Firstalm

Firstalm
	The center of the Firstalm from the northeast
Mountain range	Mangfall Mountains
Geographical location:	47 ° 40 '3.9 " N , 11 ° 50' 58.2" E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '3.9 " N , 11 ° 50' 58.2" E
Altitude	1325 m above sea level NHN
Construction type	Mountain inns

The Firstalm is a meadow area of over a square kilometer with moderately sloping slopes west of the Spitzingsee . It belongs to the corridor of the Schliersee district of Spitzingsee in the Upper Bavarian district of Miesbach .

geography

The Firstalm lies at the end of a valley that runs between Brecherspitz in the north and Stümpfling in the south and is about 2.5 kilometers from the Spitzingsee. The area got its name because of the roof-like shape of the ground cutting that bounded the west . It belongs to the Schlierseer Mountains in the Mangfall Mountains . The Firstgraben rises on the Firstalm and drains the Alm and the valley area. The valley floor of the Firstalm is 1325 m above sea level. NN about 240 meters higher than the Spitzingsee.

Tourism

The Berggasthof Untere Firstalm is located in a small cluster of buildings on the valley floor and about 400 meters northeast of it and around 50 meters higher is the Berggasthof Obere Firstalm .

The Firstalm is an easy hiking destination, especially for families. But it can also be a stopover for longer tours, for example to the Brecherspitz or to Stümpfling and Roßkopf .

Although the Firstalm is not a real ski area, both inns offer special winter sports events. Every year on Mardi Gras Sunday, the ski carnival takes place around the Untere Firstalm. It is one of the oldest ski carnivals in Upper Bavaria and has been attracting strangers and locals to go crazy in the snow since the mid-1960s.

The Obere Firstalm is the starting point of a toboggan run. This runs on the road closed to public traffic from the restaurant over 2.5 kilometers with a difference in altitude of about 250 meters to the Spitzingsattel .