Walking around lake Ritzensee, Leogang, Austria

In my post last week, I already told you a little bit about our winter trip 2 years ago, when we drove to Leogang, Austria to have some peace and quiet... and of course adventure 😎

As you can imagine hiking up that mountain left its mark. We had a lot of sore muscles for the next few days and even after sauna and massages it didn´t get much better - so we decided to do an easy walk for the next adventure. - We drove from Leogang about 20 minutes to the lake Ritzensee to walk around it.

The weather was perfect, sunny and fresh with an awesome view towards the mountains. Of course, the lake itself was frozen, so sadly no chance to swim in it 😅 - Some people enjoyed the weather as well and walked around it, others went cross-country skiing as there was a cross-country ski run made for them there.

we parked the car and started walking enjoying the view. As you may know, I am not really a fan of winter because of the cold and all that cloth, I prefer to walk barefoot in the sand... but I have to admit that the sound of walking through the snow has something tranquil.

It looked warmer than the other day but it was really cold as the wind was blowing. Still, the calmness was in the air. Walking with this view, moving forward, breathing this fresh air, and spending some quality time with my wife was just perfect. - I enjoyed it very much. The first part of the trail runs along the lake.

Of course, here we found some more signs. It said that we shouldn't walk on the lake as it can break down and is dangerous. Also, swans are living there protecting their kids, so it's dangerous to come close to them.

We were pretty surprised when all of a sudden we saw a guy driving a bike... on ice - even though it's soooo dangerous!! I guess he needed the kick :D It was hard not to watch, to be honest.

After that, we had to walk a little bit up - away from the lake.

At first, I was a little bit sad that the trail went away from it and for some time it was just going through the woods and along houses, but after reaching the higher points going around a curve, we saw that it was so worth it. From there we had the best view of the lake and the mountains.

And of course - another panorama picture sign describing which mountains we were looking at 😁

That was the highlight of the trail. I can only imagine how beautiful that view must be in summer, swimming in that lake. I read that there is a castle right next to it, but didn´t see it.

A few meters further down we arrived at the village, walked along the houses, and then back to the starting point next to the street. Good thing that there weren't many cars on the road, I can only imagine that in summer it would be way more crowded.

After about another 20 minutes we were back at the car, ready to head back to the hotel.

After that nice walk, we went back to the hotel. Right behind it we had a little hill where Elena could try out snowboarding. - It was a lot of fun walking up and sliding down over and over again. - After another hour we were tired and enjoyed the sunset in the Alps.

Back at the hotel we enjoyed the well-deserved wellness and nice food with a great view of the mountains. So again the perfect finish for that adventure day.

Cheers,
Liz