytowngermany.com/wiki/Image:Reschensee_snowkiting.jpg
- Wasserkuppe
Snowkiting Wasserkuppe German snowkitingschool Wasserkuppe - www.snowkiting-wasserkuppe.de 367 km – about 3 hours 28 mins
- Laax, Flims, Falera, Switzerland
302 km – about 3 hours 18 mins Also a awesome spot in this huge ski resort! There is a very big flat area right a the top of the mountain (about 2000m)! Always snow, always wind! But you will need a ticket to get up there!
http://www.kitegenossen.ch/modules/gespraechsplattform/viewtopic.php?p=8512#p8512
- Feldberg (Mountain in the Schwarzwald, Baden-Wurttemburg)
http://www.feldberg-schwarzwald.de/ 3 hours 44 mins from Munich
Snowkite Schule KITE-AND-SK8.COM, Erzgebirge German snowkitingschool KITE-AND-SK8.COM - www.kite-and-sk8.com
More than four hours from Munich
- Münsterappel, near frankfurt
430 km – about 4 hours 3 mins
- Neusiedlersee (5.5 hrs drive from Munich) in Austria, near Vienna shallow waters
Neusiedlersee Snowkiting Schule Austrian snowkitingschool Neusiedlersee - www.kitesurfing.at
Unsuitable places
The following places are sometimes considered by kiting newcomers as possibly being suitable, but in fact aren't:
- zugspitze
bin vor ein paar Jahren mal am Platt gefahren. Kannst Du aber vergessen. Geht nur bei Süd so halbwegs. Extrem böige Verhältnisse, macht echt keinen Spaß.
- am stubaier kann man nicht kiten
- not allowed on the piste - off piste too dangerous
Other info
Useful links:
- http://www.snowkiting.at/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1 - condition updates on Austrian spots
- http://surfforum.oase.com/
- snowkiting - http://surfforum.oase.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15
- people in the south - http://surfforum.oase.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10
- www.kite2fly.com -> austria kite-forum... there you get all the spots!
post in the meeting point deutsch
- Flexifoil snowkiting forums - worldwide, a few local topics
http://community.flexifoil.com/forumdisplay.php?f=14
Kite shops and tuition in Munich:
- http://www.kitemania.de/ - Gotthardstraße 4, in Laim
- http://www.element-sports.de/ - located in Rosenheim. They sell kites, they offer courses, and you can hire a kite if you've got a course certificate.
Kite shops elsewhere:
- http://www.kite-bar.de/ - in Regensberg
- http://www.f-onekites.at/ - tirol
Kitesurfing topics from the TT chat forum:
- Kitesurfing and snowkiting, Any other enthusiasts here?
- Kitesurfing near Munich, Info on how and where
http://users.pandora.be/tree/wreck/north-sea/beaufort.html need a windspeed of 15 to 25 knots That's beaufort 5 to 6 30-50 Km/h 19-31 mph
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