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Ibex Colony at Benediktenwand

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Ibex Colony at Benediktenwand

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Location: Benediktbeuern, Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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SaRie

April 24, 2017

We were just walking up the Langenecksattel to the Benediktenwand, when behind a bend suddenly a Capricorn stood. We stopped motionless and the spectacle, which offered itself to us, was terrific ... several ibexes with females and boys passed us in a peace of mind. An ibex came very close to us, stopped and did not move on until all the others had passed. I miss the words ... and I still get goose bumps when I think about it.

Apparently, this is not uncommon, because back home, of course, we googled immediately ...

"In fact, ibex is actually in the Central Alps, but in the sixties a single stray buck on the Benediktenwand became the progenitor of a herd of Bavarian ibex." Three goats had been flown in from St. Gallen, today the population of the Benediktenwand is around 70 to 80 animals. "

Further information: dav-tutzinger-huette.de/files/Steinboecke_Benediktenwand.pdf

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November 17, 2020

It is indeed a great experience to suddenly stand in front of a herd of ibexes. The animals are actually quite trusting and do not seem to perceive the common hiker as a threat (anymore). So: "Open your eyes" in the Benedikten and Brauneck area - a buck could be waiting around the next bend ...

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Location: Benediktbeuern, Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Ibex Colony at Benediktenwand

1. Ibex Colony at Benediktenwand – Benediktenwand Summit loop from Jachenau

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