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 Make sure you are properly equipped (see ‘Clothing and equipment’, above)

 Ensure that your abilities match the difficulty of the proposed route. Be prepared to turn back in the event of adverse conditions.

International distress signal

To be used in an emergency only: Six blasts on a whistle (and flashes with a torch after dark) spaced evenly for one minute, followed by a minute’s pause. Repeat until located by a rescuer. Response: three signals per minute followed by a minute’s pause.

Food and drink

Although the locals have a predilection for heavy meat dishes, there are always salads and at least a few other vegetarian meals offered at Bavarian restaurants. Menus are often in English and international standards such as omelette and steak are available. Greek, Asian and especially Italian restaurants and ice-cream parlours are also common.

At a typical Bavarian restaurant you can expect dishes like Schweinshaxe (roasted pork knuckle), pork schnitzel, Knödel (dumplings of various kinds) and Leberkäse (liver meatloaf, but in Bavaria without liver). Weißwurst (boiled white sausage) is customarily only eaten up until noon and is served with sweet mustard (Süßer Senf). A typical beer-garden snack is Obazda, a spiced cheese dish based on camembert. At the huts, cold platters (Brotzeitbrett) with smoked ham, various types of sausage and mountain cheeses are well worth trying. Typical desserts include huge plates of Kaiserschmarrn (shredded pancake) and Germknödel (dumplings filled with plum jam).