Austria Oetztal Sölden
Sölden is the centre of the Innerötztal tourist region and is located at an altitude of 1377 m. Sölden is a much-visited holiday resort, especially in winter. This is where the Ötztal Arena, the sports arena of the Ötztal Alps, has established itself, which means that the bear rages here in winter……
…… and that up to the peaks of the three-thousand-metre peaks. When the weather is nice, you have a wonderful view of the surrounding Alpine region from the peaks of the Ötztal mountains. The view from the highest peaks, such as here from the Wurmkogel at over 3000 m, is breathtaking.
The ski runs from the Wurmkogl, on the other hand, are something for “experts”. The views of the Rettenbachferner and the Tiefenbachferner with their glacier areas reward the effort of the ascent.
In winter, the ski slopes are overpopulated by mass tourism, just like the pure hotel and bed castles. In Sölden, considerable capital and even more efforts have been invested in recent decades to transform nature into a circus world in which “pure pleasure for the tourist” reigns day and night.
There is no time for most pleasure seekers to occupy themselves with the often still untouched natural landscape just a few kilometres away. We therefore enjoy the fantastic view of the Alpine scenery (here from the Wurmkogel) once again and end our day trip to Sölden with a beer at the mountain station. We are negatively impressed by this “ski circus” in Sölden, as it calls itself.
