Snowkiting spots near Munich

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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)

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 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:

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:

Kite shops elsewhere:

Kitesurfing topics from the TT chat forum:

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