There is what most of us hardened 3GP members regard as the “classic” 3rd Gidea Park route to Oeschinensee, via a 340m climb in less than a kilometre to Undere Biberg and then back down 180m before the final climb to the lake.  Our classic route has the advantage of doing a lot of climbing in the forest shade and is normally much quieter.

Unfortunately on this occasion it was anything but quiet due to a logging operation taking place with the assistance of helicopters.

This left us with the direct route via the town centre which is much more exposed and hot.

Most of the paths were wide open tracks but we did manage to find one short steep mountain path to climb on.  This would be more like the paths we would be walking later in camp.